Kristin’s One Footed (Now Two-Footed!) Blog

Happy Holidays to all! In 2009 may we all be back to our “normal” selves…but even better and stronger than ever! You know it’s been forever since a post when you almost forget your password. SIGH. I do check in and read what’s going on in others’ world… It’s always the same challenges out there…we are all so much the same. Happy Healing Everyone..it gets better!!!

I still go to rehab about every week. I now have an electro-stim unit that I use every day at home…so that’s nice. My surgery was April 15…OH MY GOSH!  April is forever away and in April I wouldn’t think that I’d even be thinking about my foot. Oh well. I still have a limp a little bit…but I’m trying to not limp…it just is still there. I can elliptical and bike til the cows come home. When I do calf raises…and I can raise my bad foot every so slightly…I feel this weird thing going on in my metatarsal (sp?)..It’s like a spring in there keeps opening on the way up and compressing when I come down. Hope this will go away. The most annoying thing is this stupid wound thing. Yes it’s closed (as of Oct.6th after millions of dollars in wound care and grafts (I exaggerate..not a million…just a few thousand)…but I still have this area that is just and remains a scab. After my Ortho scratched his head he wanted me to get my plastic surgeon’s opinion….so, went to plastic surgeon to see if he should cut it open and re-stitch it up. And, he said that there is no way that he can do that because of all the scar tissue there and that there is no excess skin to pull to even attempt the closure to be successful. So, I’m to massage the area each day in hopes of “loosening up the skin.” Of course, there is a 3hour procedure where he can do a skin graft, but that’s really complicated and I could end up much worse. Again, I don’t care one bit what the scar looks like…I just want normal skin to be there, no scab, and want to be able to swim and get in a bath tub with my bad foot. After plastic surgeon gave me that “advice.” Basically saying it will heal, it will just take time. Oh my, how patient I have been…open wound from April til October, no scab that never comes off to reveal nice skin. blah blah blah…I cld my Wound Ctr folks and went to see them. They said that my skin is in the re-forming stage still and that it will take time…maybe even 6 more mths to heal completely. Baha ha ha ha. They did cut away a lot of the scab and I’m going to return to them every 6 weeks to have them keep trimming away stuff. So, the Wound/Scab thing still exists, and I’m still wearing backless shoes..but, I’m going to start wearing normal tennis shoes to the gym and I’ll see if that does anything to the incision. Other than that, life is good. I want to get back on the tennis courts..but, I guess I should be able to run before going out there. And, the kids are getting excited for Christmas. Santa is coming..yippee! I will say that I’ve missed my handicap tag while doing holiday shopping…that would have been nice. I’m rambling now..Hang in there everyone! You’ll get better…some will be on a fast track to recovery and all “mavericky” (hahahha…those were funny SNL skits), and other’s will be recovering at a snail’s pace like me. But, we’ll all be better and more thoughtful as a result of our injury. Enjoy your day today. Happy Holidays Everyone! - Kristin in Atlanta