Like most of America, I'm having a rough go of it lately.
My husband discovered a suspicious growth on my back last night. I can't think about that now because in three weeks my ankle will be replaced. Unlike my three knee replacements, this is an uncommon surgery. Oddly, there's not much written by successful patients online.
It's the aftermath that worries me. My right foot cannot touch the ground for 6 weeks. Sadly, I have no balance on my left foot as spinal surgery in the 90's left it atrophied and the bottom of the foot numb.
The first hurdle is to reach the second floor as we have no shower or bathtub on the first floor. And though my husband has graciously offered to hose me down on the porch this December and January, I'd rather not.
His next idea was to drape me around his neck while he scaled the stairs. Sort of like one of those moving men who strap a refrigerator to their back. We tried it for one stair and both realized the folly.
Did I mention that it is a circular staircase? My husband looked into temporary stair lifts. Those for a curved wall start at $7000. Short of hiring someone in front of Home Depot to carry me upstairs (and don't think we haven't thought about it), I will have to butt-hop my way up. I have been practicing. The only problem is once I get to the top stair I will have to pivot and hop with the aforementioned atrophied leg. We are now looking into freight dollies.
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