thank you so much to everyone who has been praying and thinking of me! it's been 3.5 weeks since my injury happened and i can tell you that it doesn't hurt at all anymore. which means 2.5 weeks til i can start walking and get off these crutches - the same ones i got from the hospital in vienna in fact (earlier post). instead of a cast i was outfitted with this intense full leg brace that locks into position, so for the past week i finally got to move out of "perfectly straight" mode (which was torture) to 30 degrees of bend, and now today i got moved to 60 degrees! according to x-rays i am healing well and swelling, although still very obvious, is going down.
sadly, i am still on crutches and won't be able to polka dance this weekend at westfest. i'll just have to make up for it with more beer and kolaches.
also side fun fact, tomorrow is the one year anniversary of when i met one of my favorite people from eurotrip, chris from australia, who is mentioned in a couple of my posts from a year ago. he thought i was really weird when i told him we should hang out on the train going from barcelona to nice because we both spoke english, and even weirder when we discovered we were going to the same hostel. but my adventures in nice, florence, and rome wouldn't be remotely the same without him, and i'm so thankful to have met him and all the other people i'm now friends with from that adventure. happy anniversary, aussie, see you in december :)
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
broken
in case you didn't catch it in the "crutches" post, my leg is broken. and it's a pretty bad break. the pain keeps me from sleeping, which is why i'm up right now. it happened a week ago and the past week has not been much fun dealing with the injury. this week i'll be trying to get into a specialist asap to get a cast on it and then wait 6 weeks to hear more. no, i will not be telling the story of how it happened anymore but it's happened and i can't change that so let's move forward.
we are hoping i won't need surgery because they couldn't even see it in the x-ray. they only saw it in the MRI so hopefully simple rest will heal it. then there's the issue of physical therapy and getting back to normal. i have to stop reading testimonials online because everything i'm reading makes me depressed, so i'm coming to you and asking for your prayers. pray for less pain. pray for no surgery. pray for full recovery. pray for my job, since i can't do part of what i am supposed to do now and for the next few months. pray for my bank account, because hopefully insurance will cover everything but who knows. pray for my family and friends, that they will be understanding and supportive and help me get through this even though it's going to be a hassle for them too. and pray for me, that i can stay optimistic through this. sure, i got injured before and during my eurotrip, but those weren't anywhere close to the scale of this. and before that i had never really been injured in my life, so this is a bit hard for me to handle.
one of my biggest fears is that i won't fully recover, which would really put a damper on traveling. if i don't recover fully by december, i might have to cancel australia this year, which will just kill me because i've been planning on that for almost a year. and if i can't walk very well in the future, that'll definitely put a dent in my ability to explore new places. for right now and until the cast comes off, help me not think about these things. anything could happen between now and then and hopefully the promise of a full recovery is in the cards.
we are hoping i won't need surgery because they couldn't even see it in the x-ray. they only saw it in the MRI so hopefully simple rest will heal it. then there's the issue of physical therapy and getting back to normal. i have to stop reading testimonials online because everything i'm reading makes me depressed, so i'm coming to you and asking for your prayers. pray for less pain. pray for no surgery. pray for full recovery. pray for my job, since i can't do part of what i am supposed to do now and for the next few months. pray for my bank account, because hopefully insurance will cover everything but who knows. pray for my family and friends, that they will be understanding and supportive and help me get through this even though it's going to be a hassle for them too. and pray for me, that i can stay optimistic through this. sure, i got injured before and during my eurotrip, but those weren't anywhere close to the scale of this. and before that i had never really been injured in my life, so this is a bit hard for me to handle.
one of my biggest fears is that i won't fully recover, which would really put a damper on traveling. if i don't recover fully by december, i might have to cancel australia this year, which will just kill me because i've been planning on that for almost a year. and if i can't walk very well in the future, that'll definitely put a dent in my ability to explore new places. for right now and until the cast comes off, help me not think about these things. anything could happen between now and then and hopefully the promise of a full recovery is in the cards.
Friday, August 10, 2012
crutches
comparing cultures is extremely interesting to me. the similarities, the differences, the reasoning behind it all. when i was in Europe, i went with an injury boot on my ankle - something that is completely normal here in the States but not used at all in Europe. it made sure i was noticed everywhere and i was even complimented on my fashion statement in france and italy. silly europeans. they thought my accessory was strange, but then when i got crutches there i looked at them in disbelief and asked "no really, can i please get normal crutches?" you see, the crutches over there are the kind that only come up to your elbows, or "polio crutches" as a few people have named them. they require a lot more balance and a lot more strength than american crutches, and the also have little reflectors on them since europeans generally walk instead of drive to their destinations. pretty smart if you ask me.
anyway, now that i'm back on the crutches from vienna, austria, a second time, it's fun to get people coming up to me and asking about them. i even let most people try them out if they want, including the lady who took my MRI and a random girl in urban outfitters. they're different, but instead of disliking the stares i now love them because it gives me the opportunity to share my travels with more people than i would have reached otherwise.
anyway, now that i'm back on the crutches from vienna, austria, a second time, it's fun to get people coming up to me and asking about them. i even let most people try them out if they want, including the lady who took my MRI and a random girl in urban outfitters. they're different, but instead of disliking the stares i now love them because it gives me the opportunity to share my travels with more people than i would have reached otherwise.
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