MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Okay, sorry for the delay, Christmas and all!  The shower experiment was a resounding success!  It was a cinch to step my good foot backwards into the tub, and exit with the bad foot.  I ought to stop calling it the bad foot, as really it is nearly good again!  I am even starting to get an arch back!  A m a z i n g!  I am blown away, because I remember months back being so worried about the surgery failing, and here I am nearly walking again. Truly a blessing, and I hope for the same to all my fellow Charcoters out there in the world!  As one orthopedic surgeon told me, it is best to try to reconstruct before opting for an amputation.  Although I must add, that it is very unfortunate that in some countries the surgery isn’t an option as there are not enough trained surgeons, or there is government medical programs that just will not cover the cost of surgery.  This needs to change because there will only be more and more cases of Charcot popping up as Diabetes is getting more prevalent.

I am now putting 100% weight on the foot, though still aided by the walker.  The other day I was doing the usual walker-two-step, which is to say you take a step forward with the good foot, pause and step forward on the bad foot, walker in one place, and weight on the handles, then repeat…but I was in a hurry, and I just naturally broke into a continuous gait, and just like that, I was walking regular, pushing the walker in front of my in a constant motion, without any pauses or stops!! WOW! So now, I walk like this all over the place! My physical therapist even had me take 20 steps or so unaided, GASP! But I did it, and the plan is to go another two weeks with the walker, then ditch it for good!! Got a call from the ortho place, I guess I am to be fitted for a brace.  Sigh, I don’t really mind, if that is what is needed for me to walk safely, so be it…but still I hope it won’t be so clunky I can’t wear skinny jeans, LOL! Also too,  I am wondering how much it will hit my wallet for!  But I am not complaining, for sure.

Well, that is it for now…I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, and a very hopeful and healthy New Years!!!  I recommend you go to YouTube and watch the Three Tenors singing “Silent Night”…lovely!  Also, “Silent Night Around The World”…which is a montage of perhaps 20 different famous singers doing Silent Night.  Really cool stuff!

 

Cassandra, Charcotchacha copyright 2015

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