Week 6: Walking with a cast
October 1, 2008 by shelley
Things are getting better and better as it gets easier to move around.
I can walk FWB now. Not using the cane or crutches anymore. I’m pretty slow (even slower than with crutches), but I think it’s the cast that makes it hard to walk, not the tendon. So I’m really looking forward to getting the cast off. Only 3 more weeks to go.
I walked to the park with my 2-year old and our dog (about a 10-minute walk each way). My casted foot feels fine, although my heel is a little sore, but my so-called “good” achilles is killing me. It was worth it though. I’ve felt like I’ve been missing out a bit on playing with my 2-year old because she loves to run, dance and is always active. It was nice to take her to the park, just like the “good ol’ days” 6 weeks ago. ha ha. Actually, I realized that I did go to the park with her the morning of “the incident” and ran back & forth, back & forth, back & forth to the fence at the far end of the park. Maybe this fatigued the tendon for when I went to play basketball later that day. Who knows? I guess it doesn’t really matter at this point anyway.
I went to see a massage therapist today to work on my good achilles. She said my calf is very tight and the deep tissue massage she gave my calf was really painful. But she said I need to stretch more and ice at night. Gotta take care of it… It’s the last one I’ve got!
Starting to take care of my girls on my own now, which feels good. It’s nice to feel like I can actually take care of my family again. Still need help at dinner & bedtime though. I find it hard to get up & down the stairs. I go up backwards on my bum holding the baby facing out. She seems to enjoy the ride and it gets the job done.
I still find it very difficult to NEED so much help. I used to try to take care of everything and everyone myself. I guess there is a lesson there.
Well, that’s it for this week.
Good luck everyone.
Hi Shelley, glad to hear that you are up and walking. It makes such a difference to be able to hold things, especially your little ones!! It is interesting that you went from NWB to FWB so fast, it took me 2.5 weeks (Maybe I was a little bit of a chicken though), and the doc told me not to start until 6 weeks. Hopefully the FWB will prevent you from getting as much bone loss as I did. One thing to remember though is that you are still healing so don’t overdo it!! Easier said than done for a busy mom. I thought I would see you at the clinic yesterday but I didn’t come across any fellow ATR victims. Disappointing. Anyway, hope you progress well and good luck with your recovery.