By mandy000 on Dec 23, 2012 in Uncategorized | 2 Comments
I packed my back with my spare trainer, a pair of other trainers and a pair of sandals plus a nice bottle of red. Made it down the stairs, I’m getting quite adept at stairs crutches bag combo. :).
The wine is for Dave (the best PT in the world) it is Christmas eve here and [...]
By mandy000 on Dec 20, 2012 in Uncategorized | 11 Comments
For Christmas I got FREEDOM…..from sleeping with my boot on. Yay! And I start Physio on the 24th. The doc said today to start walking, without the boot, for a little bit each day. A bit chicken about that bit will start with placing foot on the ground with gradual weight on it. It [...]
By mandy000 on Nov 30, 2012 in Uncategorized | 10 Comments
This past week has been like a miracle in comparison to the previous four weeks.
When the surgeon initially fitted me he did try the medium vaoped but I couldn’t stand the pain of it around my heel, if felt too narrow, which is why he put the vacocast one…now I’m thinking it was cast-to-boot shock [...]
By mandy000 on Nov 21, 2012 in Uncategorized | 7 Comments
very thankful for everyone’s thoughts/well wishes/advice…we’re in this together!
I’ve had a vacocast fit (the pro killed when it was fitted) for 1x week which I think is too big. It’s very wide and heaps of space in the length. It’s a medium and I wear an asics US 8 trainer, if that helps. When the [...]
By mandy000 on Nov 20, 2012 in Uncategorized | 11 Comments
October 24: Team bonding “Amazing race” amazing exit after a 2km run and dash up the stairs to the train. Jumping onto the train from the platform, I heard a snap and immediately felt my calf go. Wasn’t sure whether I’d torn my calf of done something to my Achilles. So much pain, can’t stand, [...]