Hey All!!

I just wanted to drop a note with some good news (well for me at least). Yesterday, July 9th I celebrated one month post-op!!!! I can't believe how the time is flying. In my original post about the doctors I messed up the date when I go to get the hard cast removed.. it's actually the 27th not the 29th! It was a good mistake because when I finally figured it out, I was overjoyed to learn I was actually 2 days closer to having the cast removed! So now (after midnight) it's 16 days and counting!!! Wooohooo I am sooo excited! I think I outta have had some cake or something to celebrate the one month, but honestly it wasn't until like 7 pm that I realized it had been a month.

On Sat. I had a slight 'opps', I came home from a birthday party and got tripped up on the carpet in my living room. Once again I landed on my toes on the bad leg. It's been awhile since I tripped up, so I guess I anticipated it happening. I don't know if it was that or something else, but my leg has been bothering me a little since. It's not tremendous pain, although at times it's a real bugger. It just seems to be ache of sorts.

Now on with some more good news. Firstly- I got over my fear of the power carts (Jazzies), and finally got to enjoy some good shopping today! :) It felt good, although I am pretty hard up for cash so I didn't buy anything! hehe..it's just the experience! Secondly- I am finally sleeping straight through the night without my leg elevated. My doc told me at the last appointment the only time I would need to elevate it is when/if my toes looked swollen, but when I got home I found it hard to readjust to sleeping without the body pillow underneath to keep it elevated, finally last night I was able to. This morning I woke up with my body twisted into some weird positions, it made me feel great...like I wasn't so confined anymore! Never thought I would be so excited about sleeping!!!! Lastly- I know I told you all I enjoyed my 4th of July, but I forgot to mention that our town cancelled our fireworks (due to weather..even though it never did rain) so me, a friend of mine, and my younger sister went driving around to find other fireworks. While driving I remembered that there was going to be a great display (I had seen them the year before) at a fair held at Giant's Stadium. My job is as a toll collector and from our building we could see a great view of the fireworks. I told my friend and we drove there. I went in to see my Supervisor and he was soooo sweet, he brought a chair out for me so I didn't have to stand to watch the fireworks! Then I went in to the office to say goodbye to him and he asked me how my recovery was going. I told him that I was hoping to be back to work by mid-august, and he told me not to worry about getting back so fast, just to take time to heal myself properly. I was so relieved, because before this I was nervous that they thought I was taking to much time! :) So now I am happy happy and I hope all of you are too...

Raising my glass (of Orange Juice) to all of you and a wish of speedy recovery!

Happy Healing..
-Britt

Sooo glad to hear how good things are going for you! Gives a lot of us hope and encouragement. It is great your boss is so understanding of all you have been thru.

Sleeping throught he night? Jealousy and envy here- ha ha. Glad you got ovewr your elctric cart fears. Aren't they great? At least most of the stores have some buggies for use free of charge. Are you still NWB? Sorry you tripped up, hope it feels better today. Since you are in a cast you most likely didn't mess anything up, just gave yourself a right good jolt. So, should we call you Grace now?

jane

Hey Britt,

I am so glad that your recovery is going along so well! About your little mishap...I had one of those too. I was going back to my os the day after I got my cast put on (i had to have it changed b/c it was rubbing the incision) and as I was walking in the door, my crutch slipped because it had been raining, and BAM! My cast smushed right into the tile floor. Not terribly painful, just quite embarassing! They x-rayed it and it was fine. We all have those little "incidents". Hopefully the aches you are having are just "healing pains".

I am doing the cast countdown too....I am down to less than 48 hours! I just love the cast countdown...lol It seems like everytime I anticipate a cast removal, the times seems to go slower and slower. I have been busy the past couple of days doodling on my cast, making it a work of art....I've been really bored.

I was nervous when I tried the electric wheelchair too...actually I was embarassed. So, my mom and I went to the walmart late at night when I didn't think I would run into anyone I knew--and just my luck, I saw tons of people that I knew. Oh well, it was a blast though. You have to put some humor into things, ya know.

Megan

Britt~
So sorry you tripped. It happens to all of us, yanno. With the cast, you're likely ok, but if it continues to hurt worse than before, have it checked. Glad you got to go shopping and ride the cart! LOL Take care! kim