Got my cast off yesterday. Actually, my wound doesn’t look nearly as gruesome as I expected. All quite compact and bijou. I am into my ‘Air-cast’ boot with 3 wedges. I also have to wear a ‘night-splint’ which is like a little slipper. I wore it for the first time last night and I didn’t [...]
Went to see my consultant last night. He took off my original cast and put on a nice neat new one. He is keeping me that for just 1 more week and then I am into the ‘assisted weight bearing’ stage in an Aircast boot for at least another 5 weeks, maybe longer I suppose. The [...]
Before reading this post, please be aware that this is a tragic story of a women killing her husband that was printed in one of the leading UK tabloid newspapers recently. As achilles tendon injuries are at the forefront of my mind, I read this and thought ‘OH MY GOD’, how cruel can someone be. [...]
I have been ultra careful since the operation, which was about 9 days ago now - keeping my foot elevated pretty much 24 hours a day, not risking the stairs too much, eating well, no alcohol etc. Today, my daughter managed to lock my wife out of the house whilst I was upstairs. I hauled [...]
Dear all
I am interested in your advice/viewpoint on 2 topics:
1) What have people (men in particular) worn to work when wearing an air-cast boot? Do you just roll up your trouser leg or have you cut off your trouser leg?
2) Has anyone tried out these shoes before - MTB, the ‘anti-shoe’. The manufacturer claims it [...]