Today was a record for walking .... 4 1/2 miles (9,560 steps) and only one pill for discomfort! I have been trying to limit the walking to about three miles a day, but I was at this point today, before I went to physical therapy at 4pm. It is the end of the week and I'm really tired, but at least I know that I can do it! We measured range of motion today in two areas during therapy and both had increased this week - yahoo! We are in our third complete week of physical therapy, although it feels like I've been there the past three months. The aching feeling that I had earlier in the week has subsided. I think it was from wearing a "normal shoe" more last weekend.
The Chicago orthopod will get a written report in a week on the progress that we've made (at 1 month mark). I am sure we will continue therapy 3x/week for at least the first three weeks into October. I've been able to manage schedule time fairly well up to this point, but I anticipate it getting more challenging. Each session is a little over two hours, which is a lot of time for three times each week. Not complaining and know I need to do it, but am very thankful that it is next door to my office.
I booked a flight and travel plans to Tampa (in November) for work, which will be the first time in almost three years that I've been able to travel for work. I've had to cancel the past three plane tickets, because of surgery.
Keep praying that wearing a normal shoe will feel more and more natural or comfortable. I would love for the range of motion to continue at such progress, that when we end therapy it will be beyond our wildest dreams! I intentionally scheduled a follow-up appt. w/the Chicago orthopod for a ways out (end of October), so we have ample time to work hard in this area. I can do mainly "mule type" shoes for now. It is perfectly fine if this ends up being all that I'm able to wear, but hopefully at some point the shoe won't feel so foreign on the foot. It is a shoe and not a purple itchy cast though, for which I am most grateful.
Looking forward to cooler weather this weekend, planting mums, being home and baking pumpkin cookies. Headed for some mint chip ice-cream and calling it a day ....
je
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Isaac and I scoured Walgreens several aisles of cards for a card w/ a shoe one it--no luck! They're hard to find! I'll keep searching, though b/c its fun to unearth such a treasure and send it your way. So my blog thoughts will be all you'll get today, my dear! Good walking, too--proud of your distance and energetic, though exhausting therapy to get you back into the world of the bi-ped people! Blast Nordstroms--they shouldn't have a size restriction on that buy one shoe of one size/get a shoe of another size thing. Pretty cool that they do it at all, huh? Perhaps we could sign a blogger's petition for your sake and see if they'll make an exception for you oh-so-prettily-polished tootsies! Whaddya think? Yes? No? Hmmmmm. What a thing to ponder. Hope you have a good week, and here's to you wearing stylish sandal type shoes on the Tampa trip!
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