auntie | October 5, 2013
1.42 miles 1.9 mph yeah, baby, i’m back! for the first time in 71 days, i went for a walk in the woods. it wasn’t much of a walk, but still, I WAS IN THE WOODS. WALKING. IN THE WOODS, WHILE WALKING. it was amazing. here i am at the beginning of the foster […]
auntie | September 9, 2013
.5 miles 1 mph “walked” (i.e., hobbled on crutches) my first measured distance outside today, which was the length of my driveway and back for a grand total of 1/2 mile. gotta start somewhere. and yes, i have a 1/4-mile long driveway, and no, i did not enter this hike into the hikefinder.
auntie | September 6, 2013
just a [mercifully] brief ankle post… got my cast off today! yay! doc said everything looked really good, and put me in a removable brace, which looks like this: i used a picture from the internet rather than my actual foot, which currently looks like a prosthetic foot because it’s all swollen and purplish. nobody […]
auntie | August 23, 2013
this is just a quick update. there has been nothing earth-shattering to report, but some baby steps. i’m still 2 weeks from the removal of my cast, but it doesn’t hurt much anymore, and in fact, i have pretty much weaned myself off of the pain pills, if you don’t count an ibuprofen before bedtime. […]
auntie | August 12, 2013
at least according to my orthopedic surgeon. he also said hot pink is the favorite color choice of teenaged boys. hm. so here i am, 17 days after i first broke my ankle. (please don’t look at my roots. i am waaay overdue for a color.) dig that cast! it’s a brand new fiberglass job. […]
auntie | August 7, 2013
i had to go to the font of all knowledge, wikipedia, to find out exactly what it was i have been experiencing lately: A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, sleep twitch or night start, is an involuntary twitch which occurs during hypnagogia, just as a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing him […]
