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 …
Start with the Toes Right now, I am actually having some trouble moving my big toe. Thankfully, Hollywood, as always, can serve as a source of inspiration. Beatrix Kiddo, I channel your determination on a daily basis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKT7KqkLytw –December 9, 2018 Blog Home
30 Days Out Well, today marks one month from the date of my ankle surgery. It has not been easy. It’s odd to say that, by the way. As I constantly remind myself, what I have experienced is hardly the most serious kind of surgery, and the prognosis is far from grim. I don’t have …
How This Feels It’s a rainy Saturday in Washington, DC, and it is just a few days from my 41st birthday and about ten days from the date of my surgery. I have been in better moods. Last evening, as I was eating dinner with my wife, I sat rather silently, and at one point …
Ankle Malfunction See those pictures up there? Does your ankle look like that? Your ankle should not look like that. My ankle? My ankle does look like that. In fact what you see up there, dear reader, is an MRI of my right ankle showing what is called an osteochondral defect (or lesion) in my …