1 month - PWB
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 able.
Trumpets sound, cheers are heard all around.
And then reality sets in as they tell me to put my foot in the boot, and make sure my leg is all the way in the back and my heel is all the way down (boot has 2 pull wedges, and each wedge is made up of 3 layers). At that instant I knew the crutches were going to be with me for a bit.
And after getting my foot properly aligned, and the boot strapped up, I got to walk, with crutches… Place down on the heel, and roll to the toe, then do it all over again. The pain was pretty strong, even when I barely did more than rest my foot on the floor. And “worse” yet, even at rest it hurt as the boot did its job and stretched my tendon.
I’m assuming the cast could have been made at a bit more of an angle or maybe I could use more wedges now, but regardless, it hurts.
Keep it at the 2 wedges for a week and then remove one.
PT begins in 2 weeks.
And I get to shower, in a shower chair, but I get to take a shower in the morning.
It hurts, but I’m at the next stage… PWB!
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Showering is good. Changing your ankle so much so fast so soon that it hurts, Not So Good. IMO.
Ankle –> ankle angle!
If you can activate AJAX Editing, we’d be able to fix our typos…
Good stuff - congratulations! Yeah - those first steps hurt a bit but it passes pretty quickly. You will be leaving those crutches behind in no time. I just started the transition from PWB to FWB, and find that I am quickly forgetting about my crutches, except for long distances!