8 Weeks

I don't have much news to share since last week since every continues to go well.

Over the past week....

• I ran 40 minutes straight yesterday and then walked 20 minutes and that felt good
• I biked on the trainer in the basement
• I jumped on the trampoline with the boys for a few minutes
• I am back doing whatever I want to do.  
• I do still feel the inflammation as I described in past posts, but doesn't hurt or bother me.  I remember my doctor saying "your foot will be swollen for a while and then all of sudden it will be gone".  So I am assuming one day I will just notice I know longer feel the inflammation.  My foot stays consistent from one day to the next.  It has not swelled up, etc.. I actually think it has gone down a bit from last week, yet who knows.

Here are some 8 week photos.  The scar is fading and I'm happy with the way everything looks.  So glad I had this surgery done.

On a very sad note.  For those of you following me the past 8 weeks you have heard me talk about Allie over and over and over again.  Well, it breaks my heart to tell you I had to put her down on Monday night (Jan. 9th).  She wasn't quite acting normal throughout the day, so I took her in to the emergency vet around 7:00 p.m. and learned she was bleeding internally.  From the ultra sound they did they thought she had spleen or stomach cancer.   When I reflect back on the last few months the signs were there, yet she was always so happy and full of energy she didn't appear to be in pain.  We even got out for a walk on Monday, but I think her little body just knew it was time to go.  It's been a very sad week for our family.  Especially for me since she was literally with me 24/7 for the past 12 years of her life.  She was a wonderful dog and she will always have a special place in my heart.  Here are a couple of pictures.  

The one of her and Riley was just taken last week and the other one was of her in her younger days.

Live your life like Allie did... always present, happy, loyal and full of life!  I miss her dearly.  

Charge forward,

Julie

7 weeks and 2 days - no scar tissue just inflammation

I just wanted to quickly mention that I did talk with my doctors nurse who talked to my doctor and I don't have scar tissue.  The bulky feeling I feel time to time is just inflammation since the foot is still healing.

She mentioned it's totally normal and I don't have to stop doing anything since I can't harm my foot.  She did mention if I wanted to stop high impact activities that would maybe help bring some inflammation down, yet it's not necessary since I'm not in pain or anything.   Besides running on Thursday I haven't done too much high impact stuff to date.  Sure I do jumping jacks and some other jumps in between some TRX sets, but it's for 30 seconds to a minute long and that's only on Wednesday's.

I am curious what is scar tissue?  I assumed it was scar tissue inside my foot that was causing the bulking feeling since I keep reading from others how they need to break up their scar tissue.

Anyway - I did feel better knowing it's just normal inflammation that will go away with time.

Have a great weekend ahead!

7 Weeks - No Stopping me now

Close up of the scar at 7 weeks.  

In person the scar is completely flat with my other skin

Foot at 7 weeks.

Just as I expected there is not much different than last week.  Some new activities I have done in the last week include hot yoga, roller skating, and running!  Yes, I know I was suppose to wait one more week before I ran but for some reason this a.m. I could not resist it.   I was on the treadmill 60 minutes and probably ran a good 30 plus minutes.  I was amazed at how good I felt and how I had to force myself to stop.  Around 35 minutes into it I stopped and realized I have NO BUNION PAIN in my foot!!  

I am icing my foot right now just to be safe since this is the first time I ran in 7 weeks and I can say this is the first time I have iced my foot in a LONG time.  This picture above was taken after my workout and after my shower, so as you can see all still looks good!   Yoga was no problem at all either.  Some of the one stand positions I am not as strong on my weak foot, but I knew that because that's how it is in TRX class too.   Roller skating now that was a blast.  I have not roller skated since I was a teenager and my kids wanted to go so we all went.  All was great until my son pulled me down during one of his falls and I fell on my tail bone, but each day the pain is less and less.   We also bought ice skates this past week and plan to hit the lakes/ponds soon.  Again have not ice skated since I was a teenager too.

I also got Allie out for a walk too since it was around 45 degrees today in Wisconsin!!

Do me a favor and read Christy comments from my Day 26.  She is having some issues and I'm hoping someone can provide some insights/suggestions.  It's the last comment in this post.

So all and all things continue to go well.  At this point I truly feel like I'm back to normal unless me running today versus waiting until next week sets me back.  Tomorrow I won't do any cardio and I will give my foot a rest.  I probably won't run again until Monday.

I can still feel some of the scar tissue from inside my foot.  I called my nurse today and she said that is normal and will ask the doctor if there is something he can do, but she recommends to keep massaging it.
It doesn't hurt it just makes that area of my foot feel a little bulky.

Happy New Year's!!
Julie