I made it home

So tonight I will be sleeping in my own bed for the first time in 66 days.  I went for a test drive yesterday with my dad and he cleared me for driving.  I have come to find that at the present time it is easier to drive than it is to walk.  Just means I need to keep going for walks, the issue with that is there are nothing but hills where I live.  So walking along a flat road may take me driving to the Harbor near me or something.  Then again when I went for a walk yesterday I was lucky to walk for a 1/4 mile before I was tired and needing to rest.  Needless to say my leg and foot need some time to get back up to normal walking activities.  I just spent about 30 minutes in the grocery store and now I need a nap.  Anyways, it's great to be home and working on my foots movement and stamina one day at a time. 

Cheers

and we're walkin

So I may be slow and my walk looks funny but I managed to get my foot into my new shoes and go for a walk today.  I have no pain while walking the only discomfort I really have is from my foot still being a little swollen and the skin pressing into the shoe.  Let's just say I will be doing a lot more walking this weekend and maybe go for a test drive sometime to see if I can drive myself home.  My skin on my foot is definitely still healing as you can see the scabbing has improved but the dryness is pretty wild, liking my Eucerin.  I have come to realize the hard part is in front of me and the cast was the easy part.  One day at a time. 

Happy Friday!!!

Cast-A-Way

So it's been 8 weeks since my surgery and 2 casts and tonight I am cast free.  Not that I am feeling all that good about it at the moment but I am sure I will get there.  I mean did I truly expect to have a cast removed from my ankle and be able to move right my into a shoe and start walking.......I like to think I'm good, but not superhuman.  So if you took a moment to see the pics you saw that due to the blistering and rash combination my ankle has some lovely scabbing going on.  I soaked it for a good 20 minutes tonight and it already looks and feels better.  Needless to say I am back to being on crutches until I build up enough strength and mobility to walk, I'm pushing for the weekend, hopefully sooner than later.  There is still some swelling and obviously a lot of stiffness.  So trying on my high heeled shoes will wait until tomorrow, the foot needs some air time.  It's funny, after the nurse removed the cast she asked numerous times if I was in pain or had been in pain due to how it looked and I kept saying no.  I've been walking on this cast my foot feels much better than it looks.  I have since had some minor discomfort really due to it being free to move for the first time in 61 days.  Tomorrow is a new day and may the healing continue. 

Castaway