What a difference a year (almost) makes!
Hello to my ATR family - it’s been awhile since last logging on and commenting, and so much has happened since then. I’m coming up on my one year anniversary of the initial injury (Feb. 7th) and sometimes it still seems like it was just a few weeks ago. I’m moving along exceedingly well; some mornings I wake up with a little “crick” in my ankle but after some stretching and walking (and COFFEE) it feels “close to normal”. I’m back to bicycling, running on the treadmill, swimming, climbing a ladder to clean out the gutters, and pretty much leading a normal life. In fact, we just made reservations to head out to Whistler in March for a week on the snow - everyone keeps telling me that I’m crazy, but I believe that if you fall off the horse, you get back on it again. They seem to think I should shoot the damn horse.
I still have about a 1 1/2″ smaller left calf muscle than the right leg - while cycling I’ll get comments from the rider behind me. “But it really isn’t that noticeable though” they say.
I still can’t do a full toe raise on the left foot, but I practice several times a week while standing on a stair; I try for 3 to 4 sets of 15. I’m also hitting the calf machine at the YMCA and am up to about 3 reps of 12 at 80 lbs.
I so fondly remember days of sitting at home poring over every word I could find on this site, and looking forward to the day I’d get out of my “Foot jail” and into the boot and then into 2 shoes. I especially liked reading the recovery adventures of so many others who were weeks ahead of me in their recovery and it really gave me something to look forward to. I’m very grateful to all of them for their help, and for those of you who are just beginning your “adventure” please know that IT WILL GET BETTER!
One step at a time! One foot at a time!
