Tagged: gear

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 Kermit the Frog puppet lying tucked in white bedsheets with wide, exhausted eyes, captioned 'When you want to sleep because of the fatigue but you can't sleep because of the nerve pain. #MSlife'.

Day 34Boot / Transition

Shock the Monkey

Hooo boy. That foot nerve pain is back, baby. BACK. It showed up around 10pm last night and yanked me right out of a dead sleep. For whatever reason my foot…

Pain 4/10 NWB boot-transition · nerve-pain · swelling

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

A meme of a small fluffy dog tucked into a white bed, head on a pillow and paws resting over the blanket, captioned 'WHEN YOU'RE COZY IN BED AFTER A WARM SHOWER LISTENING TO THE RAINSTORM OUTSIDE.'

Pre-op · 1d to surgeryPre-op

The Waiting

I know. I KNOW. I am obsessing over this. But really, I swear I'm not. This is the process I've honed over many prior surgeries, and it earns its keep every…

FWB pre-op · recovery-setup · the-lair

Bright purple-white electrical arcs branching upward from a dark horizontal surface against a black background, like a plasma discharge or St. Elmo's fire.

Pre-op · 9d to surgeryPre-op

Man in Motion

I had 80s throwback tunes going today, and one of my all-time favorite running songs came on: "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)") by John Parr. I always loved…

FWB pre-op · gear · mobility