Bionic Ankle Minus 2 Screws! (109 days later)

Sunday, May 20, 2007

4:50 PM - Current mood: calm Category: Sports Everything went well! Screws are out! Surgery was late...got to hspt @ 5:30am they took me into surgery @ 12:30 noon. Surgery took about 30 mins. BUT PLEASE TELL ME WHY MY ASS WOKE UP AND SAW THE PUT MY ACE BANDAGE WRAPPED ANKLE INTO THE AIRCAST!!!?? (that was trippy) I have the 2 screws@ home w/ me!! ...You know, I'd thought these screws would be different but they are like screws for ya wall! INSANE (It was the two that go across my ankle that were removed)...I will post a picture of these shiny silver screws tonight! I'm @ my mom's. I'm in pain when I move my leg but not as bad as the 1st surgery. My voice was shot because of the air tube but my throat didn't hurt as bad as the 1st time either. My neck feels like I did a million sit-ups incorrectly....and the neck muscles feel sore. Monday I will start applying pressure in physical therapy!!! 9AM!! Joy Joy. I tried to apply pressure on Friday (Doctor said I could) but the incision area hurt too much.....so Dr. Najibi told me to wait. Friday I got home took a Tylenol 3 and was sleep....today (Sunday) is the 1st time I've been up for sitting at the computer. Right now my ankle is swollen and the aircast feels hella tight....I almost want to take Vicodine to put this damn thing on ....WHEW....I would take this shit off but the doctor told me to keep it on! DAMNIT! (sigh) I'm trying to elevate and ice....my throat hurts to swallow and yawn.....and I need another massage. On a brighter note, I have been much better at the stairs with my crutches! I still need supervision, but I can do it! I am going downstairs to see my puppy in a lil while!!! I can't wait to see his lil booty wagging.... OH-ALSO! I'm about to try a 14 day juice fast starting 2mrw....I need to cleanse! All the anestiea, tylenol, vicodine, and other bullsh*t....I want it out of my system! (Like I said that's the plan-we will see if it happens-keep ya posted) THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LOVE, ENCOURAGEMENT, THOUGHTS & PRAYERS!!!! Currently listening : Like a Boy By Ciara Release date: By 05 April, 2007

~ALMOST DONE 1 MORE SURGERY~

Thursday, May 17, 2007

4:42 PM - Current mood: cheerful Category: Dreams and the Supernatural Okay here goes!!!! THE SCREW SURGERY IS TOMORROW!!!!! YES 2MRW (5/18/07---5:30AM)!!!!! (Shoot, I asked him if he wanted to do it today) I am very excited, BUT it is possible that the operating room will be crowded on Friday which will mean the surgery will be re-scheduled. It is also possible that the screws will need to go back in..... During surgery, the doctor has to remove the screws and test my ankle before he will know if that is the case. The test is a lot of pushing and pulling to see how the tendons react. (I will be under anesthesia) As of right now the doctor says everything looks good, he doesn't expect that and he thinks the screws will stay out. (He just wanted me to know, just in case) This is an out patient surgery and I will be home tomorrow night. I will be able to start slowly applying pressure while using crutches and aircast ("robo-cop boot") this Monday!!!!! I'll be in the aircast for another 6 weeks and I will loose the crutches eventually! -I begin a month of weight bearing / "walking" therapy on 5/21. -I have a Post Op Visit 5/31 so that the doctor can remove stiches and check everything... THEN I AM BACK TO WORK 6/4!!!!!!!!! =) Currently listening : Keep on Movin' By Soul II Soul Release date: By 29 June, 1992

WANNA SEE PIX OF THE BROKEN & FIXED ANKLE

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Ankle Update to match the Pretty Picture!

Current mood: cheerful
Category: Sports


(91 days down....)
15 days til next X-Ray. That x-ray will determine when the 2 screws will come out. After they are out, I can begin bearing weight on the Bionic Ankle!!

I have begun physical therapy!!!! I meet with Tanya, my therapist just about twice a week. For the next 5 sessions I am working to regain my range of motion......in addition to the visits, I have 15 home exercises to do 3 times daily.

I always look forward to the visits but PT totally wears me out. I'm usually completely exhausted and I generally sleep a lot after the visits. Besides that, the PT is going well and I'm on point with my "homework" 3 times a day!!!! Tanya said if I "follow her instructions, don't go over board, and continue to rest... I will be fine".

Also let me tell you....during my visits Tanya does this thing where she slowly pushes and pulls the ankle (IT DOES NOT HURT) but she says that what she is doing is moving the bones to give me more mobility!!!! AIN'T THAT AMAZING!!??! Honestly, this experience has totally elevated my respect for my body-it trips me out that bones can re-grow themselves. And that metal inside your body can co-exist with the bones!!!! (AMAZING).

NOT WALKING YET-BUT I'm getting there!!!!

Currently listening : Because Of You By Ne-Yo
Release date: 01 May, 2007

Thursday, April 05, 2007

5:36 PM - THEE OUTCASTED UPDATE Current mood: cranky Category: Art and Photography Well yall, things are looking up.... I went in for The Removal Of The Cast today. I saw my Un-wrapped and Un-casted BIONIC ankle!! It's not 100% yet, but we are getting there. I was put into an air cast. This one is a heavy, plastic and rubber boot that looks like the foot on ROBO-Cop!!! I can remove this one at night!! Click for a picture: http://a78.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/m_56dde85cb84cf836e72106c2007b5a6d.jpg When I take it off...the right leg looks like "tiny tim". But I will be starting PT on 4/17....I will be going 2 or 3 times a week for about 4 weeks. This will S.O.S my calf muscle to return....Like the doctor told me on day 1, this is a slow process....very slow process. (64 days slow to be exact) And my doc just extended my "(NOT) back to work date" to the 2nd/3rd week in May...Oh imagine how pissed I was all day!!! I have an appointment scheduled for 5/17!!! May 17!????- My back to work day was supposed to be 5/3/07-NOT 5/17/07.... The doctor says after the x-rays on 5/17, he will schedule me for the final operation to remove the 2 screws. After that operation I will be bearing full weight (walking) and driving.... So we are looking at the middle of May... Though this is longer than what I was originally told. And while I am feeling good about the way my body is healing in this whole process...DANG!!! If it was God's plan to teach me about slowing down, accepting change, being patient, needing/asking for help and waiting....Whew-LESSONS LEARNED! Currently listening : B'day By Beyonce' Release date: By 03 April, 2007

Last Night....

Sunday, April 01, 2007

3:19 PM - Current mood: ecstatic Category: Romance and Relationships He Luv Me - He wrote it on my cast!! Well friends, I did it!!! I left the house!!! I went to Houseshoes' BDay Party and to the Dilla Ruff Draft Party!!! I saw Kat perform! I saw Guilty & he said "big bread basket sandwhiches". AND I saw Milk do "Sound The Alarm" w/ Guilty....then he did "So Gone"....which brought such audible joy to my life. (Aaaaaaah: "Oh My! This nigga flow's retarded....") And between the 2 days and all the happiness, almost everyone signed my cast!!!. So I got all types of hip hop love energy flowing to them bones, helping everything get better!!! My pretty pink cast is now thugged out and grimmey. A lil girly/A lil grimmey/very hip hop....just the way I like it! I had a ball this weekend but I am so tired. The ankle is saying "look fool, lay down". And I'm listening, with my foot up on 5 pillows!!! Thanx to my crew (Kela, Ski, "my Favorite", My DJ, Princess, and Rob) for getting me in/out and seated!!! You all will never know how much I FUCKIN LOVE YOU ! Currently listening : Popular Demand By Black Milk Release date: By 13 March, 2007

DON'T BREAK YA ANKLE

Friday, March 30, 2007

6:16 PM -

DON'T BREAK YA ANKLE [58 days] Current mood: pissed off Category: Parties and Nightlife OKAY....SO.... It's been a minute, I ain't posted shit right.... Well the ankle's coming along. I'm "out-Casted" on Next Thrs 4/5/07. (Imma video that shit). The doctor takes me out of the pink fiberglass cast and he's gonna put me in an air cast (it looks like Robo-Cop's foot). I won't be allowed to bear any weight BUT I will be starting PT at that point.... Yesterday I tried to hold my foot up steady using the ankle, for a full min (doc supervised during a cast change) and basically...I could not. That let me know that Physical Therapy is finna kick my ass....BUT YO!....I DON'T GIVE A FUCK....I could cry through the whole therapy sessions....long as this therapist gets me back on track walking and driving my car.....I DON'T GIVE A FUCK. SHIT, 2 weeks before this happened, I was running FOUR MILES listening to "Danger". So real shit...Please, bring it on....Understand this....I'm so fcking ready to walk! You have no damn idea.... NOW - How bout this for a Blog: Today 3/30/07.... I just got paid for the 1st time since Feb....??? How bout I got bills....A lot of bills and how bout shit is late??? How bout that???....whateva... I got that dough today so...Imma work shit out....but Dayum. See yall @ that Dilla shit Sat!!! (((((*Turn It Up*))))) Currently listening : Ruff Draft By J Dilla Release date: By 20 March, 2007

HEAD OVER HEELS

Saturday, March 10, 2007

1:58 AM - Current mood: bored It's been 50 days. 50 days since I broke my ankle. And a few weeks since I updated the myspace friends with an ankle blog..... Well remember last we spoke, I'd gotten the fabulous pink cast!? So lemme tell you what happened next....first Elijah & Talia signed! Ski was next, then Kela came with a box of pretty sharpies and drew a rose. Then my most fav cousin spent her spring break dropping in and surprising me, so she also added her flare! Of course my homegirl Princess added some pretty colors!!! Then my brothers, daddy & cousin all tagged me up as well. Without a doubt, I took the "phattie" and tagged my own cast a few times. (Until Princess told me to stop). I went "home" to my mom's for the 1st time since Feb. Full of paranoia and the joy of a lighter cast, I approached the stairs....crutches in hand, prepared to get in the house. With my brother instructing me, I made it inside. I saw my "handsome face" (aka the Pitt bull). And though the "puppy" (he's 5) was confused by the crutches & cast, he was full of hugs n kisses! Then I journeyed upstairs-for the 1st time! The "booty-scoot" was no biggie. I'd had much practice as I'd been lifting my -not light weight body-, using my upper body strength for more than a month to get around on the crutches. But the landings in the "big house" were a beast. It took about 30 min to figure out the best strategy for going from floor 1 to floor 2. (This strategy included knee pads and painful crawling-but said strategy has been replaced by the "booty walk" cause crawling was a NO-GO) I also made an attempt at a shower/bath type thing.....my brother and his homeboy hooked it all up. Basically, there is a chair facing the mirror so that both feet are out of the tub. There is a big plastic tub on the side of the tub (under the feet). One foot goes inside the tub and the bionic ankle leg rests on top of it. The detachable shower head is placed in my lap. (Soap, loofah, towels and all necessary items are placed within reach also). Everyone left and the party started! All is going went but, it was all new and therefore required lots of work and concentration. Which basically wore me out. Then I needed my hair done. (mind you I have been keeping the hair done since day one-I'm a girlie girl and well...I like touching my hair & I like it clean) After getting my hair washed by my mom, it's time to go back to my brother's. But I debate spending the night at mom's. I go back and forth in my mind....something telling me to stay for a night....but I figure naw...and I go. Decision made, Ski & I were bumping some Biggie...I like my music loud and in the house....it just don't cut it. So we are vibing...."The world is filled with pimps & ....". I am tired as shit. Feeling like I been working out, I'm beat and my injured leg is tired....but I'm feeling good. So we get out of the car....kicking the lyrics to "I Got A Story To Tell"......hard as hell. Paying honor to versatility of Big and paying respect to the anniversary of his death....we flowing.....and we started moving towards the house. "...She giggled...so now I'm smoking on home grown/then I heard a moan/Honey I'm Home..." -We stop crutching at the stairs- -But we DON'T stop flowing- "...My brain racing-she telling me to be patient..." -Step one done- -Step two done- -Step three done- Quickly! "...It came to me like a song I wrote. Told da b^!* give me a scarf, pillow case and rope. Got dressed quick..." -Step four- ...and the next thing I know, I am on the ground. YEP. That's right I fell...onto the ground...outside fucking bastard crutches ain't bout shit. Fortunately, this fall was slow and supported by my brother so nothing was hurt for him or me. BUT I was scared....shaken....cold....and already damn tired. So I just sat there. My brother was freaked out. I try to reassure him. "I'm okay. I am okay." He got me a lawn chair, I pull myself into it. Then got up and got in the house. I just wanted to lay down. My brother & Kela's friends were in the house. And everyone was worried. I just wanted to lay down. Kela wants me to take a Tylenol..."No...if I'm hurt I need to feel the pain and not be sleep" I can tell my ankle is swelling because it's hot but I am ok. I lay down, I elevate it and I hear something say "see you shoulda followed ya 1st find and stayed". I thought I'd learned to really listen to my gut. And I'll admit, I've gotten better but I haven't mastered it yet. The ability to always listen to the "gut" is a work in progress. Currently listening : Songs from the Big Chair By Tears for Fears Release date: By 27 September, 2005

Numerology Says Patience Child

Friday, March 16, 2007

6:41 PM - What The Numbers Say... Current mood: annoyed Category: MySpace 2005 was a very difficult year for me...on my numerology chart, it was a 9 year and that meant endings and closures....and that is what happened the whole year. There was a lot of sadness in '05. So I decided to let go a little and see where God's path would lead in 2006. And I had a ball the whole way through! (From new years eve....right up to christmas.....party-party-party) (here is to '06....the year that I partied like I was 21 all over again!!!) Then '07 came too quick and I've been on my ass almost since the start. I'd said that the party bus was stopping....and I guess it did!! Lol I feel like I didn't even get to say goodbye to my good times before this whole sit still!!! So....I decided to check my numerology chart to see what was what....WOULD YOU JUST LOOK @ THIS! WTF? Personal Year 2. . . .Development, cooperation, and waiting This is a number 2 personal year. A personal year 2 is a wait and see time; a year when you will find yourself in the background and very much in a stage of development. This is not a time to force the issue and try to move forward. It is a time for cooperation and building relationships that will benefit you in the future; a year for accumulating and collecting. Aggressiveness will cause problems now. You must be prepared for delays, detours, stoppages and you must be patient. This is a time of small contribution, of helping, and details must be taken care of when they come up. You may give time and effort to further another's work. This year may be a test to your self-control and emotional sensitivities. This is a time to improve your abilities to work with others in a productive way and this can be difficult for you if you have chiefly worked alone in the past. Keep calm, cool, and pleasant. You may experience a degree of nervous tension during this period; the two year brings a tendency to emotional extremes including depression. Very deep relationships with a person of the opposite sex (including marriage) may be more apt to occur during a 2 year. If married, there is apt to be a deepening of feeling in the relationship during a 2 year. http://www.aryabhatt.com/numerology/personal.htm WTF?? Currently reading : Numerology By Hans Decoz Release date: By 01 January, 2001

I'm in love & I miss my boo

6:25 PM - I'm in love & I miss my boo
Current mood: annoyed
Category: Romance and Relationships

I've heard on many an occassion, from several people "you are like Carrie but in Detroit" & "you can't - not be in the D".....
And I was kinda like "okay whatever"...

But I been away too long! I miss my city. I miss WOODWARD! (Lol)...I know! Sounds crazy right? But real talk...I miss Woodward. You know over by the new Borders...Oslo....and Campus Martius.....(aah) don't know what it is...but I love that area! Love it!

Actually....I love downtown Detroit. I love driving around the D....I just love it!! Usually, I hit woodward to think....belle isle to pray....hit jefferson to listen to music....chene park to talk....hit Sinbad's dock to watch the sun.....see loving Detroit!

And to think...I'd laugh like "okay whatever" but now....I'm missing my boo!!

As SOON as the bionic ankle is healed...and I am free....here is the list...
-WOODWARD
-Jefferson
-Belle Isle
-the breakfast house
-3am slush from white castle on woodward
-northern lights
-damn why is Olso closed...I need some Detroit sushi
-FISHBONES fried lobster and SUSHI
-spectacles
-shelby street cafe
-phat, black & guilty show!
-motor city cafe

Seriously! As soon as I'm free....it's on......Detroit look out!

"Hello Detroit"
Sammy Davis, Jr.

You're a fighter, you're a lover
You're strong and you recover
From whatever gets you down

And there's so many many reasons
Any time, any season
Is the right time, to be with you

Hello Detroit
You've won my heart
Your renaissance, and waterfronts
Give you a flare of your own
Irresistible you
Hug and kissable you
You're alive with so much feeling
And I will always, be there for you
I will say, a little prayer for you
And I will always care for you

Hello Detroit
You've touched my soul
Thanks for the memories I cherish so

Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall
You've got it all
Hello Hello Hello
Hello Detroit

On a stroll through Belle Isle Park
Greektown after dark
You instill in the young, the will to become
Stars and champions

Hello my friend
How have you been?
It's in the air
It's everywhere
The magical touch of you

Irresistible you
Hug and kissable you
You're alive with so much feeling

And I will always be there for you
I will say a little prayer for you
I will always care for you

Hello
Big D
Motor City
And the Motown sound that's got the whole world singin'

I will always be there for you
I will always say a little prayer for you
I will always care for you
Hello Detroit

Hello Detroit

Currently listening : The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show By Sammy Davis Jr. Release