Last week we took the subway to the ballpark to see the San Francisco simulcast of La Traviata. It was cold and fun! I brought folding cane and used it on hills and on the ballpark stairs without railings. Iterating and experimenting since new pain feels like I’m regressing: My…

Downhill is still difficult. Maybe my expectations are really high because I thought I’d be able to easily walk up and downhill by now. A lot of this injury recovery is about being flexible with where I am right now and letting go of expectations. Discomforts I was walking back…

It mostly does get better. Last week my ankle was not happy with all the walking. This week I walked 2ish miles/day and no additional pain or swelling (as long as it’s mostly walking on flat ground — the hills of San Francisco are still challenging). I love this photo…

Oh no! I overdid it and did too much walking in the past week. It was totally worth it to see friends and get out and about in the neighborhood. My ankle let me know it was too much by swelling up, like it hadn’t in a while, and sending…

Last week’s goal was to take the subway to a lunch meeting and I did it! It was more difficult to walk down the stairs to the subway than walk up. And usually there are escalators going up. I even strode through the restaurant without using cane. I noticed that…

I did it! I walked to physical therapy last week and afterwards I walked to the grocery store, managed cane in one hand and basket in the other, and then carried 1 bag of groceries home. I hadn’t walked to the grocery store since before the injury and I don’t…

Walking is still amazing. I know that so much better now since I needed to relearn how to walk. …

Here at week 17, after I initially broke my ankle, the weeks are starting to get more similar. Improvements this week are: Walking with a cane or no cane. The crutches are officially retired and the knee scooter is collecting dust and cat hair. My wife is my evening walking…

Experiments with no crutches, 1 crutch, both crutches: Inside of my house I don’t use crutches and I go up and down stairs To physical therapy I used 1 crutch and also used a yoga mat on the floor (I can get up and down without assistance now!) At the…