I still have many up and down days, which is normal for my injury.  Today, I just can't stop thinking about my daughter and grandchildren.  When the door is open, but nobody wants to walk through it, it hurts.


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The past ten weeks passed in a blur as I worked for most of August, then had a week off in early September prior to surgery number five on my leg.  Due to bone infection, the hardware was removed on 9/14 and I had to stay home until the first week of October, when I returned to work half time.  I've missed about four months of work this year, which ( Read more... )

About ten days ago, I was upgraded from crutches to a cane.  Given the extent of my injuries, this is significant progress and I am happy to be using a cane instead.  I typically am using the cane when out of the house, but not so much at home.  PT says this is fine, as long as I'm not having any issues with tripping or falling.  Truth be told, I ( Read more... )

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Since I last wrote in May, many things have changed and some things have stayed the same. The biggest change is that I am now mobile, using both feet, even if on crutches, and that I am cleared to drive. This is all very good news indeed. I began working again, part time, on June 1st. While the transition hasn't been entirely smooth, it is all to ( Read more... )

I am finally back. On February 27, I was in an accident skiing and was seriously injured. My tibia was snapped off at both ends, and the tibial plateau, at the top of the bone, was crushed in multiple places. Multiple breaks in the tibia. Cracked bone in the knee. All of this is now held together with plates and screws, through two large incisions ( Read more... )

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I am happy this year that Valentines Day was on Sunday.  It was pretty cold here - thirteen below zero when we woke up yesterday.  That's fahrenheit; not sure what that is in celsius - sorry, European friends!  Darned cold, at any rate.  The cat wouldn't even go sit on the porch after his breakfast, but backed up from the open slider door, ears ( Read more... )

The week has gone by like a whirlwind.  I still can't believe it is once again Saturday afternoon.  So much happened that it's sort of like looking back over a story in a book which had varying emotions.  I'll see if I can recap without getting too distracted on tangents ( Read more... )

I'm back.  After a couple of tough weeks at work, I was gone most of this past week to a training conference in Baltimore.  Not much new there; it was better than Philly as far as accomodations went, but this just wasn't something I enjoy doing and I'm glad it's over ( Read more... )