I went back to the Fracture Clinic to see the Orthopedic Surgeon on the 2nd April and he was happy enough with the progress of my ankle. He was kind enough to release me from the 35lbs of suffering that was attached to the end of my leg!!! So now I have an AirCast. Things are good. I still wake up in pain sometimes in the middle of the night, but at least I can get around a lot easier and my knee isn't in as much pain from the extra weight. I was supposed to go on a climbing trip that had been planned since last year sometime. I really didn't think I could go, but since I got the cast changed things have become 100 more comfortable and 100 times easier! It was pretty crazy trying to get to the GoTrain platform and meeting up with the people I was catching a ride with, but in the end I made it. The 11 hour car ride with my leg raised on pillows was very long and a few pain killers were needed, but it was great to get out of the city. I haven't been anywhere but work and my apartment for the last month! I got to see people and even made it to a couple crags to watch. Yeay!
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Eastern Sky Ridge Bridge LookOut, Red River Gorge, Kentuky
I went back to the Fracture Clinic to see the Orthopedic Surgeon on the 2nd April and he was happy enough with the progress of my ankle. He was kind enough to release me from the 35lbs of suffering that was attached to the end of my leg!!! So now I have an AirCast. Things are good. I still wake up in pain sometimes in the middle of the night, but at least I can get around a lot easier and my knee isn't in as much pain from the extra weight. I was supposed to go on a climbing trip that had been planned since last year sometime. I really didn't think I could go, but since I got the cast changed things have become 100 more comfortable and 100 times easier! It was pretty crazy trying to get to the GoTrain platform and meeting up with the people I was catching a ride with, but in the end I made it. The 11 hour car ride with my leg raised on pillows was very long and a few pain killers were needed, but it was great to get out of the city. I haven't been anywhere but work and my apartment for the last month! I got to see people and even made it to a couple crags to watch. Yeay!
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Toronto, ON (cause currently I don't go anywhere else)
Tomorrow will be the big day. If all goes to plan I get my 6th set of x-rays tomorrow!! So far the Dr tells me he likes what he sees and I might (fingers crossed) get his piece of plaster (my third cast in three weeks) off! Not that I am home free, but last week when I went back to the hospital for my weekly x-rays and visit to the Orthopeadic Surgeon, he told me they would see if they could put me into an AirCast the following week. I hope so! Seriously! This one is sooooo heavy. An AirCast would allow me to move around easier. The doctors are not worried about the broken bone but are concerned that I have ripped apart all the ligaments/muscles in my ankle. I am down to only one or two pain killers a day at the most - there have even been days when I haven't taken any. I am working full days again but I have to keep my foot up on the desk! People have been kind enough to pick me up and drive me home from work so I am pretty lucky. I can't really take public transit yet but at least I am not stuck home laying in bed going out of my mind! Fingers crossed you will see a new cast up here soon!
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