He just called me from Beth Israel (I actually let him go on an appointment without me, lol). I wrote everything down for him but he did just fine).

Doctor took out the stitches from the Gastrocnemius thing. Healing nicely.

The doctor debrided a little bit of the foot ulcer. Alan said to him "my god, my ulcer never looked this good in 2 years". The doctor then told him "wear the boot for 3 more weeks, you do not need the wheelchair any more (thank god for that because I'm starting to look like Hercules, lol).

So he can walk anywhere he wants to. He's healing nicely. He actually only will walk to the physical therapist and to Dunkin Donuts in the morning. I know he's chomping at the bit to go to the gym but he'll be told when he can do this. His neuropathy only goes away when he goes to his gym for a little while. But he shall wait until he is told that he can go.

Oh, the doctor also said 'you need special shoes, molded to your feet". His doctor is going to check with his insurance. They cost $500.

Oh my god. But we'll prevail. We always do!!!

And the doctor did tell him. "Alan there is no guarantee that these shoes will prevent the ulcer from re-ocurring, but it's your best shot".

So we shall wait and see.

We always wait and see. But no complaints here. He's still ahead of the game to where he was before he started to see Dr. Theirl. He couldn't even stand up straight before he saw Dr. Theirl.

So he's in a better place than 5 years ago. We have to be grateful for the little things in life.