All is well ....

Post #390 .....

Greetings! Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but there has been little to report. I am doing well and all continues to be good with the foot. The pain that I was experiencing around the big toe went away naturally (no clue why), so maybe it must have been a temporary thing. All is going well with walking, stamina, and doing everyday things. My toes have not stiffened up, after stopping pt, which is a blessing. I think we may finally be at the point that I don't think about the foot every couple hours ..... sometimes I will now go the entire day without consciously thinking about it and this has never truly happened. Today I walked 7.08 miles at work ..... this would have NEVER happened a year ago. I continue to have a lot to be grateful for and continue to appreciate the simple things in life. The scar over the transplant area is really start to fade nicely now, after 1 1/2 years .... at some point you won't be able to see it at all.

I still have to be fairly careful about shoe wear, but that is okay. I am kinda dreading spring shoes, as so many have an open back, and those are much harder for me to keep on and walk well. I'll make it work though, have no worries! April 12th is my appt. w/the orthopedic hip surgeon .... the receptionist asked if I wanted to come in sooner and I declined. April will be soon enough! I'm not planning on doing anything surgery wise with the hip until July at the earliest.

I travel back to Memphis tomorrow for work and will be there through the end of the week. I am still fighting bronchitis, but am much better than I was a week ago. I ended up missing four days of work and it has been lingering on and on ..... everyone at my office seems to be sick, so it is tough to stay healthy at the moment.

Thanks for checking in and blessings for a great week!
Jenny

Foot & Toes still doing well .....

Greetings! I didn't end up going to the orthopod dr. appt. on Friday morning. My toe did not hurt the entire week and then as the week progressed I felt like I was starting to get a cold ..... and then there was a chance of snow predicted for Friday morning, which meant I would have needed to be on the phone at 8am with teachers working through a rescheduling process. I cancelled the appt. late afternoon on Thursday and will give it another week and see what happens. Still no pain, so maybe I am over whatever it was .... crazy.

All is still good with foot positioning. I walked 7.8 miles one day at work last week! I had the toe portion of my boots stretched (at a shoe shop), so now they are better with a little extra room. I am still getting used to wearing the "lift insert" in the left shoe - there is really no limp, when I use it.

As it turns out, what I thought was a cold is really an ear infection and bronchitis. I have avoided colds, flu, etc., the entire year, so I guess I've done fairly well until now. I got three prescriptions this afternoon, so I will be better in a few days .... will be home on Monday & maybe Tuesday, too. I speak and give directions to kids all day long, so I need a few days to sound/feel better.

Thanks for checking in .... off to drink more liquids!
je