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I love the aphorisms for getting on in years, don't you? We're getting to "a ripe old age," We are maturing. Aging like a fine wine. Mellowing!
And if you're like me, you're possibly also becoming a teensy bit more accident prone. It's for good reason. Our peripheral vision simply does not improve with age. Our balance isn't what it once was. We're more tippy.
A few weeks ago, I was out on a lovely walk and had a rather bad fall. (I've documented this in previous blog posts, like this one, so won't belabor that aspect of it.)
Now I'm in recovery mode. I had foot surgery last week, because I actually broke two bones in my foot in the process. (Warning, I'm going to show the X-rays later in this post, so avert your eyes if medical stuff is not your thing!)
Anyway, now it's all about pain management (which is getting better day by day, thank you), and staying off of it while it heals. Do you ever see those people riding around on little scooters that just support one knee? Yeah, if you've seen one you've seen them all.
Okay, fine. Since you asked, I'll show you what I looked like while out using the leaf blower on my driveway the other day. What a hoot, huh?
Back to the Title of This Post
What happens after you have an icky accident is that you realize how much you love your friends and your family, and that people actually care! I was just so charmed by the lovely messages on Hive and Facebook, and the sweet cards, gifts, wine and flowers. People are so lovely!
Look at the adorable Halloween basket my sister brought me. It was full of all kinds of chocolates!
She also brought me this cute little basket, which has lavender bath salts in it, along with a bottle of wine.
And some other friends stopped by with flowers, cards and wine too. Aren't they the sweetest?
But the creme-de-la-creme was definitely my brother-in-law, @preparedwombat, who is the absolute coolest. He brought us dinner not once, but twice! The first time was right after the injury, and the second was the night of the surgery. So he absolutely wins the Best BIL award!
Naturally, I made him pose with his fabulous baked ziti, which is so scrumptious and out of this world!
This song is dedicated to you, @preparedwombat!
The X-Rays
Another thing I'm feeling incredibly grateful for is good health care. I have a good job, good benefits, and a health savings account, which I mostly don't need to use. So it's there when I really need it. I'm also very fortunate to live in a country where we have good healthcare in general.
I was really impressed with the urgent care staff who took care of me right after the injury. And the surgeon who operated on my foot and put some little pins in place was truly awesome too.
Without further ado, here are the pics.
This is the first X-ray, from the day of my injury.
I was expecting them to give me a boot and send me home with painkillers (like the last time, when I broke a bone in the other foot — also out on a hike), but no. They said I needed a follow up with a podiatrist, and most likely needed surgery for the bones to heal correctly.
So I went around in a boot for a few days until the appointment with the doc, and then he scheduled me for surgery. He said I could wing it and hope they would heal pretty well, but the surgery would make sure they did, and the healing would be faster. That settled that!
Surgery went great. I got a nice big bandage around my foot and a sandal to go over that.
And then today I went in for my first post-op follow-up. They X-ray'd my foot again to make sure everything was in alignment for healing, and then re-bandaged it.
This, to me, is the coolest image ever. Look what they can do these days to get your bones to align and heal properly!
Thanks very much for reading. This is my first post in the Silver Bloggers community. I've been meaning to come pay a visit!
Photo credits: All of the photos in this post were taken by me with my iphone and belong to me, unless otherwise noted.
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