One Week: Driving. Don't have to wear the boot around the house.
Two Weeks: Ditch the boot.
4-6 Months: ... Back to 100%. (He said I'd be ready to play sports again in the Fall.)
The crutches immediately got shoved to the back of my closet and I'm downright speedy, now that I can officially walk without them. (I may have been walking around without crutches prior to word from the doc...) I can also carry things while I walk, fix my hair or scratch my nose while I walk, and swagger with a nice boot/gangsta lean. Still, I'll have my boot at my cousin's wedding this weekend -- good thing I've got a dress to match!
As you can tell, I'm doing much better. Jonny Wilkinson, however, is missing the upcoming English tour of New Zealand for shoulder surgery. What can I say but that I feel his pain? Nationals were in Albuquerque this past weekend, and they were hard to watch. So very hard. Still, I'm glad I went and supported the team. Here we are after our last match:
Four(ish) years with this team have been great. It's going to be very hard to leave.
And now, my life in science:
From xkcd, a wonderful, nerdy comic.
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