January 2012
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seems like i still haven’t been getting much sleep lately, stupid frame! been tossing and turning, playing the pillow shuffle all night [and now all morning] while trying to avoid pin pulling [yeah that’s right, the pin pulling against my skin which leads to pin tears. yep, tearing skin. fun times.]
what else is new? well besides the annoying pain in my ankle i have been getting...
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can…not…wait!
the moment when the painkillers finally kick in
first real snow fall of winter. it always looks so pretty from inside. i am not fooled by the pretty. i would give anything to be laying poolside or lounging at a beach somewhere just as pretty but most importantly hot!
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4 something in the morning and i haven’t slept yet. not like i have anything to wake up to. man that sounded morbid but you know what i mean. my sleep schedule is wacked out and so now i am up at this ungodly hour, xfinity app paused on an episode of ‘the big c’, looking at my leg thinking how beat up it is and trying to muster up enough will power to get up and go pee. tmi?
oh pantalones how i miss you!
came across a folded bag of laundry in my closet that i didn’t get around to putting away before my surgery. folded skinny jeans, leggings, few dress pants [that aren’t dry clean only of course] and 2 pairs of relatively new pants i actually need to get hemmed [btw self]. i thought to myself, ‘man you never know how good a pair pants feel until you are wearing a hoodie, hoping...
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feeling a bit blah lately. been sleeping throughout the day, mostly because i don’t get much sleep at night but also i can’t feel my leg while i’m asleep and time goes by. now if i actually didn’t have things i needed to be doing with that my time [sigh].
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beginning to feel the stretch and it’s no bueno. not painful really, well i lied there is some pain, but mostly discomfort. reminds of a joke someone made about the last time people’s limbs were stretched was the inquisition [lol]. hey at least i can laugh about it.
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December 2011
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felt some tightness when turning the struts this morning. no pain though but i am anticipating some pin site tearing. been experiencing pain and discomfort mostly in my foot. one site of discomfort is an area that caused me similar pain when i wore my leg brace. 3 days down, 37 days to go. oh and 6 days till my birthday, plan on doing absolutely nothing.
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i just wanna be successful
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just got an linked-in update email. everyone’s moving forward, i am temporarily at a standstill but what happens after this? where will i go from here?
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1mm down, didn’t feel a thing
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so its been 2 days since i have been home and so far the pain had definitely subsided from the excruciating pain i felt at the hospital. my foot however feels so swollen it might actually pop. the feeling is so uncomfortable, even propping it up on 4 pillows does nothing. hopefully i can make it to my first post-op appointment this friday, which will also be the first screw turning. [and so it...
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in gown, still waiting…
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waiting…
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so…tired…need…more…sleep…
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had to leave the house to get away for a second. so tired, would much rather be napping. tomorrow is going to be exhausting and i need to be preparing for it. having my next procedure tomorrow [and prayerfully my last, at least for now]. the leg lengthening and the correction to my foot. not looking forward to the pain or any discomfort but i am looking forward to the end. when i am fully...
November 2011
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i have been so busy these past couple of weeks preparing for the weekends. well i learned some valuable things thus far:
1) i so need a staff [lol].
2) there will never be enough time.
3) i do not bode well without a plan.
4) everything just works better when people just listen to me and do as I say.
5) not everyone has learned #4 yet.
6) things can’t always go my way [le sigh].
7) i...
what’s the point of all that work to have the same result? [sigh]
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October 2011
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can someone please explain to me why almost every boot considered to be flat has at least a 1/2in. heel, in some rear cases 1/4in. maybe it’s just me but that’s not flat.
Ankle fusion surgery fuses the tibia with the talus. Much of the up-and-down motion of the back of the foot will be lost; however, the side-to-side rocking motion that comes from the subtalar joint will remain. - ...
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Thought this was brilliant. Words to live by. (via conbonindustries)
couldn’t agree with you more
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some girls have all the luck
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what i learned my week as a temp in dc by yours...
so last tuesday i began my first temp assignment. i decided a little while before i left for nigeria back in july that i cannot sit around and do nothing till my next procedure all the way in december. i began looking for actual full-time employment but realistically beginning a job that i would have to quit in a couple of months [or request an indefinite leave, lol] would not be fair to the...
August 2011
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STUCK
July 2011
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sitting at the airport in paris waiting for my connecting flight to lagos. meant to write about my trip to nigeria before it began but as i have yet to touch african soil i guess this still counts. i haven’t been to nigeria in 17 years, when i moved to the u.s. at the age of 9. i have optimistically been looking forward to this long awaited trip but as the day grew closer i began to feel...
June 2011
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i promised myself i would stop being lazy and post something today.
6.23 - a year since the surgery. just got back from the gym about an hour ago. the idea of an hour long cardio workout wasn’t even close to my mind on that day. i remember being a punk, asking for my mom in recovery and having the tech hold my hand past the time she had to leave. i remember wanting to take the breathing...
May 2011
11 posts
doctor’s appointment today, left on a sour note. on a good note looks i’ll be heading back to nyc sooner. more later
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