One small step for me, one giant leap for my life...

Well my surgeon follow up appt was yesterday. He took one look at the xray and he said, "You're Ready". I was surprized. I thought I was ready for partial weight bearing but he said with the utmost confidence that I was ready for full weight bearing. I noticed that the crack in my fibula was still appearing on my xray and inquired about it. He said that my bone will not heal for a year and a half. I knew right there and then that this road ahead would be long (I kind of always known about that)but I kind of prepared myself before to hear the best and worst. I know I will be walking soon but there is another surgery on the horizon to remove a large screw that appears now to be not welcome in my foot as its pushing it out, ouch. I inquired about the other hardware that seems to be residing and making it very homey in my foot but the surgeon said that those screws and plates are in my foot for life. Oh well, welcome plates and screws to my life.                                                               Anyway, this road may be long but I am going to now walk it rather than wheel it now. I was telling my friend the other day how I just take one day at a time now as I know I at least have that. No longer do I spend too much time worrying about tomorrow, as I realize now that tomorrow may never come. Three months ago, five minutes in my life altered the path of my life forever. It made me realize that we spend way too much time worrying, wondering, mulling over things that we really take for granted or can't control and that is  because we assume the time is on our side. Of course I's human and imperfect so that worry monster might creep into the walls of my brain now and then but I have a clear perspective of where that falls into my life now since the accident. So take time today to realize you have 24hrs ahead hopefully and live it and love it! Say something nice to someone that you don't know or don't like, hug someone, pay it forward, give your time to someonelse or somethingelse who may need your precious time, meditate and pray, give thanks, let go of that anger or grudge, turn that energy into positive vibes. Trust me, you will end your day much more rewardingly.                 So today I take my very first step and I'm sure it will hurt but it will be one pain that I will shut up and bear up with! I don't know where this path will lead me but I know today I woke up with the sun shining in my bedroom and that my foot will touch the ground and for that I will be jumping up for joy.