Boredom

For the past week, my main feeling has been boredom.  I'm tired of dragging around the hamster cage and tired of everything associated with it.  The unique-ness has definitely worn off.  Its getting harder to be patient with myself and do things slower.  I'm tired of telling everyone I'm doing fine and there's nothing new to report.  I'm tired of wearing the same two pair of pants!  Its hard to force myself to take the down time I need to be fully rested.   My husband has taken to putting me down for a nap daily!  If I don't go willingly, he threatens to take my wheelie away from me.  I'm ready to get this thing off and start some serious physical therapy biking.  Just another stage in the process, I'm sure.  One of my fellow frame wearers gets his frame off today.  I'm very anxious to hear about his experience.

ROM going OK, I guess.  Don't really have anything to measure it against, but it increases every few days by 1/4" or so.  The joint is moving, and without much pain.  Mostly its the heel pins that prevent me from doing more.  Weight bearing is going fine.  I'm convinced I could walk with the frame if it weren't for the heel pins.  I'd also probably be tripping over it every other step!  The joint pain is minimal compared to pre-surgery.  So I think the frame is doing what its supposed to do.  Just trying to maintain a good diet and positive frame of mind, so the body makes that holy grail cartilege that will allow some pain relief when the ankle no longer as this suspension bridge to support it.  I really think if there was a Star Trek device to miniaturize this whole contraption, so it could be installed internally, we'd have a permanent fix to the problem.