Adela NajarroNine Weeks After Surgery, I Can Wear Shoes! Well, Sort of . . .After an entire summer healing from surgery to fix flat feet, a bunion, a hammertoe, and torn tendon, I got the okay to wear shoes…Aug 14, 2019Aug 14, 2019
Adela NajarroThe Cast Comes off/The Walking Boot Comes on/ But the Skin! Oh, My!After nearly six weeks in a cast, it was sawed off and replaced with a walking boot. My skin is in shambles though the surgery went great…Jul 20, 2019Jul 20, 2019
Adela NajarroTime Travel Through Recovery: One Month After SurgeryIt’s been a month since my foot surgery, and I’ve time traveled to the right here and now. Every moment matters and every moment passes…Jul 12, 20191Jul 12, 20191
Adela NajarroTrump Won the Fourth. Now What?I didn’t watch the Trump 4th of July extravaganza, but it was the first thing I looked up this morning of the 5th. Trump won. He got his…Jul 5, 2019Jul 5, 2019
Adela NajarroWhy Writing makes 17 More Days in a CastTolerableI’m still in the second phase of healing after a near reconstruction of my left foot. Writing is a lifeline in this second phase where I’m…Jul 2, 2019Jul 2, 2019
Adela NajarroConcentration Camps, Children, and a Cast on Left FootAs I recover from foot surgery with my cast raised on pillows, concentration camps and children have been all over my news feed, Facebook…Jun 30, 2019Jun 30, 2019
Adela NajarroFoot Surgery: How bad is it?I didn’t get this surgery for cosmetic reasons, even though the surgery did fix a bunion and a hammertoe. If I wanted to walk, then I…Jun 26, 2019Jun 26, 2019
Adela NajarroCrutches, Walker, Wheelchair, and Reacher, Oh My!Two weeks after surgery, and I want to move! Desperately! Last week, I got the cast, and now I am on one leg for the next four weeks. Bed…Jun 24, 2019Jun 24, 2019
Adela NajarroOpioid Pain Meds Post-OpAfter surgery for a near-total reconstruction of my foot, I was prescribed opioid meds. When researching these meds, every single online…Jun 21, 20191Jun 21, 20191
Adela NajarroTime Travelling Post SurgeryThe past ten days have been the slowest and fastest days of my life. On June 10th, I went in for outpatient surgery to fix a torn tendon…Jun 20, 2019Jun 20, 2019