Three days into the hard cast, and I’m starting to feel used to it. I still need to spend the majority of the day elevated. If I crutch around or sit with my legs hanging down for more than 5-10 minutes, I need to elevate above my heart to reduce the immediate swelling. Otherwise, keeping my leg at about the same elevation as my waist seems fine. I’m hoping to be able to sit or stand for periods of an hour or more within the next week. Fortunately, my job allows me to work at home, so I’m minimizing office visits to a couple hours a week (dependant upon being able to line up a ride there and back).
I feel like I’m finally getting over the initial depression of the ATR. At times during the first 2 weeks, it seemed like this was a never ending climb. As much as I enjoyed reading entries in the blog site for the experience people had during the intial stages of the injury, frankly, I found it difficult to read about the longer-term successes. Those milestones seemed so far off for me. Call it the “woe-is-me” syndrome. I still realize that I have a long way to go, but I’m finally feeling comfortable that this will all pass, and that I too will experience the joy that others are writing about.
I’ve mentioned previously how grateful I am for finding the achillesblog.com site. Many, many thanks to Dennis for all his hard work and dedication for providing a forum to keep us all (reasonably) sane and informed during the recovery process! Also, thanks to everybody for contributing their experience and advice. It has made my “new life” not only easier but fun as well.
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