The Rupture

Hey, we ought to post pix of our stick legs & see how we’re all doing!  I’ll post my latest pic.  Any takers out there?  Want to show off your calves-or lack of calf?!   Maybe we should have a chicken leg pageant? 

15 week pic

Went to see my doc on the 22nd of Dec.  We compared scars.  My keloid impressed him but he liked the healing so far.  He liked my scar better than his.  Hmmm.  His was scabby looking but I saw a nice line shaping up on his scar, no earthworms crawling up his leg like mine!  Ok, time for another picture I guess.  Not that it shows a lot anyway.  Compared to the Nov 10th pic, the scar is lighter in color but it has become broader.  Not sure why it’s discolored at the top and I still have suture marks.  Doc says it should lighten even further & flatten out with time.

He also said to be patient on the chicken leg as it would improve with time and fill out.  No timetable for that.  I’m finally able to start to get up on a one legged toe raise.  Not pretty and darned hard but getting there.  Doing lots of toe raises, hoping to help that calf along.  Since we have stairs in our home, lots of opportunity there.    I can kind of “run”.  Not pretty but a darn sight better than before!   My 13 year old laughs as I try to speed up to a trot.    I caught sight of myself gimping while on the treadmill working out.  Yikes!  I looked like some old geezer barely coming off the ground.  Come on, we’ve all seen these poor guys out there “jogging”.  Ok, this 56 year old is NOT a spring chicken but don’t fit me for the rocking chair yet!   Doc also warned against jogging yet, even when on the treadmill.  He told me I’d get too much swelling & to give it more time.  Can’t help it.  I almost feel “normal”  and try to move faster!  Ah well, patience, patience, patience!

Lots of  rubbing down the scar with vitamin E, also Eucerin to keep the scar area soft.  Helps keep down the itching too.  Aches & stiff in the morning till I get a few paces.  I forget sometimes I’ve got a “bad” leg and find myself crushing empty milk bottles or crunching down boxes to stuff in the trash.  I can walk the dog about a mile before I notice it’s getting tight but no real pain.  My new normal must be coming into effect.  You can see the right calf is smaller.  Never did get an initial measurement but know it was smaller before!   Oh boy! Looking at those legs makes me realize how long I’ve been out and not getting enough exercise!  Took an ATR to make me look!