Another week has passed, and the crutches have been put away. In fact I put them away last Monday (a week ago), and started using a cane a friend of mine is letting me use.
Friday my daughter (a junior in high school) had a band performance/competition at Elitches-Six Flags, the local amusement park. I had [...]
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The majority of the pain of switching from cast to boot and from NWB to PWB went away after the 1st night of sleep. I woke up and could tell that the boot continues to stretch the tendon while I sleep.
It really was a huge difference.
Friday at work was fairly uneventful. Saturday at home was [...]
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So here I lie, for the 1st time in about a month, hurting.
I had my 1 month follow up appointment today, and the cast was cut off, and my knee scooter “taken” away. Everything looks great they say and now it’s time for the boot, and I can ditch the crutches as soon as I’m [...]
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And while I know I’m getting closer to a boot and PWB, I really don’t know what that means. I’ve been using a knee scooter for a week, but that gets turned in on Thursday when I get the cast removed and start wearing the boot. Do I use crutches during PWB?
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All in all a good weekend. Didn’t do much on Saturday, but watched movies with my daughter at night.
Sunday was a full day of errands, from dog/puppy training, to tuxedo rental, to shopping at Target, to eating lunch, to buying some pants (to fit over my cast), to picking up my older daughter from work, [...]
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Got my splint off today and upgraded to a real cast. The surgeon says all went as expected.
The incision is quite small, only about an inch or so long, and runs horizontally rather than vertically. One small “bummer” about the small incision / potential scar is something that goes back 20 years to when I [...]
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