Wednesday, March 30, 2011

I can walk! I can walk! I can walk!

Yipppppeeeeeee!!!!! To say that I am excited and happy is the understatement of the year. Lots of good news all the way around today. The x-rays showed that the bone graft in my leg has completely fused and that I'm already forming new, strong, bone around the bottom of the implant. My surgeon asked me if I was ready to ditch the crutches, umm, yeah! So ready! I do have to wear the brace for another 2 weeks, but that is bearable and after 20 months on crutches 2 weeks is nothing.

After the appointment I walked out of the exam room, with.no.crutches. It was weird, but felt good and didn't hurt. This is so different from last time, when it took me a month to transition because of leg and knee pain. My muscles is a bit sore but overall, I feel really good and have been walking all over the house. I'm excited to clean up the house! I have two FREE hands. For as long as I live I will never, ever, ever take walking and having 2 free hands for granted again.

I have been cleared to do pretty much everything.. whatever that means LOL. I know I can't run and jump and will ask my physical therapist tomorrow for clarification on what I can do. I didn't want to ask my surgeon.. i'm sure he already worries about me. He told me to be careful at least four times. I wanted to say "Really, do you think I want to have get back on crutches or have surgery again? Of course i'm going to be careful!".

Hopefully my limp/gait isn't too bad and my physical therapist can give me a list of exercises I can start doing at home as well as in the clinic. I have a 5K Livestrong walk in Austin I need to start training for!

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