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.
3 responses so far
Great news! You will have a happy Christmas, too then.
Yes, it is wise to be careful the first weeks in the slush. You will be probably safer in the car than walking…
Happy Christmas and do be careful walking in the winter wonderland!
great news! let’s chat this week! - tw