I know its silly for me to post on this thread, but I am beginning to think I *may* have turned the corner in my foot surgery recovery ...
Today, no pain meds. The foot is still swollen around the joint, both on the top of the foot and on the ball of the foot under the metatarsal joint .. I've been using my dynasplint rehab appliance and have worked up to keeping it on the toe for 35 minutes at a time (hey, last Wed, the longest I could do was 5 MINUTES !) Hard as it is to admit, that crazy thing *is* helping to stretch the toe .. albeit S L O W L Y. If you look REALLY CLOSELY, you can actually see the toe able to dorsiflex ever so slightly on its OWN today ... major major major progress and a very encouraging sign. I am so hopeful that, once the swelling goes down, I'll be able to flex even farther ... stay tuned. Right now, its all about baby steps (pardon the pun) in getting this foot back to functioning again.
I'm on the brink of moving from a wheelchair to crutches .. probably tomorrow, DH is gonna get me a pair to try .. at the very least, they'll give me a good upper body workout. Here's hoping I don't break my neck on the things .. I am *not* the queen of coordination...
As of today, 179 days remain under marathon day. Now *there* is my motivation to keep working hard.
Rich, how many days till Indy? Gonna take in a Colts game while you're there? I LOVE THE COLTS ... oh shoot .. I just love Peyton Manning !
Oh yeah, and Tony Dungy!
Betty