In my last post, I was given some ominous news about both legs having a bone infarct and possibly this would be in my hips, knees and shoulder as well. I did the obligatory MRI last week and the same doctor who had read the X-rays and told me it was osteonecrosis informed me right away that he had been mistaken. He now said it is clearly a stress fracture and nothing more. A follow-up X-ray of both hips showed them to be in fine shape, no bone infarcts!
That was quite a Christmas present to receive! I have a "boot" on the left foot which closely resembles the black Ugg-like boot on my right foot so you almost cannot tell! Says something about Ugg boots! I am trying to stay off it as much as possible to allow it to heal since the more I am on it, the more pain there is, especially when walking.
The fear of never healing has left though and has been replaced by new hope that I can recover, lose weight and who knows, though it would be a miracle, perhaps run again. With that hope restored, I have begun exercising again with my T-Tapp videos. I took a "before" photo today which I will not show you until a year from now when I get to take the wonderful "after" photo!
We had a wonderful Christmas Eve at Community Covenant and then a surprise invite to a friend's house for dinner and fellowship. Wasn't feeling so great so we left early and I had a stomach episode at home which I kind of felt coming on all day. Christmas Day was so nice and quiet, together as a family at home. The kids were way more patient then I would be at their age, waiting for us to get up, make breakfast, eat (an hour later), open one present, delightedly put that Lego set together, open another present, delightedly put that one together while Mike and I took our Christmas Nap on the sheepskin rug with the dog in front of the fire! They never asked if they could open a present. I would say, "Ok, I think it's time to open another present." I think the true meaning of Christmas really stuck this year!
I just realized today that I didn't take a single photo of our Christmas celebration because of feeling physically crummy I guess. On Christmas night, I made a huge error in judgment. We went out with friends to our favorite Chinese restaurant, China Pavillion. First error in judgement was going there on Christmas Day because it was slammed and the staff was completely overwhelmed! Second lapse was when I decided to try one little bite of a seafood fried rice including one little-mini scallop. I thought I would challenge my system to see if I truly was allergic to shellfish or if I'd "outgrown" it since it arrived only after my transplant. I couldn't be more wrong...had a doozy of a stomach incident about four hours later. I'm done with shellfish.
Thank you to all of you who have sent wonderful cards, treats and presents this year and even to those who are like me and have had every intention of sending something, but haven't been able to! Please understand that we are so late in getting these things out because of how bad I've been feeling this month. I am working on it little by little though! If I were a company you'd ordered from, you would be a disgruntled customer by now, but thankfully you are family and have a larger capacity for grace.
Have a Happy New Year!
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