Post by drlj on Apr 26, 2024 9:04:11 GMT -5
Things are progressing with my healing from surgery. My biggest accomplishment is being able to get down the 3 stairs to the garage without injuring myself or anyone else. And then, back up the stairs into the house. Being able to get into the car to go to my DR appt yesterday was a great feeling. That was the first time since March 14th.
The cast is gone. I now have a boot on to protect the leg. Still non-weight bearing for two weeks. Then, four weeks of the boot to slowly start to put weight on the leg and begin to walk on it. So, the boot will be with me for 6 weeks total. That will make a total of 12 weeks of recovery time all together and it will take even longer to get back to normal.
Nice thing about the boot is I can take it off when I feel like it to let my leg get some air and I can take it off at night which makes sleeping a lot more comfortable.
I return to the doctor in 6 weeks to see if I am shoe-worthy.
It will be the the biggest part of the summer working on this. I want to be able to go to my great-niece’s wedding in late July with a shoe on my foot-probably a sneaker, but they can look pretty nifty with a suit.
My foot still has quite a bit of swelling, which isn’t surprising considering all the incisions and a couple of round areas that suggest a surgical drill was there. He said there will be some swelling for up to a year. Frankenstein’s foot.
My doctor said all looked good, healing was on target, and he reminded me this was a “really big surgery.”
I am feeling less helpless each day, which is a very good thing. My ankle is straight now, which I find so strangely amazing.
I owe Barb BIG!
I will check in now and then and see how everyone is doing but it’ll be a while getting back to normal.
The cast is gone. I now have a boot on to protect the leg. Still non-weight bearing for two weeks. Then, four weeks of the boot to slowly start to put weight on the leg and begin to walk on it. So, the boot will be with me for 6 weeks total. That will make a total of 12 weeks of recovery time all together and it will take even longer to get back to normal.
Nice thing about the boot is I can take it off when I feel like it to let my leg get some air and I can take it off at night which makes sleeping a lot more comfortable.
I return to the doctor in 6 weeks to see if I am shoe-worthy.
It will be the the biggest part of the summer working on this. I want to be able to go to my great-niece’s wedding in late July with a shoe on my foot-probably a sneaker, but they can look pretty nifty with a suit.
My foot still has quite a bit of swelling, which isn’t surprising considering all the incisions and a couple of round areas that suggest a surgical drill was there. He said there will be some swelling for up to a year. Frankenstein’s foot.
My doctor said all looked good, healing was on target, and he reminded me this was a “really big surgery.”
I am feeling less helpless each day, which is a very good thing. My ankle is straight now, which I find so strangely amazing.
I owe Barb BIG!
I will check in now and then and see how everyone is doing but it’ll be a while getting back to normal.