The tale of Polly the purple pot, weeks1-3
Ash Wednesday 2009 (that’s 25th February to you) I was at my first appointment at the fracture clinic and ended up with a thigh length cast with my toes in the equinus position (toes pointing down on tiptoe and then some). I still managed to do the Ash Weds evening service (sitting down) and that weekend Matt and I went up to Yorkshire to see our God daughters for the youngests birthday party. It was the birthday girl who decided to name the cast, and since it was purple she decided to call the pot Polly. I’m now getting messages from people asking how Polly is doing!!
That first week I honestly thought I could carry on working and it wouldn’t affect me, I would just have to spend more time at my desk and less time with people (which is sad in my job) and move all meetings to my place. And for 2 weeks I managed reasonably well. Then I went back to the clinic and was told to take daily low dose aspirin ( for 6 weeks) to help prevent the complications of a blood clot.
As any asthma sufferer will tell you, asthma meds and aspirin don’t mix… 2 days later I was really struggling, non weight bearing, hobbling around on crutches and wheezing because my inhalors aren’t as effective… That weekend I decided to give up and go sick until things settled down a bit. A conversation with the asthma nurse at my GP helped a bit and putting my inhalors up a bit has balanced things out for now. Still I decided enough was enough…
For these first 3 weeks I honestly didn’t think a busted achilles was that big a deal!!
It would heal, right? So what was the problem?
Just goes to show how stupid I can be, and I’m in the business of caring for other people…doh!
It was only when I talked with my friend who is a nurse that I started to take in that it is a serious injury, I knew it was going to take a while to heal, but I had completely underestimated it. Taking some sick leave is proving to be a good thing, if rather boring…
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Hi Nikkifk… sorry to read about your injury, particularly as it was on the Wii, which has been used as PT exercise by other readers on this site.
Also surprised to hear you are in a thigh high cast. I was NHS conservative treated and all my casts were below the knee, which must be easier to manage.
I ruptured in June 08, and haven’t posted for a while, but hopefully you migh find my experience useful. Patience and being careful are key… and keep that leg up.