We’re still with the kids here in Michigan, it’s a great distraction from my ankle recovery, the habit changes, the stress of having a messy house, and the fact that I can’t walk or drive or run or nothing.
On that, I’ve been doing nothing. My Garmin celebrates my
2000-some steps a day. I’m supposed to be using crutches still, I think by now
70-80% of body weight with one crutch. I’m not really doing that. If I go
outside (seldom) I use the crutches. If I’m in the house, I only use them 25%
of the time. Aurora keeps reminding me, and I do mean to set a good example for
Slava by using them. It aches and hurts, is that good or bad or OK or
worrisome? I dunno. It’s never enough that I want pain killers. But sometimes I
get a burning feeling across the top of my foot, not where the repairs were
made. And I wonder what it means, if it means anything. Am I delaying my
recovery?
My right calf is rapidly losing muscle and looks weak. My
foot is still swollen (only in the last day or two has the puffy swelling gone
down) and bruised. It barely moves, it’s stiff and painful to move. I can put
weight on it carefully, but I can’t put any motion into it. This is worrisome
to me, I wonder how long it will take to recover full ROM and strength. But I
have almost another whole month before the walking boot comes off. I will
continue to lose muscle? The light movements the surgeon has me doing is making
ZERO progress in improving ROM and certainly won’t build strength. Maybe this
is why he told me, that I wouldn’t be running for another few months, and that
I had a LOT of physical therapy to do. Ugh.
In the meantime,
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