It was pouring this morning, in keeping with an unusually wet winter in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The rain was heavy enough that even though my driveway isn't very long I took an umbrella to get the newspaper.
As I was doing it, I realized that after I have my right leg amputated tomorrow, I'll never use an umbrella again. (The cut will be so high that I'll be on crutches for the rest of my life.) I've been thinking about the big things I won't be able to do, of course, but nearly every day little things like that come up.
This afternoon I made a video of me coasting into my garage on my bicycle. I can't really ride it anymore—the leg doesn't bend enough—but I've been taking it out lately and walk-coasting it around the neighborhood. There's a steep part that I go fast on and it brings me great joy.
Thinking of you today and wishing you all the best as you recover.
ReplyDeleteGreat luck to you on your surgery and recovery from the west, formally of MA and PA. I know it seems awful to have this type of surgery, I have seen many as a nurse, but I am also amazed at what amputees, even ones with similar high amputations, can accomplish afterwards. I look forward to your updates. I too have a little blog. SomI love reading others. Anyway, I know you must not be looking forward to all of this, I know I would not. But know there are people out there who care.
ReplyDeleteVery late thanks for your kind thoughts. The whole thing has been about as bad as I'd thought it'd be. Nurses, by the way, were what made my hospital stay bearable and healing.
Delete