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[somedayseattle]

This is the picture of the fifth floor hallway. It was taken a couple months ago on New Toilet Tuesday. It’s the only photo I have.
Last Thursday Casey, my temporary physical therapist, encouraged me to walk the full distance. I made it all the way to the door on the other end, breathing heavily. It took a little while longer to get back and after that I was spent. But I did it. That’s the important thing. Erica and I have made the walk a couple times since then. I’ve missed a couple days during the week. On one day my back pain was immense. The other I had a doctors appointment so Younga Sista and I did a shit ton of walking. Casey gave me a lot of compliments as to how quickly I had advanced. He said I should be walking with a cane in a week or so. I don’t necessarily buy that but on his suggestion I ordered one from Amazon. Unfortunately they do not stock the kind with a built-in knife in the handle, dammit. So I got just a plain generic black cane. Personally I don’t see myself using it for at least another week or more but at some point I would be thrilled to put the walker down for good.

It’s slow going….. but it’s going. Pardon the pun but...baby steps.