I put the walking boot on, and took my first few tentative steps in the hospital (with crutches). I don't have the OK yet to ditch the crutches, nor do I want to. The little weight I did put on my foot lit me up like a Christmas tree. I'll be easing into this walking thing.
Speaking of which, I'm going to document my recovery progress through video. My daughter has taken a new liking to creating videos, so I thought it would be fun to do together. I was also really inspired watching the video of the woman in my last post - it was cool to see her progression as she began walking again too. Here's our first one, shot the day after surgery (do not judge the cheese-ball music. All the good stuff is not free or available to use!):
I have a follow-up appointment next Wednesday to look at an Xray, and have the doc evaluate my weight-bearing status. Not sure exactly what that timeline will look like.
I had an awesome massage from one of the therapists who works for me - she pretty much spent an hour working just my left leg/foot. Everything is sore, especially my achilles tendon. The majority of the limitation with mobility has less to do with the injury itself, and more to do with being immobilized for three months. All the muscles have atrophied, the ligaments and tendons are very rigid, and my nerves are quite irritated from all the inflammation and general trauma. I don't really have any pain near the injury/surgical site. I saw my chiro yesterday, and she said it actually looked really good. Swelling is minimal, coloration is good, ROM is about as good as can be expected at this point. She said I'll need to really focus on getting that achilles tendon loosened and stretched. Weekly massages for me (an excellent benefit to working in the bodywork field)! PT starts in just over a week.
Feeling stoked to start moving again.
