Mom went in for
hip surgery this morning, all went well.
I watched the girls today and then
went to the foot doctor Drew VanBoerum. I have had my left foot in a boot since
just before my hysterectomy. I have a Haglands deformity which is a triangular shaped
bone under my Achilles tendon. Every time I would walk it would make little
micro tears in my Achilles. The more I was on it the more it hurt. The same
thing happened years ago and they put me in a boot then a cast then they
referred me to Dr. VanBoerum who was an orthopedic foot specialist. He told me
to change the angle of shoe I was wearing. So instead of flats or high heels I
wore mid-level shoes. That fixed everything for (3) years until I had my left
knee replaced. After the surgery it was never the same. It was back to how it
was like (4) years ago. So at my appointment with Dr. VanBoerum he basically
said that because I had been wearing the boot faithfully it was the same thing
as a cast so really my next choice is surgery. It’s like a tendon repair
surgery where they cut the tendon shave the bone then reattach the tendon. It’s
a long recovery. I told him about the cancer, chemo etc. he said we couldn’t do
surgery while I’m doing chemo because we wanted things to heal and the chemo
will be killing everything. He asked who the doctor was; I told him it was Dr.
Mark Dodson. He said he knew him very well and that he was a very good doctor
that made me feel good. So basically I wear the boot if I’ll be up on it a lot.
When I’m just going to be at home I take it off. I guess I’ll just deal with it
until after chemo.
Tonight I had a bbq on the rocks with
my nursing school study group. Most everyone came. It was really fun to visit
with everyone. I announced to everyone about my cancer, sepsis, chemo etc. They
all said they would stand by me and help anyway they could. Even though most of
them are not LDS or inactive LDS they knew I was active and supported and
respected me, as I was to them.
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