on the mend

English

(of persons and their health) Healing or recovering, as from an injury or illness.
My foot is on the mend but it still hurts to walk.
- 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 44:
  My stress and frustration resulted in a spastic colon and the need for weeks of medication. While on the mend, another avenue [for funding] was suggested to me - individual Jewish philanthropists.
- 2023 October 13, Jacob Steinberg, “‘They came to slaughter us’: Spurs fan shot by Hamas damns English football’s response”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:
  His neighbours somehow rescued him after he was shot in the face and back, and he is on the mend after life-saving surgery.
(figurative, of situations or things) Improving or undergoing restoration to a previous, more favorable condition.
Our marriage went through a difficult time, but now it is on the mend.

Healing or recovering

Improving