I went to the doctor today. They took my cast off. I guess I should be saying YAY. The thing is, I was pretty happy right before the cast came off and then... I saw my leg. I expected it to not be the same as the other, but I've lost all muscle tone in it. It's like jelly. I have NEVER lost muscle mass like that so it was pretty emotional which deflated my "yay the cast is off" moment.
Then, I see the doctor and he gives me the update. It basically was as follows: You'll be in the "boot" for the next 4 weeks at least. You need to start putting partial weight on your leg and then as you feel more comfortable full weight. Use the crutches until you can walk okay without them. You can drive, you just have to take the boot off to do that and then put it back on to walk. You can take the boot off if you'll be sitting for a while and you should move your ankle and build the strength up. Probably in a few days you'll have enough control and strength built up to be able to drive, but don't drive until you are sure you are able to. We'll see you back here in 4 weeks.
Sounds pretty simple. I mean, it's mostly up to me to figure out what I can or can not do and that sounds simple enough. So we took the instructions and said okay and in came the nurse with the boot. Or should I say my terminator leg. It's HUGE! It's HEAVY! It's worse then the cast ever was.
It's nice to be home and to not have a cast on. I just took the boot off, that's nice too! I know I'm just now getting to begin recovery stage so I still can't do a lot of stuff, but at least it's a beginning. 4 weeks in the boot for sure, maybe more. He said NO shoes on that foot for 4 weeks. I'll go from Boots to sandals at this rate!
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It's always nice to know that things are progressing.
How hard is it to walk with the muscle mass so reduced?
It's very hard to walk. I think it's harder because the boot is so heavy (that should help build muscle mass.) The hardest part for me right now with the boot is that with my tennis shoe on the other foot, the boot still puts my broken leg one inch longer then my good leg. The nurse said a lot of people have hip and knee discomfort in their good leg because they try to compensate.
I'd be tempted to get thick-soled shoes in that situation. Perhaps half off. :)
Yup, that's what we're thinking! Talk about "styling!"
Congratulations! Glad to know you are able to have some flexibility now. I am still praying for you...like you said, still in the recovery stage!
You could get some stilleto heels. : ) that would be styling.
Take one day at a time.
I remember the power team. They came to our church. We also had the "strike force" a spin off of the power team, they came to our church 2 or 3 years in a row and even did local school assemblies.
Yes, one time they had some retired power team guys speaking at this event I attended in college and after they spoke they wanted to perform miracles of healing.
It was a small event for a new campus ministry, so I stuck around. They made me hold out my arms and then bring them together and I found out that one arm was a centimeter shorter than the other. So they prayed for growth in my bones to even things out. I think I shifted my shoulder to make them happy.
They also measured other peoples legs to make them grow to be the same lenght. It was quite funny and I never went back to that campus group.
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