Week 7 Not so easy on my own :-(

Well, I started back on my aqua therapy maintenance program Monday. Wanted to be sure the cellulitis had resolved. It wasn’t 100% but much better and a waterproof band-aide was enough to cover the remaining scabs. Since I’ve spend approximately 6 months of every year in active therapy for one thing or another over the [...]

Week 6— 2 SHOES AND DISCHARGE WOW

Saw the doc today, the cellulitis is looking much better. It has stopped oozing and much less red. Still has two scabs but doc was happy. She graduated me to 2 shoes, said “progress carefully” and “come back as needed”. I don’t need PT, I can drive and good bye.
WOW, I’m definitely happy but also [...]

Week 5 Incision to wound care and aquatherapy

Well, my incision is still open but not infected. I’ve decided I need to start thinking wound care. I’m finding no matter what I do the boots rubbing which isn’t helping. I read someones post recently with suture and wound problems that I’m going to try and find to read the entire history hoping it [...]

Does the Lymph system play a part in Tendon issues and swelling?

With all the different stages of swelling I became curious if the Lymphatic System was involved post surgery. Basically I was curious if this was severed during surgery and if that would explain all the swelling.  I found this site, which actually was a very good site and was very informative about the health of [...]

How is it decided how much weight is put on PWB?

I searched the blog and found this one  http://achillesblog.com/kristin123/2011/09/09/definition-of-pwb-and-fwb/  but it doesn’t answer my question.  Plus how does a person measure how much weight they are putting on their foot when in a boot and on PWB?

Week 4 Update Doctor Appointment tomorrow

Well it will be interesting. I’ve continued to have pain to touch on the side of my ankle.  Yesterday as a means to protect it come, I put on a neoprene ankle support. I’m guessing it’s nerve pain from lack of fat tissue between my skin and the operative site. The support was comfortable and [...]