I'm back!

Life is officially having to slow down for me, I had Haguland's Deformity surgery on June 15, so I am pretty much confined to my couch/recliner and non-weight bearing on my right foot until July 3.  What a better time for me to start blogging again.

Update on pups...Thomas is doing great!  Last year, Troy and I raised a wonderful Fox Red Labrador Retriever named Amos.  Amos is doing great and HOPEFULLY set to graduate with his forever person within a few months!  I will update when this occurs.  Our pup that we are raising this time around is a Black Labrador Retriever named Griffy.  We love him dearly and he is wonderful!

So, I guess this blog is going to be a bit about this "journey" I will be on for the next year...yes, one year from start to finish and be fully recovered.  At this moment in time, Troy is taking over training for Griffy until I can get "back on both of my feet".

Haglund's Deformity is basically a calcium build up on the back of your heel.  This calcium build up is often referred to as a bone spur.  You can see my before x-ray below.  My bone spur decided to break off at the top and lodge the broken part in my Achilles Tendon, which was already weakened from a previous injury two years ago, of which, the insurance would not fix.  The said it was "cosmetic".

I had my surgery on June 15 as soon as I could get out of school.  They took the bone spur out of my foot and cleaned up my heel bone,  & repaired my Achilles Tendon, THANKFULLY without having to take a tendon from my big toe.  Here is my new x-ray.  My heel looks great and I have a lovely $6000 "anchor" in my foot that is holding my Achilles Tendon to the bone and allowing it to heal properly.  This is why I'm non-weight bearing until July 3.

This is my view now!  I have to be honest, I am turning some of my journals into blog posts, so this is not the only post that will come up tonight.