Last year at this time I had given up walking. Â My foot simply couldn’t do it anymore.
Surgery followed in August…another surgery this spring in April. Â I’m doing pretty good but it’s not perfect. Â I’m starting to realize that this is my “new normal”…and it’s not too bad. Â There is a bit of numbness in my foot that happens around any surgical site. Â Occasionally when I first get moving from a sitting position my foot is “tight”….all in all, not bad and much better than pre-surgery. Â I’m still hoping for a bit more healing.
Now that I’m at a “new normal” I’m trying really hard to get back at walking again. Â I used to regularly walk at least two miles at least four times a week.
It June I started trying to walk more regularly…I slowly improved. Â It’s hard to decide what is more important- distance or speed. Â For now, I’m working on distance and have been able to get back to my two miles.
Now I want to get to doing that consistently….back to my four days a week (if not every day). Â I thought I would do that over 4th of July weekend but there were so many fireworks being shot off that Ruby would never have been able to stand it. Â So I didn’t…
The 4th has passed and now I’m back to trying really hard to get in the swing….sadly now the part that’s holding me back isn’t always my foot. Â Time and motivation are now sometimes in the way. Â It’s been helping that Kalissa is wanting to walk. Â I can’t walk as fast as she’d like yet but she’s a trooper and puts up with me.
The dogs love it…Carver likes it and I need it. Â I miss the days when walking was a habit and I easily made it fit in my life. Â I’ll do it again…I just need to patient with myself and that’s one thing I’m bad at.
Hopefully I’ll be seeing my shadow lots more and that foot of mine will stay keep improving.
I feel for you, Jo! I think time and distance are more important that speed. It’s more about reaching that goal of 10K steps per day, not a foot race! I’m dealing with foot issues right now and it’s not fun but I persevere.
Glad to hear that you are doing well enough to walk that far. Any update on Ruby’s tail?
Oh I know…you know I know. You keep checking on me and I will keep checking on you. I am so glad I at least have tried to get out and walk the few times I had last week. Today I took Zach and a friend to scout camp to finish up their archery merit badges and we had to hike the trails to get to the archery range. I would have died if I hadn’t at least been walking a few days. At least I got home and had over half the days steps in by 10:30 a.m. It is hard but I am thankful I got to see some of the benefit today. Makes me want to keep going. You will get there. I will get there. The new normal.