well, perhaps not quite. I will be absent all of Epiphany due to my foot surgery tomorrow and being off my feet.
I pray that when all heals, I will be able to walk without pain. I have a collapsed metatarsal arch, two toes next to big toe that are bent and can't be straightened meaning the knuckles are rubbing on the top of my shoes (ouch), and a bunion (which I would live with). So, much will be done to fix my foot.
I am not a thin person and have been contemplating being on one foot. I'm not that coordinated with crutches, but have a borrowed knee scooter which will help tremendously. Getting out of the car and into the house with 4 steps will be a huge challenge. My husband will have to push my butt as I hop up each step. I also realize that pushing 60, I am not as flexible nor can I hop as I could when I was younger.
I have been stewing over how to use the rest room without resting my heel on the floor - there is no other way. Getting dressed will also be an issue - I suppose wiggling and squirming on the sofa bed will the way to do it. I'm not looking forward to not showering for a month. Sponge baths are just not the same and will need to use the knee scooter in the process.
It's the logistics of it all that concern me the most. I am not a flamingo!!!
Just getting out of bed and onto the scooter will be a major feat. Perhaps, it will get easier in time as I adapt and figure out what works best.
I keep reminding myself that this too shall pass. It is a temporary inconvenience for less pain and the ability to walk well again.
I'm thinking that we'll use the van and I will scoot onto the middle of the van floor, with 4 pillows to elevate my foot on the drive home. Kinda like a beached whale. Then LH will need to hold my foot while I scoot to edge of the van and with crutch and handle lift myself up and onto the scooter to the stairs in the garage.
There will be the obligatory icing and elevating of the foot and that will fill my first days.
I have undergone surgery to fix my torn quads twice (one each knee, 7 years apart). But at least, I could bear weight even if the leg was in a hinged brace. I'm thinking that the pain can't be near as bad as that was which I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
I will spend time working on Lent and Ash Wednesday after the first couple weeks and as I can use the computer with my foot on an ottoman, at least for an hour or two at a time.
I am trying very hard not to be too anxious, but really, the logistics is what concerns me most.
Thankfully, my sister will be here Mon-Fri morning and that will lift my spirits.
I pray my husband makes good on his promise to do some housecleaning and not leave me with 6 weeks of dog bunnies, dirt and grime to clean when my 6 weeks are up.
I don't know how this will go. I have one of the best foot surgeons, so I am confident in his skill. It's the aftermath and the doing basic, what should be simple things and will then be complicated, that worries me.
My God bring me through this time of healing and not do any damage to what has been repaired.
May I not be too anxious and trust that there are ways of doing things that I can handle. And may I heal well and good so that I can walk pain free again, and up and running by Lent!!!
Please pray for me, for patience, for wisdom, for healing. Your prayers will support me and give me hope that I can do this. Heartfelt thanks, St Inuksuk.
