Surgery on Tuesday - Update P3

[Engrossed]

Wow, that is a loooong recovery process! Glad to see you're at least into the second step of the process and seem to be improving by the day.

[Dissie]

I am sure you miss simple things, like taking a bath, going to the bathroom without it being a hassle.

Glad you are in a regular cast, and also that the pain is starting to be less.

[Felix4067]

Well, colour me shocked and amazed! Yesterday the surgeon removed my cast, and I'm supposed to start putting weight on it! It's about 10 weeks earlier than I thought it was going to be, which yesterday made me almost have a panic attack, but today I'm adjusting. Instead of a cast, I now have this surgical shoe thingy which is removable (I have to take it off for the therapy exercises anyway), AND, I'm allowed to take an actual shower instead of a sponge bath!

It's definitely going to be a slow process...just pressing my heel to the floor results in hellfire pain right now, but I now have hopes of going back to work in March instead of late April.

I'm back on the real pain meds, after having been off them for about a week, but I can deal with that since there is now an end in sight.

[Deely]

What great news Felix. A real shower...nothing in this world better than that after a couple of months of rehab. It sounds like you're progressing ahead of schedule which is a really good thing. Sending you big {{HUGS}} and lots of encouragement.

[Dissie]

Wonderful news! Hope it continues to go well for you!

[Kchurchill5]

Sounds like good new Felix

[Bergy]

Good news for sure - Keep on doing whatever exercises they give you. I thought you said in one of your posts that you were at work - guess I missread it. Relax and recover quickly

[Felix4067]

I'm on VERY restricted work, Bergy. Officially, I can only do work that can be done sitting down, and I'm not allowed to use stairs to get to it. Which since it's hockey season means I can do games (I sit at a computer for those) and nothing else. Works out to a maximum of 9 hours a week as opposed to the 70+ I normally do this time of year. And if it wasn't for hockey, I wouldn't be working at all.

So far, every time I stand up I try putting weight on it, and I've gotten to the point where I can do it for almost 20 seconds without wanting to die. I'm also supposed to write the alphabet with my toes several times a day (standard sprained ankle exercise) since the tendons aren't used to stretching, and then several times a day I'm supposed to try to pick things up with my toes (at which I am failing miserably so far).

I did call the surgeon's office yesterday, and they explained that while I am out of the cast now, it will still be mid-February before I'm able to walk like a human again. So I'm looking at March at the earliest before I'm finally back to work full time.

[Bergy]

It sure must be rough having all that pain - Hopfully it will get less and less as the days go by Take care Cheers Bergy

[chattes]

WOW! That's amazing progress as far as I'm concerned. Glad to hear you're getting better.