Let the Countdown Begin!

Hello folks! Sorry it's been so long, I lost my blogging head somewhere, but now I'm screwing it back on!

Nice pic of my feet for you!

So, we're officially 5 weeks and 1 day away until my planned surgery day!! (July 7th!) I'm a mixture of excited and nervous. I'm excited for the prospect of my foot being straight and being able to walk properly on it... But nervous about the whole... Surgery, potential infections, 6 weeks of being a cast... That stuff. But I'm trying to keep excited about it and not worry too much about it yet, as we're still a few weeks away. 

Basically, as you can see in this picture, my foot doesn't point the right way anymore, and it's impossible for me to move it, so walking on it is gradually destroying my ankle/ everything around my ankle joint, and it really hurts to walk on... So my lovely surgeon is going to clean up the inside of the joint and put a rod and some nails in there to fuse my ankle joint and my subtalar joint, so I won't be able to move it anymore, but it won't be stuck in a silly position, so it won't hurt any more (fingers crossed - assuming everything goes well!) 

Then I've got a wonderful long recovery to look forward to with approx. 6 weeks in a full cast (non weight-bearing) and approx. 6 more weeks in a 'moon boot' (weight-bearing) and then AT LEAST 3 months until a full recovery, walking etc. BUT, what that does mean (as I counted in my diary) is that I could potentially be walking properly before we hit 2018! Which is crazy, but it'd be awesome if that is the case! 

I'm seeing the anaesthetist on the 13th June to check everything's going to be okay for my general anaesthetic, so I'm readying myself to be prodded and poked. Hopefully that all goes well and then we've just got to prepare for the surgery!!! So, if anyone has any tips/advice, feel free to comment and share them with me! We've got some things planned/getting sorted to make life easier, but I am not looking forward to being stuck in a cast for 6 weeks!!

My first items on Etsy!

So that's all of that, now I know I promised I'd write shorter blogs from now on - I lied! Mwahaha! I will try to from now on though... But while we're here I thought I'd let you know I decided to start my own little business venture! I've opened up an Etsy store - which only has 3 necklaces in so far, but I will be improving/expanding it shortly! I plan on this being something I can do while I'm stuck in a cast, as I can pretty much cross stitch anywhere! Woo! Go visit me at: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/GeronimoCraftsUK and like I say, there'll be more soon... I'm getting there! (did I plug that subtly enough?)

Right! I'm going to go, and I promise to try and follow up on my word of blogging more, and shorter blogs....

TTFN, ta ta for now!

Reading Back...

So, I decided to re-read my whole blog - everything I've ever written, from April 2014 to now... Wow, I never realised how much I'd actually wrote, and some of the things I've said. It took me over an hour, but it was a nice reminder of how things have been and how much has happened.

I realised I'm pretty good at saying things and contradicting myself a little bit, so I decided I'd do a little update on things I've said and things as they are now.

Find more of my crafts at:
https://www.facebook.com/GeronimoCrafts/

Firstly, 'Forever' - the business venture I took on for a whole 5 minutes. Haha! I said I would Blog about it at some point, and I never did, because I gave it up pretty fast... Turns out I'm not very good at motivating myself to do something I'm not really invested in. Which is a shame, but it was a lesson learnt. I am however attempting a new business venture (no promises yet though!) of being a crafter and selling the things I make - a much more doable business venture as it's actually something I enjoy!

Secondly, my sudden switch between "I'm going to do this all naturally from now on!"  to "GIVE ME ALL THE NHS PRESCRIPTIONS NOWWWWW!" - a few months ago I was preaching about how amazing it is to do everything naturally and using no nasty chemicals... Well, that was another lesson learnt, I went back to using medication because I realised that my Arthritis is never going to be cured naturally. It's about discovering the balance - yes nature can help, eating healthily and excersising is obviously very much suggested, but if diseases could be cured naturally, we'd all be walking around fit as fiddles. Don't get me wrong - if Aloe Vera and other natural things are what do it for you, then good for you - you do you! But the whole 'nature' thing didn't really do it for me, and it's probably a good thing I didn't stick to it seeing as I have an ankle which is fused in the wrong position - which would only have got far worse without medical intervention. So, big up the NHS! I'm sorry for briefly not loving you. (Although I still don't like medication and dream of not having to have it!)

Lastly, (I'm not sure if I forgot any, but I'm sure I'll blog about it if I did! - or you can just comment it mentioning it if I did miss anything that I've never cleared up!) I'm going to try and go back to my original state of blogging, where I wrote shorter blogs, more often. As I realised that my more recent posts are SOOO LONG, and I applaud you for bothering to read them fully (if you did!) But I personally found it more enjoyable reading my short, regular blogs than my essay long blogs... So look out for them! 

By the way, if you do regularly read these, or just fancy keeping in the know, you can actually subscribe to the blog, somewhere at the bottom of this page, I think.... Or you can follow by e-mail by putting your e-mail in at the side >>>>>>>
I don't know, I've been doing this for nearly 3 years now and I still have no idea what's going on with all this stuff at the side of the page, I'll have to have a gander!

Cheers for reading,
TTFN, ta ta for now! :)