In November 2007, I played by the NaBloPoMo rules, and posted every day, despite being in awesome pain from my broken ankle. And it ended with me winning nothing but a sense of crazy accomplishment. This time around, pin removal was super easy and I don’t have any sad tales in which to blog, so I’m just posting every day with snippets of writing, but this blog is a zombie, trying to return from the dead, a pale shadow of what it used to be… Searching for brains… And full of dirt…. But dressed in funeral finery?
Post every day, that’s all you have to do
November 9, 2009 at 6:00 am (NaBloPoMo: facebook status update style)
Tags: brains!
For every Ying, there’s a Yang
November 8, 2009 at 6:00 am (NaBloPoMo: facebook status update style)
Tags: yo-yo
I’m spending the day selling books at a Weight Loss Expo, (stop by if you’re in the area!) so I’m starting the day with a donut.
Spending some time with the ‘rents
November 7, 2009 at 8:41 am (NaBloPoMo: facebook status update style)
Tags: we make reservations
It’s nice being with the parents for recovery time. I think they like it, too, even if it messes with their routine a little. As Dad said this morning, “I can always tell when you’re here for a visit, because there’s food in the refrigerator. I had to move a head of cauliflower to get to my juice this morning!”
Go with the FLOW
November 6, 2009 at 9:38 am (NaBloPoMo: facebook status update style)
Tags: pinectomy
Having a “pinectomy” is so much easier and less painful than having them put in. In fact, 18 hours later, I’m already able to hobble around without crutches, although I’m trying to be just a little ginger about things. However, the actual pain of the incision and my ankle at large is less painful than oh, say: the spot on my hand where the nurse tried and failed to put an IV into my freakishly flat and veins, the reaction I had to the painkillers last night, not being able to swim until after getting the stitches out, and the fact that I’ve agreed to spend the entire weekend in New Jersey.
(Don’t get me wrong, spending time with the fam is great, especially when they’re taking care of me, but there’s just something about this town that makes me shudder…)
You may now safely remove hardware
November 5, 2009 at 5:25 am (Uncategorized)
So exactly two years and four days ago I broke my ankle. Two years and three days ago I had two pins put in said ankle to expidite the healing process. My jerk of a surgeon said he wanted me to keep them in for a lifetime. I got a second opinion, and he said I should have them removed because they’re longer than they need to be, limit my flexibility, and hurt. All the time. Last year, I had an appointment to have them removed. Last September, I lost my health insurance with my job and my ability to finish the surgery. This summer, I worked an awful job long enough to get health insurance and quit in a way that let me get COBRA. And in eleven hours, those foreign objects are coming out for good! Finally!
