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Adventures on Crutches

This past extended weekend was packed with adventures. I had a couple of parties to go to and a long list of errands to do. On Saturday, I left a pool party and headed home to get ready for an evening fund-raiser. I got home and let the dogs out. I wanted to give them some playtime before running off again, so decided to let them go swimming in the bay behind our home. I can’t just tell them go a head and get in the water for a bit.” So after saying my hellos, still in my bathing suit, I ran down the pier with my dogs in toe and jumped feet first into the water.

I didn’t notice it was low tide and only 3 feet of water (not 5-6 like I was expecting.) I landed and knew instantly that I broke my ankle. I am now in a cast and on crutches for 3-6 weeks. My grandma always told me not jump into shallow water. The good thing is that my long list of errands just got moved over to the “honey-do list.”

I’m not able to carry open drinks or soup without someone’s help. Luckily, at work the small office fridge is right behind me so all I have to do is wheel my chair over, open the fridge and grab a Ready-To-Drink Shake. I brought my remaining supply in my backpack and have a new order being shipped right to my office. If Medifast wasn’t so convenient I would probably starve. I even have a bottle of water in the fridge and have made shakes in my shaker right at my desk.

I surely need Medifast now that I am going to be avoiding moving and lying around as much as possible. Wish me luck…

This entry was posted by Heather Russell on Friday, September 7th, 2007. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to Adventures on Crutches

1 | Kimberly Cage-Mbuyamba said:

Hello Ms. Russell:

It has been a very long time. It sounds as if things are going well, except for the broken ankle :(. I moved to Raleigh, NC and would love to talk to you. So send me your contact info and personal email address. I am still struggling with the weight, but you know that your blog is always so motivating to me and makes me smile. I am still waiting for the book :).

Kim

2 | susanne said:

I too have recently become partially disabled with severe osteoarthritis of the right hip. The doctor says I have to lose weight and I started on the medifast program again. In 13 days I have lost 13 pounds. My hip feels so much better when I walk. Iwant to lose over 70pounds and hopefully
my osteoarthritis won’t cause me so much pain.
My family is supportive and it really makes me feel good when my husband helps me putting on my right sock and shoe Sue G

3 | Linda said:

I too find it hard to do the actives I used to do.
People have told me I need weight training, they don’t understand how much weight training I really do just getting out of a chair. I can’t wait till the program arrives so I can be on the rode to getting my life back.

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