Good News

Ok, so have been kinda slack since I got back to Aus... a broken laptop plus catching up with friends and fam I haven't seen in over 12 months has kept me busy!


So I saw the surgeon, he was great, as was the news. Pretty much just explained to him the whole scenario and showed him my x-rays and post op report. He sent me off to have another x-ray right then, and then come back and talk some more.


I can't put them up as they are hard copies but the x-rays looked good. It's amazing in 4 weeks how much healing can happen. You can hardly see the break in the Tibia, and the Fibula looked great compared to straight after surgery.


I had voiced my desire to be in heels by 24th March for my best friends wedding, and back on a snowboard by 28th March, and also emphasized my dedication to recovery. The amazing news is that it's quite possible, albeit taking it easy... His response was that in most cases he would be wary but with age, health, and doing all the right things (no alcohol, caffeine, etc) on my side, I would stand the best chance.


Instructions were that I could start 50% weight bearing, and continue ROM exercises. Bad news was no swimming, PT or driving until after my next appointment mid-Feb. I suppose you can't have everything but these were all things I have been desperately looking forward to! 


Advice, when you go to the surgeon, take notes. I forgot half of what he said!


So I am going back for x-rays and my follow up appointment next Monday. My ankle has been feeling great. Working out 50% weight bearing was a bit tough. Basically the way to work it out is find a set of scales and push down until it shows 50% of your weight. This actually feels like a lot more pressure than you would expect! For the first week I continued to get around on 2 crutches, but then started experimenting with 1. First few days this was tough, but now I actually find it easier to put that 50% weight on my foot, and get around. I actually feel fine with no crutch but don't want to push my luck... The first couple of days after going down to one crutch my calf hurt at night, I think just from getting used to being used again, but now it is fine, which hopefully means it is slowly building back up again.


I only wear the boot when I walk now, I keep it off the rest of the time. A few reasons for this. Firstly I can move it more, it is more comfortable, and the heat. I got an infection in the last tiny bit of incision that hadn't healed last week, and was on antibiotics for the last week to clear it up, which it appears to have done. Apparently this is a common thing due to the heat here, bugs breed :/


So now just waiting for next Monday and another round of good news!