I hope everyone is enjoying their summer! I am trying to make the best of mine…sitting out in the sun and getting just enough of a tan to fake everyone into thinking I am having a normal summer, ha ha! I suppose I am really just trying to fake myself out!
There are ups and downs with Charcot Foot…and I just found a down; just got my “statement of benefits” from the health insurer, and it looks like I am expected to pay for half of the bone stimulator…to the tune of $1,450!! Had I known this prior, I am pretty sure I would have said “thanks, but no thanks”! Ahh well, I suppose really, this is a small price to pay for getting my foot back into walk-able condition, wouldn’t you agree?
Speaking of my foot being walk-able…my doctor says it is looking great and I might be able to introduce some weight bearing in as little as 4 weeks! Like, ACK! Wow! Well, it’s exciting, of course, but also scary as hell!
And, it looks like I am about to finally move back home to my condo!! Y e s s s! I am having a chair lift installed in the next few weeks, and I have sold my stick-shift car and am in the process of getting a car with an automatic transmission, so as to save my foot from all that clutch shifting! I am finding, however, that being a buyer with a walker is extremely intimidating for most sellers…so far I have had two people actually refuse to let me drive their car! One guy used insurance purposes as his excuse, and the other fellow just outright looked at my foot and said he did not trust my ability to drive, even though I explained I was perfectly capable! (Him I just walked away from…not playing his game!) That’s ok…my philosophy is such that I know their car was not the right one for me. The right car will also have the right seller, who will be kind and unafraid of a woman with a walker and wearing a huge ugly boot on her foot!
So, things are looking up! It’s been a long road, but I think my destination is approaching soon. Same for all of us suffering from Charcot…there is a period of waiting waiting waiting, and finally better days come. So hang in there fellow charcoters!
-Cassandra, Charcotchacha copyright