It has been another good week filled with walking, wearing shoes each day, going to the gym, and very little pain. Still sleeping well and am off all pain/sleep aid medication.
Pt continues .... we took measurements today (2 week mark). There was a little improvement in one area, but the majority of it (range of motion) was still the same. Two weeks isn't very long to see an improvement. I've just about come to the conclusion that the reflection in measurements has no correlation with how hard you are working! You can work your heart out and see very little or no improvement. The important thing is really that my walking gets better, strength improves, and that wearing a shoe feels more natural - no one will ever ask me to bend my foot to a specific degree. Swelling is improving. Because of all the hardware inside the foot & w/so much being fused, some motion will never return .... this is okay though, as I just need enough to get into a shoe and "toe off" w/a somewhat normal gait.
I am supposed to try to be walking 10,000 steps each day. You read it right - 10,000steps! This is a lot of walking .... the average person walks 3-4,000 on any given day. I have a pedometer that measures steps, but I've only done it two days this week. Today at pt we did this new exercise where I had to balance on the operative foot, while standing on a foam piece and moving a 5 lb. ball in a circle ... not ready to "show off" the pose quite yet!
Talked to my San Antonio (plastic guy) dr. via e-mail this week. He thought my foot looked great & he said that there likely will be a little swelling over the transplant area forever ... he said to use the compression stocking when it starts to look like a breakfast biscuit. He told me to stay out of all surgeon offices this year .... I will!
Every day this week I've seen people that have seen me once a year for the past four years and have never witnessed me in a shoe ..... it has been like "Happy Shoe Day" everyday. I'm not getting tired of it though and it is a joy to celebrate it each day.
Thanks to all of you that leave messages .... I love reading them!
Gratefully thankful,
Jenny
2 comments:
Oh my heavens...and here I am leaving, yet another, message! Ha! Cute shoes! Bet you're accumulating a closet-full of them at, like, mach speed! You have a lot of lost time to make up for! Happy 10,000 steps...glad you can make them! L Jo
I saw your mom at church this AM and all we could talk about was YOU! Ha! Glad to have gotten your e-mail today...
Hi, Jenny (from Isaac). I was wondering if we could have some jelly tomorrow with you and me and besides, then we could set sail! I just know that you and me should go and set sail at the river at the park and you and me can go to the guitar store and we can see them. The blog is good. Bye Bye! Here's mama...OK?
(That would be me). C ya later, hon! L Jo
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