9 weeks update
July 5, 2012
So Im now 9 weeks post op and 2 weeks post-cast. Over the course of the last 7 days I ditched the crutches and am now FWB full time in the boot. My therapist also told me to remove all of the wedges and save them for the transition to 2-shoes. I am pain free, although the botom heel of my foot gets sore after extended period of walking. I have been able to mostly alleviate this with a Dr. Scholls insole. Im not sure how much of it has to do with overall foot recovery from the injury or if its just a side-effect of the boot itself.
I can now limp barefoot around the house with very little pain (I’d put it at a 1 or 2 on a scale of 10). And its not really pain–its more tightness and discomfort. I can put pants on standing up without a crutch (my balance on the bad foot isnt 100% so I do it slowly beside a wall just in a case I fall over). I can now move around in the shower like a normal person.
My dorsiflexion is improving slowly but surely. I have no idea how measure it but I’d say I’m about 55%-60% of the way there. Coming out of the cast I was probably at 10%. PT is getting less and less challenging. The pain during scar tissue breakup sessions is a lot more tolerable now. I’ve been crushing all of the exercises. My therapist told me to bring an extra shoe next week….shit is about to get real.
July 5th, 2012 at 2:29 am
Sounds like your really progressing which is great news, I think I am about 2 weeks behind you but have been walking without crutches (in boot only) for about 2 weeks but have been having the same pains in my heel so its good to know its not just me.
I havent had the courage to try and walk with no boot on yet but am hoping for the go ahead from my doctor on Monday. Good luck pushing on with this and keep blogging. If you are about 2 weeks ahead then I will have an idea of what is coming next
July 8th, 2012 at 6:44 pm
I had my Haglunds surgery May 11. First two weeks in soft cast but I failed in crutches and could not do well with them.(I realized that a minor knee pain was unbearable when using crutches so I was screwed so to speak.) I got wheelchair and unfortunately had to put some pressure on soft cast to get around. Doc wasn’t happy so put me in hard cast for 4 weeks. He let me put weight in small doses but stayed in wheel chair. Then in boot for 2 weeks but I take off at night and when I’m home. Since I have boot I put on croc shoes and limped around to water flowers. During this time I went through hospice experience with Mom and then she died like week 6 - this surgery has been horrible for me because of all the demands on my body to move. I decided against PT because as a former dancer I pretty much know how to exercise foot. I have gained a lot of weight though which doesn’t help the walking and I am in my late 50s which doesn’t help either. There is tightness and still pain in heel when I put on weight bearing and sometimes I walk with a limp and other times I walk very slowly and try to stretch the tendon. I don’t expect to be 100% for at least 6 months and now I have to prepare for the other foot! And then of course off to the ortho to see about this knee….This is horrible.