Laura, that's one of my big fears, that surgery would actually make things worse. I'm sorry that happened to your mom. My friend uses her InstantPot often. I've never been interested in one of those or the air fryer that all my family loves so much. I don't want anything else sitting on my counters. I'm sorry your DH isn't starting to feel better yet. It's hard to be patient for improvement!
Anita, I've vicariously enjoyed your trip back to your home stomping grounds! Glad you had a good time. Cyric is a rescue and he must have had a bad first year of his life bc he is very wary of people. Once he lets you in you're golden but that's only about 4 people besides the staff at the kennel. And two of those people live in AZ! I'm glad you're able to make the choice on your own to give up your house and move to the new place. And even better that you're looking forward to it!
Paula, I actually haven't changed anything I'm doing bc of my feet. They barely hurt so this issue has never stopped me from doing anything. Well, I guess I am doing one thing differently. He said when my toes are in dorsiflexion the bones at the big toe joint are jamming into each other, so until I know more I am not doing calf raises and in general trying not to go up on my toes. That isn't always easy when you're 5'2"! But I also squat, kneel and crouch a lot so I'm just being careful about the dorsiflexion. That sneaky little squirrel in your patio cushions! I have heard they can be destructive but they're so darn cute! Just like I love watching the deer in the backyard but they destroyed our arborvitae a few years ago. No, Anita and I have never met, at least as far as I know!
Random--I've never had a passport. I went to Canada once long ago when you could cross with only a few questions and didn't even need ID. Now I have the enhanced license so I can go to Canada (I really want to go to Banff and Nova Scotia) when we are able. But I'm not interested in going to any other country. I hate flying!
Just wanted to say thanks to you all for being so welcoming.
Yesterday after my PT appt I made a quadruple batch of my pumpkin pancakes while I danced around to my new hip hop running playlist for about 3 hours.
I had a blast! My Fitbit recorded my running laps at PT as an 11 minute run so I called that and the dancing my workout. Today was laundry, dishes and pulling weeds. Tonight I had grief group. I haven't done a formal workout yet today but I'm fixing to do my PT exercises. Tmrw I must run before it gets to 90!