Comments on: My leg’s so small……. http://achillesblog.com/ginger982/2008/08/24/my-legs-so-small/ Just another Achillesblog.com weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:06:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ginger982 http://achillesblog.com/ginger982/2008/08/24/my-legs-so-small/#comment-3 ginger982 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:51:48 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/ginger982/?p=3#comment-3 Hi Jenny, Good to hear from you. I too have been quite surprised by the big differences in approaches to treatment. I will hopefully start Physio next week, most of me is really looking forward to the next phase of the recovery stage but also a bit scared. Used hair removal cream on my leg today, feels so good (was told not to shave for at least a week but veet would be ok - still decided to give it almost a week to be on the safe side as didn't want a skin reaction as would be ultra sensitive after so long in a cast) and so far so good! I have just used leg for balance when out of boot but no weight on it. Hope the PT went well today. Good luck with this next stage.... Hi Jenny,

Good to hear from you. I too have been quite surprised by the big differences in approaches to treatment. I will hopefully start Physio next week, most of me is really looking forward to the next phase of the recovery stage but also a bit scared. Used hair removal cream on my leg today, feels so good (was told not to shave for at least a week but veet would be ok - still decided to give it almost a week to be on the safe side as didn’t want a skin reaction as would be ultra sensitive after so long in a cast) and so far so good! I have just used leg for balance when out of boot but no weight on it. Hope the PT went well today. Good luck with this next stage….

]]> By: jenny http://achillesblog.com/ginger982/2008/08/24/my-legs-so-small/#comment-2 jenny Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:10:13 +0000 http://achillesblog.com/ginger982/?p=3#comment-2 Hi ginger, I also had my foot in a cast for 10 weeks but had my foot at 90 degrees for the last five of them. My calf is now half the size of the other one. I just got the cast off on Aug. 21 and am now also wearing the boot. It would seem that we both have very conservative surgeons. I am starting physio this afternoon and am looking forward to beginning my recovery, rather than just sitting and healing. However, when I got my cast off four days ago, my surgeon told me to carefully stretch out my foot while up on pillows and to carefully stand barefoot to get my foot used to being unsupported. It feels really weird and is quite scary. I use a cane while doing this for balance. It is funny how they all do everything differently. Are you starting PT now? Hi ginger, I also had my foot in a cast for 10 weeks but had my foot at 90 degrees for the last five of them. My calf is now half the size of the other one. I just got the cast off on Aug. 21 and am now also wearing the boot. It would seem that we both have very conservative surgeons. I am starting physio this afternoon and am looking forward to beginning my recovery, rather than just sitting and healing. However, when I got my cast off four days ago, my surgeon told me to carefully stretch out my foot while up on pillows and to carefully stand barefoot to get my foot used to being unsupported. It feels really weird and is quite scary. I use a cane while doing this for balance. It is funny how they all do everything differently. Are you starting PT now?

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