Crutchless

Four weeks after surgery and a much better week this week.  Spent all of last weekend in bed resting up a strained thigh muscle but back on my feet by Monday.
Major milestones this week

Now completely comfortable sleeping without my airboot on
Walking around the house completely crutch free
Through necessity climbed a number of staircases at work/social [...]

A week in a boot

Three weeks after surgery and just completed my first week in the Aircast - a bit of a mixed bag overall.
Whilst taking the boot off has been wonderful in the shower it’s taken a bit of getting used to at night, found I was very conscious of my unprotected leg just lying there - had [...]

Cast away

First visit to the OS today two weeks after surgery.
Got seen by a nurse who took my cast off and removed the sutures which luckily didn’t hurt at all.  The wound looked okay and she seemed happy with it although it felt very strange to have the ankle unprotected after 3 weeks of being in [...]

1 week post surgery - Showers and office

Managed to make it into the office for a couple of days this week (one week after surgery).  Was worried I might be going back a bit soon but my leg hasn’t been hurting and I’m lucky that I have a desk job so was able to sit in moderate comfort with my leg more [...]

Future dancer

This site has been a great source of information and comfort over the last two weeks since I joined this club so I figured it was time to add my own simple story.
I’m a near 50 year old male living in Australia who started playing squash again recently after many years off the court.
A couple [...]