45 hours after my work place accident7am, laying in bed with foot elevated, another very slow day doing nothing. Painful to hobble on crutches, teetering regularly on falling over. Need to get up several times. Breakfast - Ablutions - Aspros.....
One week with a Plaster Cast on my legHave not gone out the front door for a week. Plaster cast feels too tight and is compressing the bones in my foot. Painful. Going to outpatients on Wednesday, hopefully they will remove the cast. Sick of this bone rubbing soreness.
For those of you who know of my fractured ankleUpdate. Visited the Orthopedic Surgeon this morning. New X Rays revealed a broken Medial Malleolus.(Inside Ankle Bone) Booked in for Surgery tomorrow. If Surgery is at 11 am, can go home the same day. If at 4pm will need to stay overnight. Another... See More »
The morning of my surgeryIn 5 hours time I will be under the knife to fix my broken ankle. Two screws will be inserted to hold the bone in place. Time now is 5.10am. Taxi arriving at 6am
Yeah Gusman and his operationUpdate Now for the continuing saga of Broken Ankle Operation. Taxi arrived on time. 5 km into the journey...phone rings I answer with, "Hello. I'm on my way" To wit the response is, "That is unfortunate. I have bad news for you....we have to cancel... See More »
My ankle injury has seen me lose an appreciable amount of weightI have shed 8 kg, 17 lb. Simply by being laid up at home. Not having access to junk food and the like
49 days after breaking my ankle I went for a drive in my car.Can not put a shoe on and there is not much flexibility. Wanted to see if I could drive and the answer is yes. Got to use my left foot to use the brakes but managed okay.
