hit 8 weeks on Monday, and have been PWB for the past 2 weeks. When I say PWB I mean it loosely as I have been cruising around a lot without the crutches (eg. to the kitchen, to the bar!) and seem to be really comfortable with this. Saw Physio yesterday who tested everything (dorsiflexion +15 degrees, can put about 50KGs of pressure/weight on the bad foot with boot on etc) and is keen to get me away from crutches asap - good man. Only problem is his suggestion was to GET A CANE. I mean, seriously, a cane? I am a 30 year old white dude in Beijing, I don’t think a cane is going to work for me here…..I had horrible visions of looking something like this:

Pimpin' the streets of Beijing

Fortunately, the physio has instead suggested I use 1 crutch, which instead makes me look like a cyborg pimp who the Terminator has come back in time to kill (I have the Aircast boot), or someone who escaped a battle scene from Star Wars after being roughed up by Chewy. We are hopefully moving me onto FWB this weekend so that Beijing and I can leave this whole horrible episode behind us.

Did a day trip to another city on Saturday, which was fine. Took 2 flights and had no issues with swelling or anything else that would be a bit of a worry if you were stuck in a pressurized steel tube at 10,000 feet, glad I could road test that for everybody out there!

My scar now is looking very neat, which is disappointing as I really hoped for something jagged and mean-looking to show off for having to go through this whole damned process. I keep telling the physio to stop massaging it as he’ll rub it completely off and I’ll be left with nothing to prove that I did the injury. Here’s what it look like now:

Scarus Maximus

Scarus Maximus

Last but not least, here’s a new Engrish pic, my new favourite nappy brand:

There must be something about Chinese babies that I don't know?

There must be something about Chinese babies that I don't know?