2022 in Review: The year of no burnout, walking again, and fails

Last year wasn’t at all what I expected. It wasn’t what I wanted, but it was what I needed. Here’s a look into what happened:​

Life Events

Walking again

I started the year barely being able to walk across my house and only with debilitating pain. It had been 5 months since my 2021 foot injury, and I was not getting better. I ended the year not only able to walk normally without pain but also able to do 30 minutes of daily upright exercise.

To anyone else, this is probably unimpressive. But if I would have known I’d get this far at the beginning of the year, I would have cried tears of joy. It wasn’t an easy journey to get here. I had to battle misdiagnosis, unhelpful doctors, PT that worsened the condition, incredibly slow progress, an unrelated medical event in the summer that stalled all forward motion for months, and so much frustration. But I’m here.

The journey is far from over. Still, I’m so proud of how far I’ve come.​

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