My broken ankle check-up
@BearArtistLady (6037)
United States
August 23, 2022 5:37pm CST
Happy day!!!! I got the cast removed!!!! I now am in a walking boot and I am healing well. The x-rays showed that. I'm in the boot for about 6 weeks and then I go in for another checkup. Plus, I am going to have physical therapy.
I didn't tell the nurse and the doctor that I had been walking on the cast without the crutches. Not a lot but some. Anyhow the compound break is healing nicely and has knitted properly and smoothly. It will be nice being able to remove the walking boot in this heat, I'm surprised that I haven't grown mushrooms in the cast with the way my leg and ankle have been sweating. All I have to deal with is the huge amount of dry skin on the bottom of my foot, it's awe inspiring!!!
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@RasmaSandra (79711)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Aug 22
Virtual hugs to you and glad to hear this, I hope it heals nicely now.
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@BearArtistLady (6037)
• United States
25 Aug 22
Hugs back at you!!! It's all the hugs from my friends that keep me headed towards recovery.
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@Deepizzaguy (102623)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Aug 22
Good to know that you are making positive steps to make a full recovery.
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@popciclecold (38637)
• United States
24 Aug 22
I know you are happy snout that.
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@BearArtistLady (6037)
• United States
25 Aug 22
Happy is putting it mildly, I'm THRILLED!!! I can now take a shower instead of trying to clean myself and protect the cast. (No, garbage bags don't work. I've had casts before and they get wet from being protected by a garbage sack.)
@celticeagle (166757)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Aug 22
Congratulations ! I hope you don't have any issues from walking on it early. Glad to hear you got it off.
@celticeagle (166757)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Aug 22
@BearArtistLady ......I think I would be tempted too. Watch those babes.
Just know that if it doesn't heal right you could be more apt to break it again.
@celticeagle (166757)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Aug 22
@BearArtistLady ........Hope you can get some rest. I don't do well at all if I don't get enough sleep.
@BearArtistLady (6037)
• United States
25 Aug 22
The cats are eyeballing the walking boot like they might try to use it for a scratching post...I'd be tempted if I were a cat!
I was surprised when the doctor said that the x-rays showed it was healing nicely. I had been doing some walking on it earlier and really expected that I would be laid up a lot longer. I was thrilled when he told me that I could have the walking boot!
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@kaylachan (69390)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Aug 22
It's healing well which is all you can really ask for. That's the important thing I think.
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@BearArtistLady (6037)
• United States
25 Aug 22
It's great being able to walk around the house on the walking boot. I know it will be a while before I am able to comfortably walk without the boot or a crutch, but it's nice not hurting so badly when I try to walk and to walk without crutches.
I'm still surprised that I haven't found mushrooms growing where the cast was. Between the heat and sweat here in Atascadero California, and the darkness of the cast, there by rights should be mushrooms. I wouldn't mind as I do love mushrooms, especially fresh ones.
@BearArtistLady (6037)
• United States
25 Aug 22
I was riding on my motorcycle and hit a hole in the road. The bike fell to the left, which is my weaker leg, and I went over. I heard the break and had to fight my way into the storage compartment to get my cell phone to call for help. What was odd is there was an accident about a mile from where I fell! It didn't take too long for the ambulance and sheriffs to show up. Ended up that I managed to break my ankle in 3 places, one was a compound break, but the doctor couldn't do anything with it because it was too swollen.
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That has to feel a lot better@BearArtistLady (6037)
• United States
25 Aug 22
It feels better, and I can actually take it off so I can take a real shower, but it's still hot with the weather we're having in California.
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@sallypup (61009)
• Centralia, Washington
25 Aug 22
@BearArtistLady My Mom used to live in a low income senior apartment. I remember those inspection times.
@BearArtistLady (6037)
• United States
25 Aug 22
I wear the boot for two weeks and then just do the physical therapy for four weeks after I lose the boot. It was nice taking it off for an hour this afternoon. Now all I have to do is have the energy to clean the apartment for the inspection. The landlord does that once a year to make sure we don't damage the apartments. Fortunately, one of the people that watches the apartments offered to come help me get ready for inspection....my Mama didn't raise no fool, I accepted the offer!!! The inspection isn't until next month, but at least the apartment might be organized and clean.
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@BearArtistLady (6037)
• United States
25 Aug 22
Now all I have is two weeks in a walking boot. But that isn't all the time, I can take it off to shower and when I am going to sit with my leg up. If I go to town, I have to use my crutches but instead of holding the leg up I can walk on it. YIPPPEEEEE!!!
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