1 year follow-up...

Well it has been a little over one year since I had surgery on my foot to remove a benign aneursymal bone cyst. The bone was cleaned out leaving an eggshell thin bone layer which was packed with calcium in the hopes my body would reabsorb it and create new bone. Unfortunately it appears my body decided it likes having the equivalent of a hole in my foot because the calcium is gone and there is no bone to be seen. I still have pain there that shoots down the two little toes and extended walking is painful as the foot feels like it is having spasming muscle cramps and it swells up. So this has resulted in another MRI to make sure my body only just reabsorbed for the hell of it and not because the tumor is trying to grow back. I got the initial reading from the hospital radiologist which states there doesn't appear to be a recurrence but there is some stress reaction on the fourth toe. To me that explains the pain and that there isn't a need for immediate surgery. I will wait till I have my results from my specialist though before i get my hopes up, since I had the tumor back in 2008 and it took them until 2012 and about 4-5 X-rays for them to notice it even though I was complaining of pain and pointed directly at the point of origin. The 2008 X-ray showed it clearly too. I wasn't a happy camper. The tumor wasn't as dense back then either so it is possible they wouldn't have had to remove quite as much as they finally did. This from the same people that told me my foot wasn't broken and I must just be having muscle issues and sent me to another specialist who, when he put the original X-ray on the board asked what the hell were they thinking? I could see from the chair across the room that there was a break, immediately above the tumor i might add. By that time I had been walking on the break for two and a half months and each time it tried to heal I was rebreaking it. Overall it was 2 places to miss the break and 3 places to miss the tumor. Now before you think our hospital is full of incompetent idiots let me assure you that that isn't the case. I just have some really really crappy luck. So I anxiously await the call from the specialist.

In the meantime I have been working more on my two cross stitch projects. I have finished the horseman and tree and am filling in the moon. After that it is the top border, top half back stitching and beading. I can see the end but I have been working more on Aidan and Elora's because it is portable and the last two weekends we have been away from home. I am excited to note I have finally found something I can do in the car without getting carsick. I have tried reading puzzle books, crocheting, handheld games, etc and each one of them leaves me ill. So with some trepidation I packed my travel bag with the small project and I got more than I thought I would finished and not once did I turn green. Page 2 is done and I have started page 3. At this pace this one will be finished before Sleepy Hollow lol.

Last but certainly the best, last weekend we celebrated my daughter's 3rd birthday. I have been blessed with two amazing and beautiful kids. I love them more than I can put into words. We took her and her brother to the zoo in Tucson. On the way there she kept asking if she would get to see the 'raffes and the monkeys. Too cute! I love hearing her attempting to say giraffes. Watching her was priceless. Her brother and her had a blast playing together and I loved how they would hold hands to run to the next exhibit. Here is a picture of her after blowing out the candles.