Author: Kenneth Lettre
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PT 4 ME! December 11, 2024
December 11, 2024 As I’ve mentioned on previous posts, my recovery is a series of milestone events and achievements. From the original injury to surgery to reattach the ruptured Achilles Tendon to the initial post-operative splint to the 2+ weeks cast to my ‘walking’ boot… I’m now into the next phase of my recovery… Physical…
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Time For The Rubber To Meet The Road- December 7, 2024
December 7, 2024 When it comes to family, if there’s any way possible, I will walk through brick walls to get to where my family wants me. There’s simply no question about it. Such was the case when my daughter and granddaughter invited my wife and I to attend the beautiful and very Christmas seasonal…
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Cast On… Cast Off! December 3, 2024
December 3, 2024 There’s a movie I remember watching in my 20’s entitled “The Karate Kid”. As in most memorable movies, there are a few lines that are especially quote worthy. “The Karate Kid” has a special one: “Wax On!” with the right-hand rotating in a clockwise direction… “Wax Off” with the left had rotating…
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I’ll Be Back! Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2024
November 28,2024 I love Thanksgiving Day! The food! The family! The Turkey Trot! Rats… no Turkey Trot for me this year. For the first time in forever, no Turkey Trot. Occasionally ‘reality’ sucks… and it certainly does in this case. Every year since the mid-90’s, on Thanksgiving Day I’ve located a local Turkey Trot, registered…
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Faith in Humanity… Restored. November 25-26, 2024
November 25-26, 2024 In all things, life does go on. As what usually happens in life, plans are constantly being made and adjusted along with out-of-town visits requested by grandkids via Facetime… All regardless of my still-recovering surgically repaired ankle’s ability to cooperate. My wife and I have been blessed with several grandchildren. I’ve made…
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Splints? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Splints! Thursday, November 14, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024 Recovery Milestone Day # 1… splint removal! Following my surgery to reattach my ruptured Achilles tendon, our first circled calendar date was Thursday, November 14th… the day my post-surgical applied splint and wrap would be removed and replaced with a more ‘permanent’ cast. My wife drives us to the appointment that…
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Wishing My Life Away… Monday, November 11, 2024
Monday, November 11, 2024 This article took me forever to start. Reason: I wanted to make certain the feelings I was experiencing toward this subject were truly real. Turns out… they were. Any recovery process is a series of milestone events… next ortho appointment… first splint removal… cast removal date… physical therapy start, etc., etc.,…
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Say ‘HELLO’ to my little friend… Saturday, November 9, 2024
Saturday, November 9, 2024 Bored. I am bored. Too much TV. (How many ‘Good Morning America’ TV shows are there? And no… I’m NOT watching ‘The View’. ) I must get out… but taking crutches more than 20 feet is truly a workout… even for a marathoner. Our cat and I take turns staring outside…
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I’ve Fallen & I MUST Get Up- Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 Don’t be ‘cocky’ Whatever you do… when using crutches, NEVER- and I mean NEVER- be COCKY. You see… crutches have a way of biting back when you least expect it. I truly have a LOVE/HATE relationship with my crutches… mostly HATE. They MOCK me constantly. How may you ask? Easy… I…
Ruptured Runner 