Dec 22 2009
Pre-Christmas gift - 2 shoes
Its week 11.5 today and I went to visit the doctor for the most important visit. The doctor gave me the go-ahead to use regular shoes and to put away the boot — yeah!
The doctor flexed the foot around and asked me to walk around with my shoes on. He said that everything looked good, and that I just need to build up some strength in the right foot. He said that the test would be whether I could do calf raises on the one foot (100% of my weight) — which at this point, I can only do about 40-50% of my weight on the right foot.
Doctor gave the ok to start driving, once I felt comfortable — he said that if a little girl ran in front of my car, and I could move the foot to press on the break quickly enough, then I would be ready for driving … I’ll practice in a parking lot before I head out to the streets (hopefully, I didn’t scare anyone living in Chicago).
The one hurdle for me is the fact that the weather in Chicago is really bad now … there is snow, slush and ice. So I’ll probably wear the boot around for a while and easy into the winter driving.
I’ll continue with my PT sessions till the middle of Jan. The doc said that I don’t have to go if I can do most of the exercises on my own.
Yippee … freed from the boot! Thank God.
