Posted on March 23rd, 2011 at 5:14 pm by gailbuddy and
I am now 16 weeks out and have formally been dismissed from both doc and PT. It really snuck up on me. It seems like all of a sudden I had this “healing” spurt. My plantar flexion is equal to my other ankle. My dorsiflexion is just a bit off. My calf has really gained back muscle remarkably. Doc says my cycling has contributed to the calf strength and girth. I’m less than an inch off and when I was first out of the cast I was over two inches off. Yay!
On the matter of the limp…I was so excited to show off to my PT. She says I still have a slight limp. It doesn’t feel like it to me but I guess it is her specialty. I still experience swelling in the evening when I am extremely active which is everyday because Spring has me redoing my yard. So I still ice and am still careful but…….. I got sprung!
Link Here | March 23, 2011,
Hi, well done, its good to hear of your freedom.
Comment by julesjames
Link Here | March 24, 2011,
sounds great . . . I can’t wait for my turn!
Comment by suthrnman |
Link Here | March 24, 2011,
What Great news for you…congrats…awesome, awesome job!! LOL…I feel like I’m going to be in physio forever…it’s going very well though.
You give me great hope!
Comment by janet
Link Here | March 24, 2011,
Thanks guys. It felt like forever at the time..now I almost don’t know what to do with myself sans all those appointments.
Happy healing!
Comment by gailbuddy |
Link Here | March 24, 2011,
Congratulations!
Comment by iski7b |
Link Here | March 24, 2011,
gailbuddy - congrats! It looks like your recovery is going well.
Comment by dennis |
Link Here | March 27, 2011,
Well done!! Another victory on the road to recovery. I identified with a comment you made on KT66’s page regarding people thinking that now the cast/boot/crutches are gone you are suddenly ‘healed’ and back to normal, where in reality the hard work has just started!! My work colleagues and friends now assume I’m back to 100% and it’s really frustrating for me!!
Comment by garyf |