Eat your heart out Frankenstein

Today I underwent surgery. No panic. It was minor. Maybe even a little 'everyday'... Actually I felt like a 'pro' as I completed the nurses checklist.  This thirty (30) minute procedure hasn't got a thing on the numerous hours I've spent in surgery over the past thirteen (13) months. I don't mean to sound cocky! …

Back in the race…

Well the pace of my life suddenly feels like it is increasing in tempo and a big part of me likes the normality that comes with this busy pace!  The other part is thinking 'Oh Crap! Here we go again'!!  Prior to my operation life was just so crazy! Don't get me wrong I know …

Premature celebration

The entire Christmas period  is so VERY busy that so much gets put to the side while we get through each event, food, family etc etc..  So it was not until Boxing Day that I felt the frame on my leg was 'different'. No idea if it had started earlier than this but we were …

Just Able

This past week I have been so very busy doing so very little - honestly the smallest tasks just take me a bloody long time -  three hours to vacuum and mop my house (my house is not that big). Doing it on crutches.. the struggle is real. Don't get me wrong - I have …

Unf#ckwithable

Last Friday I headed off to Brisbane.  This trip was not to see my specialist - it was all about pleasure for the first time in a long while. Since my operation almost six months ago (yes almost six months already!) this has been my first opportunity to visit my colleagues, team and work friends without …

It’s all about choice…

I heard something yesterday, spoken at the funeral of a beautiful young woman who was a special part of our early years growing up in Gympie.  Don't count the years in your life, count the life in your years. I'm sure we've all heard it before, possibly read it in some meme too, but yesterday …

Gifted.

I have felt like it has been my birthday each day this week! I have been receiving something special almost every day from beautiful people!  I have been overwhelmed by generosity. A beautiful figurine to remember my 'Journey' (thank you Margaret and Colin❤️) and some gorgeous Glass wax melts (thanks again Toni)! One of my …

Flying solo and dribbling – it’s all progress.

Having had a week flying Mum-less (well she does still come visit/do things during day) we've found a new routine in this house and it requires me to get moving - early! 😱 It is a shock to my system but a welcome one.. I really needed to start doing more and feeling like I …

Holiday fun.

It has been one of those weeks... on one hand sooo fantastic to have my girls home on school holidays, with a houseful of their friends and lots of chaos! I love it.   On the other hand the mess is similar to that of a small typhoon in each space they touch.. which I …

Done.

FINALLY 16 weeks and 4 days following surgery I can say.. that's it.  I'm done. Today  signals the end of my leg extension.   Incredible really to think that having survived just over 4mths of living with the Ilizarov frame extending my tibia that today we've decided... no more.   So that is it. There …