Week 8 - moving toward FWB
Went to clinic today and it was really successful. She carried out a thomson test which was so so much stronger than the last one 4 weeks ago. She also thoroughly examined the tendon itself and declared it fabulous. She also said that O now had some dorsalflexion so the ROM exercises have paid off. She has said I’m clear for the physio to start moving me into FWB and shoes!!!! She told me I was totally ok to go FWB in my boot as I could tolerate it and if I couldn’t cope with that we had a little prctise with just one crutch for a little support but to be honest I think the days of the crutches and my boot are numbered. Another milestone past. She seems to think returning to work for the start of spring term is a realistic possibilty, but not to rush into anything. She won’t find me arguing or rushing into anything, but the posssibilty is quite exciting as it’ll be a huge step to my old life. So all good, fingers crossed it all keeps going well.
November 20th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Hey, congratulations. FWB is a real milestone, you begin to feel like you’re back in the normal world. No point in rushing back to work too soon, it’s not as if you have a sedentary office job, you need to be able to hit the ground running ( metaphorically speaking!).
Carry on with the physio and concentrate on getting yourself back on two feet.
Fingers crossed for you!
November 20th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Congratulations!!! Sounds like you are making real progress - it sounds like a really good psychological step to go from the boot to shoes. I’ll bet you’re oking forward o getting back to school too.
Well done x
November 20th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Thanks to both of you. Yes feel like I’m making progress. I agree with you teresa about rushing back and however much I want too I’ll be listening to my achilles and until it tells me I won’t be going back. Def off until 4 th Jan, so we’ll see how I feel at the end of Dec til I make any real decisions. I hope you’re both making equally good progress and I’ll keep you posted on how the physio is going. Thank you so much for all your support I can’t tell you how important it’s been to me. My family and friends have been great but people who are sharing the experience have a different perspective. So once again thank you so much and keep healing x
November 21st, 2010 at 5:36 am
Your AT was declared ……………………. “fabulous”
Brilliant.
Jan 4th .
Being 3 weeks ahead of you that would be in line with my return to work Dec 6th .
(Im presume that what the doc is going to tell me)
To be honest while I was in the cast and on the cruthes would have gladly gone back to work
BUT
Now im walking (limping) ……. not so keen !!
Keep going , you doing fab …….
phil