Keep Buggering On - One of Winston Churchill's famous phrases, that's what I'm doing. I'm feeling a lot more controlled (and IN control) than I was when I made the last post, so the prospect of KBO is not as daunting as it was then.

So to try and get my account back on track....

Shortly before I left the hospital I had received a pair of foot braces to prevent toe drop, neat looking carbon fiber looking things, problem was I had not looked at them too closely, until one of them broke at physical therapy in late June. Turns out one was the heavy duty version, the other was the normal weight, guess which one broke? So I had to trek to the company that I got it from and have them replace the broken one with the heavy version so I had a matched pair. While I was there they also repaired the strap on the heavy one where the pop rivet had broken, wish they had been that thorough when they had selected them in the first place. By The end of September I had stopped needing them, still not much strength in the muscles that provide dorsiflection (upward movement) in my ankles or big toes, and I can only feel pain in my left big toe, the right big toe can feel some other sensations like cold and heat, just not touch. Good riddance to those braces, but they may reappear at some point, modded out for SteamPunk garb. In November I went to Hawaii with my dad, my reward for surviving, my dad's for getting through both me and my mom nearly dying within 5 months.

OK, since the last post on 5/21 big changes have occurred. on 5/31 I started chatting with Sweetie (as I am calling her now), met her in person on 6/8, then again on the following Monday, and Wednesday, and Thursday. The only reason I have not seen her yesterday or today is because she is out of town until tomorrow. Just over 2 weeks and it feels more like we have been dating for months, I have fallen for my Sweetie, and I think it really is love.