Your age is just a number!

I still can’t get to my home gym in the basement so I found some exercise bands to use instead. It feels really good after sitting on my behind for a week to be moving around and using some muscle groups! I still can’t stand for very long without pain but I can do a few exercises than rest. I overdid yesterday and was in a lot of pain at the operation site by the end of the day so I’ll be a good girl and go easier today. I’m healing well and the doctor was pleased at my post-op visit yesterday. I’m hoping to get the OK to drive next week!

I am slower than a snail but I am up and walking without a cane today! YEAH! I am recovering fast and hope to get better every day. It has been hard to sit in the recliner, wanting to get up but as soon as I do, I remember why I have to sit and keep my foot up. I got around to wearing "real" clothes today instead of jammies or sweats so that is making me feel better too. Having to bath out of the sink is a drag but I can’t get my foot wet for several more weeks. Thank goodness I have lots of perfume LOL!

I had surgery on my foot at our local hospital on Dec. 5 (Friday). Nothing major but being wheeled into an operating room and have someone make you sleep is a little scary in my book! The surgery went well; my right foot needed removal of extra bone growth plus the doc tightened the ligaments in a few places. I have been living with foot pain for a few years now and finally got around to getting something done about it.

I am walking with a cane for a few weeks. Will probably not be able to drive for a month or longer so I can’t go visit my new gym… bummer! I will start doing some upper body workouts now that the worst of the surgery pain is over. Those first two days were hell! Thank goodness for pain meds!