Great observation Kathleen. It feels good not being in limbo, fearing I'd have
to move in with my mom who does have some issues in taking care of herself, let
alone taking care of me. I would hate to have left Brandy here by himself
though he would have gotten wonderful care from my neighbors who love cats.
Brandy is I think sort of adapting to the boot I must wear. He finally
allowedme to pet him just a couple of minutes ago. Don't know that I'll ever be
able to walk fully on this foot again. We'll see after three months, and then
after about nine months what it eventually does, but I'm told that after healing
it will be 60 to 65 percent healthy. It's gonna be a very long time, I suspect,
before I can get the shoulder dealt with.
Linda G.
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Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 3:11 AM
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Subject: [ourplace] Re: Foot Update
I'm glad you got to see the orthopedist. And I'm glad you're going to try to use
the support came. Those things are kind of interesting. I saw a few of those and
they're kind of shaped differently than our regular canes. But anyway that's the
way that goes. So anyway that's basically how that is. I hope your foot
eventually heels at some point. I hope they can fix the shoulder at some point
too. So that's how that goes. But at least you got news. That's a good thing so
now you're not in limbo and that's great.
Kathleen Polkabla
On Nov 10, 2016, at 3:33 AM, Linda Gehres <ljgehres@xxxxxxx> wrote:I
Hi All,
Well, there's bad news but then also good news. The bad news is that even if
were 20 years old, I am considered to have a bad foot injury. It's called aLiz
Franklin injury to the left foot second toe, actually, not the toe but thebase
of the bone as it connects with other bones at the top of the foot. Given myfor
age and activity level, the orthopedist felt surgery wasn't the best option
me, and I quite agreed. He wants me to have my boot on my foot when I travelnot include quotation marks:
around the house, but I don't know if I can put the boot on by myself. I used
my mom's support cane to help me get up the stairs yesterday, and that worked
out quite well, though we had a bit of a spat over my telling her that she was
confusing me by trying to talk to me while I was concentrating on trying to
learn how to use the support cane which I'd never used in my life before. The
good news is that I'ol be able to stay home and won't need to move in with her
temporarily while I recover. We were able to communicate with the orthopedist
that because I live alone I must put weight on my foot, having a cat to take
care of, having to get my own meals, do laundry, do some minor house cleaning
especially in the kitchen and bathroom. He got it that I'm trying to be as
independent as I can be with trying shoulder circumstances as well as my foot
circumstances. Of course, the usual question is why did I fall in the first
place, because my primary care doctor didn't lessen the blood pressure
medication I'm on. Anyway, I will be able to communicate with the list as I
won't have to interrupt my e-mailing. Blessings to you all!
Linda G.
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