I got an email recently from another trimalleolar patient who’s endured three surgeries so far*. Understandably, he’s quite depressed right now, and wondering if and how he’ll ever get his life back. It made my day when he said that … Continue reading
It’s been 17 months now since I broke my ankle. I get a fair amount of hits from people with fresh trimalleolar fractures who are looking for some idea of what they’re in for, and I occasionally get some pleasant … Continue reading
I fell down a year ago today. I fell down this afternoon, too, in the new-fallen snow. Same sort of new-fallen snow as last year, about five feet from the other spot I landed in. I was most displeased by … Continue reading
Back in November, Becky wrote about dealing with winter weather the year after a winter-related accident and breathing through her apprehension. I wrote a brief comment to her then, and have been thinking about it since. At the time I … Continue reading
Even though I’ve had the Vader Boot off for nearly a month now, I’ve still been limiting my walking. There’s been a lot of lost strength and flexibility to regain, as well as stamina. The past three nights, though, we … Continue reading
Last night, I put on what I would call tennis shoes for the first time since early February. It was the first time I had had any sort of shoe on the repaired foot since it was broken. Very very … Continue reading
This past Tuesday, I drove for the first time since I fell. I hadn’t been so worried about the driving, since the car is an automatic and my right foot is just fine. The concern was more about being OK … Continue reading
Yesterday, for the first time in nine weeks, I took a shower standing up (sans boot) and brushed my teeth standing up (with boot). This is huge, people. HUGE.
More ankle grittiness below the fold. Brace yourself.
All 650+ of you who have visited in the past five hours: I blogged my injury and recovery for a number of reasons: to keep friends and loved ones apprised of my condition; to help other folks who have sustained … Continue reading
Welcome to Thinkery, est. 2003. At the moment, I'm an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at Syracuse University. I'm interested in new media, historical conceptions of authorship, and human/machine agency. I write about all of that elsewhere, mostly, and keep this space for other areas of investigation about the world: namely, cooking, gardening, and travel.
