Focusing on what I want
When you lose your feet, you think your life is over. I know I felt that way at first. And it would be so easy to just feel sorry for yourself, well, I did that too. What I realized is that life is a journey and to heal is a…
Learning to walk is challenging
11-17-23 In my previous blog, I wrote how learning to walk is 80% emotional or mental and 20% physical, in the Trivia Question blog. What I experienced in one PT session will explain how learning to walk is 80% emotional and mental. What I experienced was weird. When I can…
Trivia question?
My PT told me that learning to walk on prosthetics is 80% emotional/mental and 20% physical. How many of you believe that to be true? Well, I asked a lot of my amputee friends what they believed to be true. Some said it depends on the person and situation, a…
My first PT session, learning to walk
My PT wanted me to stand up, holding onto his hands. I was scared sh*tless. I’ve never been so scared in my life. Why would standing up be so scary? First, he wanted me to stand without using my arms, only using my leg muscles. I tried but my legs…
Learning to walk
10-11-23 I thought these last seven months were hard and challenging times, but nothing like learning how to walk. I thought it was going to be easy. Was I ever wrong. First, I was totally surprised, just putting on my prosthetics I started to cry, actually crying uncontrollably. Or I…
Setbacks
9-21-23 SETBACKS CAN SOMETIMES BE A BLESSING IN DISGUISE. We get so upset and disappointed when we receive bad news. I know for me I could feel devastated, defeated, and hopeless. What I did not realize is that maybe God knows more than I do. I wanted so much to…
Phantom pain
Who knows what a phantom pain is? If you are an amputee like me, you’ll know what it is. Phantom limb pain is the perception of pain or discomfort in a limb that is no longer there. A phantom pain thinks you still have your limbs. I lost both of…
Facing my fear
I am in a wheelchair having no feet so I cannot walk. We live in a hotel apartment and live on the 3rd floor. The hotel has 2 elevators. My fear is: What happens if the elevators do not work? How will I get down to the 1st floor? Well,…
GOD IS AMAZING
Life can be amazing. It’s amazing that in the 1st 4 months after our home explosion and I lost both of my feet, I had a speedy and miraculous healing. Then all of a sudden, my healing came to a halt, with setback after setback. I was starting to get…
Feeling Overwhelmed
8-17-23 FEELING OVERWHELMED? Have you ever felt overwhelmed? What do you do? How do you deal with it? Right now, I am feeling overwhelmed. It’s been five months since the house explosion when we lost everything. There is so much to process. My main focus is healing my physical body,…
