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In a previous blog post, I mentioned how I was not able to take my clothing to the laundromat – broken ankle precludes me from driving to the wash ‘n fold. So instead, I signed up for Best Cleaners’ laundry service. Here’s how it worked for me. The laundry company dropped off a big green…

I’m still on the mend from my ankle injury, so although I can actually have gig services take care of my laundry and my groceries, I still need to use a ride share to get from one place to the next. Yesterday, I had a unique experience while ride sharing. And by “unique,” I mean…

While I’m still on the mend from my broken ankle, I’ve tried to operate in a more self-sufficient manner.  Since I can’t use a laundromat, I’ve signed up with Best Cleaners, a laundry pick-up-and-drop-off service, to take care of my dirty clothes.  Since I can’t drive, I’ve learned to Uber here and there – at…

I’m still on the mend from a broken ankle and the subsequent surgery.  In that time, I’ve developed various survival skills and the like.  Delivery services for food, for example. But one thing I haven’t been able to work around has been laundry. When I moved to the Town and Village in 2010, my apartment…

Tuesday morning.  I already had an overflow of emotions – hope for progress on my surgically repaired broken right ankle; worry that some minute thing I did in the past five weeks might have derailed all the progress; and weariness because I asked for an 8am appointment. Driving’s still out of the question, so I…

That’s one nickname for it, the Technicolor yawn.  Another name is to pray to the holy god of porcelain.  If you do it in Disney World, they call it a rainbow or a protein spill. But for a couple of days last week … I had a seriously upset stomach.  I could not hold ANYTHING…

My busted ankle and I arrived at ortho yesterday. For two weeks, i followed the doctor’s advice – no weight-bearing on that ankle, not even an ounce.  I scooted around on a knee scooter and stayed off my splinted ankle. Now comes the time to find out whether all that patience paid off for this…

This will be a very short blog post, but I hope you understand why. This morning, I will be visiting my orthopedist and we can find out if my ankle – which is currently wrapped in a splint – can at least move up to a hard cast. The doctor was very strict.  No weight-bearing…

It arrived in the mail on Saturday, and it only took ten minutes (and three people) to put it together. But now I have some additional mobility. Let me explain. Last week, I smashed my ankle into tiny little pieces.  The doctor told me that I could not put any weight on that ankle for…

I made it through my surgery.  Barely. From what I understand, while I was off in slumberland (thanks to a mixture of various anesthetics), my right ankle was surgically reassembled with pins and rods.  It’s splinted up and wrapped in enough Ace bandages to insulate me against anything. But the big rule is – o…