1st Ride After Breaking My Ankle

[Artista]

I've been surprised about what doctors don't tell you during this process.

Don't even get me started about how frustrated I am by the few instructions I received. I can almost forgive them for not telling about the scooter but they left out vital care and warning info following my repair surgery, too. My biggest frustration, though, is with the orthopedist's response when I asked him about physical therapy while I was in the boot. He told me that PT would be worthless until I could put weight on my ankle. Now I'm finding out how wrong he was. At least 50% of the problems I'm currently working to overcome have nothing to do with my ankle but everything to do with being non weight bearing for so long. Most of these problems could have been avoided had I participated in PT as soon as I got into the boot. My doctor was way too willing to unnecessarily sacrifice the rest of my body for the sake of healing one small part. I can't wait to get this ankle fully healed and disengage from our conventional medical system again.