X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 19:17:56 -0400 From: Jan Nottmeier <[log in to unmask]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The Recovery Begins References: <[log in to unmask]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Linda, Glad to hear your surgery was ok. I hope everything turns out good for you. Keep us informed. Jan Linda Wagner wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Just thought I would take a moment to update you on my recovery from > medial and bilateral hamstring lengthening... > > I had the surgery on June 24. Had staight leg casts until yesterday. > Now I am walking with the help of knee imobilizers. The best part is > that I do not have to use the imob. if I don't want to. So far, though, > I am not sure enough of my ability to hold myself up so I wear them to > walk. I will begin PT three times a week here at my apt. hopefully > tomorrow. Then the painful part begins. > > I am just excited because I thought I would not be able to do therapy > until 3 more weeks. It is quite an exciting time here! I can touch my > toes for the first time ever. When they took the casts off, the entire > underside of my legs were touching the table...another first ever > (especially since I was sitting up without anything supporting my back!) > > Anyhow, I thought I would share my tiny triumphs. When I take my first > step without those imobilizers and walker I'll shout for joy so loud > that you all will hear me around the world. > > Linda