Tagged: crutches

Day 54Boot / Transition

Boot Scootin' Boogie

And a whole week went by just like that! Clearly things are going well when I don't have a lot to blog about, because life is just trucking on. This past week…

Pain 0/10 FWB boot · brace · gear

A meme from the movie What About Bob?: Bill Murray in an orange life vest, lashed to the mast of a sailboat with rope, captioned above 'The journey of a thousand miles' and below 'begins with baby steps.'

Day 48Boot / Transition

These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

I am free of the bitchsticks! Or at least, mostly. The weekend errand and breakfast run still required them, but I'm able to hobble around the house without…

Pain 2/10 PWB crutches · boot · walking

A black-and-white meme: a bare foot resting on top of a dense bed of long, upright metal nails, captioned across the top, 'What walking feels like when your foot is asleep.'

Day 45Boot / Transition

Free Bird

Ohhhhh, what a day it's been for my foot. First, let me clear up the great myth: when the doctor and the internet swore that pulling the pins out of my toe…

Pain 5/10 PWB pin-removal · pain · advil

A Maury Povich meme. Top text: 'You said you would take a break from Amazon.' Bottom text: 'The boxes on the porch determined that was a lie.'

Day 18Early Recovery

Material Girl

We went out today for breakfast and groceries, my second time doing this since my surgery almost three weeks ago. One thing that tends to happen when I do the…

Pain 3/10 NWB early-recovery · mobility-aids · crutches