Nah, we gave the tickets to my friend and she was delighted. H & I have both seen Dutchman before & my friend couldn’t ever afford these premium seats and is EXCITED! It reminds her of her prior life when they had lots of money and she had a lot more leisure. We did consider contacting the concert hall but will prefer the quiet evening at home instead. We will have one more opera in HI & then 3 in SF, so that will be more than enough for this year!
Talked to a young former track athlete (at the gym today) that had a sleeve on her calf - it turns out she had a hairline fracture on the upper part of her fibula which is extremely weird - diagnosed much later when she had some neurological stuff show up and had to have surgery (she showed me the scar).
Cousin on 2nd day of vacation skiing damaged her achilles. Still awaiting to hear about recovery plans…
Just a reminder for us ‘older folks’ to try to stay upright!
Am improving and only needed one Tylenol in 24 hours and have finally figured out best placement of padding so I can walk better with a rolling gait on walking boot–approved partial weight-bearing.
Will get an X-ray on 2/20, to see how well everything is healing, but so far things are seeming good (except for the deconditioning of injured leg). They say it takes 2+ days to rebuild for every day of nonuse.
Hang in there, HImom. Glad you are finding good ways to manage. I get the the de-conditioning after being completely non-weight bearing for 10 weeks this year, plus limitations of post-op pain. It goes fast, but it does come back. Sometimes requires more patience than I think I have, though.
Thanks–grateful H&d are good and helpful sports.
Am continuing to get stronger – have not needed tylenol in several days. Am getting good with the crutches and partial weight on walking boot. Will get an xray tomorrow to see what they have to say. D has flown back to her place and her life. It was great having her extend her visit so we could spend more time together and both work on healing.
So far, we have had to mail her some important things she forgot. Will probably be sending her another package soon with more forgoten items. She was able to sweet talk TSA into letting her through security with NO ID other than her phone and Costco AmEx credit card. Kids!
New xray confirmed fractured fibula is nondisplaced and mending as expected. Can start doing range of motion exercises while seated. In two weeks, will have a new xray and start weaning off boot and strengthening for 4/1 trip. Yippee! I can’t wait but does feel good to start slowly moving ankle around.
Good for you, HImom. Glad things are progressing. Go easy and so happy the news is encouraging.
Glad you are feeling better
Thanks. Am relieved the healing is following the predictable schedule. Was told NOT to bother purchasing the attachment you can put on the bottom of your shoe to even out the height compared with the boot on the injured leg. The PA says that attachment is for folks who will be wearing the boot much longer than I will.