Day 16

A new beginning

Let me tell ya what its like to sleep in a walker boot, it sucks.  I actually missed my cast last night (ha ha not really), so yeah that's how bad it is.  Oh well, I will deal with it some how some way.  One night down, 29 more to go.  It's gonna be a long month.  Overall, pain was minimal last night.  I let me ankle air out for a few minutes which felt great.  I also notice that as usual it swells during the night and my skin may be experiencing some irritations from sweating while wearing that cast.  Yeah, my foot just looks ugly in general.  It seems like my skin was stretched during surgery and looks rather leatherish, but a least my pedicure still looks good.

Back to Life, Back to Reality

I was up early the next day and did something I hadn't done in awhile.  I put on real pants and not sweat pant or shorts.  Not that I have a removable boot, I can put pants on again and that feels good.  Another thing I noticed was that my work clothes felt looser which means I must have dropped a couple of pounds.  Which is awesome.  I attribute this to a good diet while recovering and from not being able to walk up and down the stairs to get to my kitchen.  If you can't get to the food, you wont eat...it's as simple as that.

I got a ride to and from the city to facilitate a business meeting and things went great.  Being out in the world alone with my disability was indeed different and something that is going to be a challenge for the next month.  Of course the building I had my meeting in didn't have handicap doors and I had to rely on strangers to help me get around a bit.  It was an eye opening experience and I will certainly consider my limitations before putting myself in difficult situations.  So with that I will say this, if you are going to go out on your own then just prepare for difficult situations when navigating to and from locations.  For example, does the building I am going into have handicap access, will the public restrooms be accessible, etc.  It's funny, you never consider these things when you have two feet to walk on.  But, this world wasn't built for the disabled and that was the quick lesson I learned today.

Walk strong!

Shannon