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.

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!