Friday, May 06, 2016

A-Z Reflection Post and an update on my leg...

I'm proudly displaying my 2016 A-Z Challenge Survivor badge! 

This winter, when I was spending a fair amount of time stuck in a recliner with a ruptured quad tendon, waiting for and recovering from surgery, and enjoying morphine for the first time in my life, I came across a post about the A-Z Challenge.  I had seen such calls for the challenge in previous years, but this time I thought it time to join the fray.  I decided on a theme of places I’d like to visit and then set out to find exotic places for each letter.  I have always considered myself well-traveled (I’ve been in 47 states, 5 Canadian Providences and 22 countries plus two Danish territories).  But with this challenge, I began to realize just how much more there is to see…  It was fun to dream and to explore such places and then create A-Z posts. 

I set a goal to have each post up by 6 AM (setting them to be published the night before).  I had written five or six posts before the month began which helped me especially during the busy weeks.  I was delighted to read post for a number of new bloggers (at least new to me) and to have a number of new folks comment on my blog.

Will I do this again?  I’m not sure, but maybe.  A future topic could be favorite authors (but do I have name for each letter?), places I’ve been, music, trees, flowers, rivers…  So many possibilities. 

On the home front, the doctor has cleared me for sailing and kayaking!  I’m still not cleared to go back on duty at the volunteer fire department.  I am a little sad, but even if I was just supporting on the outside, he was afraid that climbing up and down on trucks still had too much of a possibility for a fall that might re-injure the tendon.  I am now wearing a much less restrictive brace on my knee and am still in physical therapy.  I can tell that my muscles are strengthening, but there is still a difference between my injured leg and the other one.  I go back to the doctor in a month.  We’ll see what he says then.  Hopefully I will be cleared for most activities, even though I will still be working on gaining my strength in my left leg.  

18 comments:

  1. Congrats on surviving the challenge and keep up the good progress on your leg.

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  2. I considered myself well traveled having been to 6 countries, one Canadian province and about 40 states when talking to others but with your stats, I'm a rookie!

    Good to hear your leg is recovering and hopefully you will achieve a full recovery. I hurt mine at age 18 and it has never fully recovered but it feels as good as it has since the injury.

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  3. Glad to hear you're recovering well and will soon be back up to speed. Take care and have a terrific weekend.

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  4. That's awesome to hear that your leg is healing so well. It just takes time to get things back to the way they were before an injury. I did the A to Z a couple of times and had a lot of fun with it. I'll probably do it again at some point.

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  5. I'm glad to hear you're on the mend. Healing takes time. It's hard to be patient during the waiting. Congratulations on finishing the A to Z challenge. I've done it a couple of times in the past, but I didn't attempt it this year.

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  6. Glad you are healing but sorry you have to go through this.

    I find writing a weeks worth of posts over the weekend and scheduling them works best for me. We all have to find what works best for us.

    @Kathleen01930
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  7. Being okayed for being on the water must be a BIG step. Doesn't being patient stink? I always thought so, but as long as it gets you better... Congratulations. It is a pleasure to be back reading blogs I enjoy!

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  8. Glad to hear that you're healing well. I'm sure you're happy to be cleared for boat adventures.

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  9. I'm glad to hear you can get back in the water! :-)

    Greetings from London.

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  10. So pleased that you are continuing to heal well ...
    Well done on the A-Z challenge

    All the best Jan

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  11. You have no tendoncy for inactivity Jeff--I am certain you will SLOWLY work your way back to complete unfettered use of the leg.

    If I have just 9 more surgeries I think I could meet an A-Z challenge about that.

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  12. Congratulations on surviving the A-Z challenge! Very happy that you are able to sail and kayak now that the weather is getting so nice!

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  13. Thought about trying the A-Z challenge but given the craziness at my house I wouldn't gotten to "C" before something derailed my efforts.

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  14. So glad you can get back on the water! You did a good job with the A to Z - definitely an achievement!

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  15. Glad you're cleared for sailing. Hopefully, you write some blog posts about your time out on the water? I know I'd enjoy reading them :-)

    Cheers - Ellen

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  16. congratulations on the A-Z and glad to hear the leg is recovering well

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  17. That's great you're healing and getting cleared for activities. I'm sure as time progresses you can do more and more.

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  18. I hadn't realised this was your first year! Congratulations on completing the challenge!
    Love the idea of a favourite authors theme, I did that one year too :-)

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