by Blanca Stella on July 7, 2008
Life has some unexpected surprises. During this time of crawling and having to surrender even more so to allow the healing on my ankle to take place with patience and calm, I had a guy call me that I had seen at a party one week before my surgery. Because of not really being able [...]
The recent news of the dramatic rescue of 15 hostages from the Colombian Farc to include the highly political figure of Ingrid Betancourt and 3 Americans has touched the minds and souls of every Colombian as well as many others that witnessed the news. As a native born Colombian I was drawn to the story [...]
by Blanca Stella on July 2, 2008
I was talking to my friend who is a pharmaceutical rep on Sunday and I told her I had let go of the pain pills after two weeks from the surgery. She said that was a good sign that my ankle is healing. If I were to have some infection or the pain wouldn’t subside, [...]
by Blanca Stella on July 1, 2008
I am going on week 4. I am feeling stronger and more energetic every day. I’ve had the energy to go on my pilates machine for an hour. Yesterday I told a friend that now I am used to the apparatus on my ankle. Its like boyfriends. At first, they feel foreign, but then you get used [...]
by Blanca Stella on June 20, 2008
Currently I am unable to walk with both feet on the ground. I am hopping around on walker and graduating on crutches. The apparatus I have attached to my ankle and shin is very uncomfortable, but after two weeks of torturous pain from the procedures, the pain has definitely subsided. Time does heal all as [...]