The General Update Here I am on the morning of January 1, 2020—the year of the future—closing out 2019’s periodic surgery stats updates. We are officially at the point where I hope that these stats can be reconceptualized as training stats, because I do hope that I have progressed to the time when I can …
This will be quick, because I am tired. For one thing, I started that new job. For another thing, I am trying unsuccessfully to finish Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel. The latter is more exhausting and much less fulfilling than the former. This week, I passed the one year mark for my official osteochondral defect …
Again! Finally! Well, I’m back, sort of. This morning marked the first morning that I got out of bed, laced up my shoes, and jogged along the Potomac River in over a year. I have officially reached the return to running on the road phase of my recovery. At the moment, I am running in …
Briefly (for Now) I remain very busy. For starters, I think that I have finally decided on a good working structure for this website, so I have begun the process of designing and installing a proper navigation menu for it. This endeavor takes time on its own, and it has forced me to streamline and …
And Start Forward I will readily admit that last week’s post was grouchy. I feel compelled to issue an apology for that because the people who have been managing my medical care and the people close to me, presumably the people who are reading these posts, have consistently expressed concern about my recovery. At the …
At Last July 14, 2018 was the date when the osteochondral defect in my right ankle decided that it would hide no more and instead would scream at me very loudly for weeks and weeks until my surgeon cut the whole thing out of the bone. Today is June 14, 2019, and I am (finally) …
At Last I’m still here. I promise. Things are busy. Work is busy. Website development is busy. And physical therapy is keeping me busy. Most of my weeks remain consumed with trips back and forth to various people who push and pull and tug and yank and do various other things to bend me back …
My Ankle, by the Numbers Throughout the duration of my recovery, I intend to offer intermittent updates about the various stages of rehab that I’ve experienced and about the overall duration of this very long process. Again, there seems to be precious little information about osteochondral defect rehab on the vast, vast Interwebs, so I’m …
Feet Fear Well, I wasn’t kidding about wiggling my big toe. What follows is a short video of one of my latest physical therapy exercises: toe scrunches. As you will see, if you choose to watch a video of my feet (there is a cat drinking wine in the background!), I can move and flex …
A Boot on the Ground! Today marks the day when I can officially begin bearing (some modest) weight on my right ankle. I have not walked since the morning of November 7, 2018, some 36 days ago. Today also marks the day when I am officially off of all post-operation medication, save for the handful …