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Originally Posted by GLC1968
EWWWWWWW!!! Gross! :D
Mostly good news. :) Maybe you'll find he'll allow hiking on "easy" stuff.
Veronica
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Originally Posted by GLC1968
EWWWWWWW!!! Gross! :D
Mostly good news. :) Maybe you'll find he'll allow hiking on "easy" stuff.
Veronica
Sounds like you're making good progress.
Enjoy the wash and shave.
All your hard work has paid off.
Happy swimming.
Thanks all!
Update: the leg is now hair free and I've managed to slough off most of all the dead skin. That was pretty nasty though - I expected the hair but the skin was really, really weird to see!
I'm sitting here with a naked foot and it feels really odd. I feel kind of exposed. Funny.
I already have an appointment for a pedicure on Saturday. Priorities, right? :D
Yay! Small steps, grasshopper. ;)
Glad to read you are recovering smoothly. You had me laughing with the "sitting here with a naked foot"!
Another update:
I'm walking basically crutch free already. I was told to slowly transition to weight bearing while using both crutches, to weight bearing using one crutch to walking without the crutches, all while in the boot. All of this was supposed to take 4 -6 weeks. I was told to gauge my walking/efforts on pain. Even being perfectly honest with myself about the pain (and not trying to be too stoic or anything), I'm already walking. I can walk almost naturally in the boot with no crutches (did it for almost the entire weeked) already. I can even take partial steps without the boot on soft carpet. I SWEAR that I'm not in pain...so what gives? That seems way too early (not that I'm complaining).
I've been swimming a couple of times already too and that went quite well. I'm finding myself more limited by ankle pain due to weakness than I am by pain in the joint in question. Pushing off the wall with only my left foot felt completely natural and I didn't once have to even think about it, so that pleased me.
Tomorrow is two weeks post cast removal and I'm going to try putting on a cycling shoe and soft-peddling on the trainer. Eeek! ;)
How wonderful that you are healing so fast! Obviously you know not to overdo it, but so long as you listen to your body, which it sounds like you are doing, then go for it!
Yay!! I'm so happy things are moving forward more quickly than expected. So long as you keep paying attention to your body - have fun!! You'll be back out there in no time!!
Yay! Sounds good to me, but if you really don't think you should be progressing so fast, might be worth a call to your PT or surgeon?
Sounds like things are going really well. And you may just be someone who heals quickly. But, please don't overdo it.
Awesome! Do be careful about not over-doing things, though you may just be one of the fortunate ones that heals quickly :)
Yay, GLC!!! Although perhaps a call to your doc is wise, as Oak suggested. Either way, the end is in sight!
Great news!
I figured it was time for an update!
So I progressed to boot-less eventually. I was even able to do a 25 mile ride at the Pacific Crest sports weekend without too much foot pain. It did alert me to the fact that while my foot is healing, the rest of me is really out of shape! But that's ok...I can fix that.
Now I'm doing PT twice a week and my foot/ankle/calf/leg strength is returning. I took a kayaking class last week and learned that while I'm improving, there is still quite a difference in leg strength as I had a hard time keeping my kayak going straight. :o
Day after tomorrow is my second surgery. My doc will be removing the screws because they are really causing me a lot of pain. Some of it is normal, but some of it is due to one of the screws being a little too long and it bangs into my next metatarsal bone. Ouch. With any luck, progress after surgery will go quickly. I think I'm a fairly fast healer on soft-tissue stuff, so once the wound it closed again, I'll be starting some water therapy right away. It'll still be a couple of months before I can start running, but honestly right now, I'd be happy with walking a normal pace without pain. :)
So I'm getting there. I'll post an update after the surgery. I don't really know what to expect. I'm a tad nervous because my doc thinks one of those screws will be a difficult removal so he extended my surgery time. They will be putting me out under general anesthesia, so who knows how bad it will be. I just pray he doesn't go in there and find out that the ligaments are all still detached and that all of this was for nothing! :eek:
Best of luck with your surgery.
It sounds like things are going well. It's a long journey but you are well on the way. :)
Wishing you all the best!
Hope all goes well. Thanks for the update. I had been wondering... :D
Veronica
Good luck with the surgery -- sure hope you have nothing but good news after he gets in there and checks things out!
Keep us posted...
Good luck!
Good luck and hope it goes well!
OK, they're out!
Surgery must have gone well as I was out of there in less than 45 minutes. I remember going into the operating room and moving to the surgical table, and then nothing after that. Apparently, they woke me in the room when they were done and had a conversation with me but I have zero memory of that. I guess I was coherent enough that they decided I didn't even need the recovery room so I was taken straight back to my room in the initial check in place. That's where my memory starts - when they woke me there.
I glanced at the clock and was amazed it had taken so little time!
A few minutes later, I ate my paleo food, got up to use the bathroom (after my husband arrived and brought me my walking boot) and then they let me go.
Orders are to not remove the dressing for 5 days and then I can take it off and shower, but no swimming or bathing (submerging it). I'm allowed to walk using the boot only. We will evaluate at my post op appointment after that (in 11 days).
Right now, it's a little uncomfortable, throbbing a bit and there is some pain, but honestly, compared to when the screws went in, this is NOTHING. I'm a little antsy with all this couch time already, but I really need to keep it elevated, so I'm sticking it out. :)
Glad it went so smoothly!
Too bad the recovery time takes so much longer than the surgery, right? Hope it heals quickly, though, and you're back to a more normal life very soon. Keep us posted!
Yay! That's great news that it feels better already. Remember that your bone will need some time to heal, it has to fill in those holes left by the screws. But you'll be doing much better very soon.
:D
Glad all went well! Now, the recovery . . . again! Hang in there.
More good news!
Today I had my first PT session post screw-removal. I got my stitches out on Monday and he cleared me to start PT again. The first session went well. I was able to pick up exactly where we left off two weeks ago and movements that used to hurt no longer bother me even though I'm clearly still pretty weak on that side. Progress should be really good from here on out. My therapist said I'd be OK to hike at the end of August provided that it's a tame route and that I promise to take and utilize my trekking poles. I'm so excited!!
AND...she said that as long as I promise to run/walk, I can do a half-marathon in December. So I'll either be looking at the Rock n Roll in Vegas or the Holiday Half here in Portland. She wants me to start aqua jogging immediately. Yay!
Friday will be 5 months since the accident. :eek: I can't believe I've been dealing with this for THAT long even though sometimes it seems like forever.
That's fantastic news!
It's been a long road that's for sure.
Veronica
Great news!! Keep it up and you'll be back to normal before you know it. :D:D
Yay!
Tomorrow is exactly 8 months from my surgery.
Today I was finally cleared to start running again! Go me!
(I'm wearing a perma-grin today).
Yaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy! Go you! Have fun!
This made me smile, it is such good news! Have fun!Quote:
Originally Posted by GLC1968