Report: I got my "walking-papers!"
Yesterday's trip to the bone-doc revealed that the wedge-shaped fracture of my tibia has filled in and my bone is re-calcified! (Healed!!)
The doc was pretty surprised because I'm about 6 weeks ahead of what he expected for someone my age (which is 82 and 10/12ths.!) YES!
The rest is up to me. I'm free to walk and drive! I can't believe it! My feet can't, either. After sitting for eight weeks...both feet are saying: "You wanna do what?"
The catch of course is I am to use moderation and caution. Have to look both of those words up!! All I know is "go like Hell or stay at home"....(which is how I got into this mess in the first place.)
So, I am to keep my wheelchair for when I am out of gas, my walker for when I feel wobbly, my boot for when need to walk long distances, my crutches for when I just need a "leg-up" (yes, pun intended) and my bed for when none of the above works.
The hitch, is that I must use discretion. I hate fine print!
In trying to make sense of this freedom, I'm keeping my 1/2 hour a day caregiver who comes in the evening...for two more weeks because I am always tired out by that time. And I'm only trying new stuff for short periods of time in the AM, and then it tiny increments. Today it was walking...baby steps, of course...around the house while. Val kept asking if I was SURE I got permission?!! (I wonder why he doesn't trust me?)
In commemoration of my return to MILU, I have restored my picture I.D. to the site. Something has to look different because this is a new beginning for me.
Wish I knew how to come back without all the karma minuses by my name but they will always be part of my role, I suppose. They usually show up right before I have to escort someone to the door.
Thank you for your prayers and love and good wishes and encouragement!
How do I start? Should I have made this a new post? Where does an alien go to register?
