Attended my second post op clinic on Friday and it was good news all round. Had the boot re-set to neutral and given authority to weight bear as tolerated. This was terrifying and difficult at first, but within a few hours I was cruising around the house with one crutch - elation, the freedom!! To be able to carry my own cup of coffee, and make my son breakfast!!!

The incision has healed up great, and I am truly lucky to not have suffered a great deal of atrophy, the size difference in my legs apparently is not noticeable to anyone but me.

I also got the go ahead to start swimming as much as a like - any stroke, just being careful not to push off the injured foot. I can’t wait to get in the water tomorrow, out of the heat and getting the heart rate up.

Also got clearance to start physio (even though I already had!). I went straight to physio clinic and my guy massaged the swelling out of my foot (OUCH!) and gave me a pressure bandage…this has worked really effectively to keep the swelling at bay. He also did lots of work on my overused, tight right side, which hurt a lot but was a revelation afterwards. As of next week I start twice weekly - one session per week is purely applying electro therapy to the calf to start to create tone. I am doing range of motion exercises with a theraband 3 times a day, just trying to gain control over the movement.

Dinner’s ready and it looks GREAT…continuing best wishes to you all, take care!!!