Hi again all,
As they say, life goes on. We all miss Sandy a bunch but are blessed with wonderful memories of the special little guy. Right in the middle of all that I managed to fall down the steps in our house (second time in this house at the same place - I think I need one of those baby gates or something to remind me there are steps there).
Anyway, I just thought it was a bad sprain and continued to walk on it for almost 2 weeks before finally getting to a doctor while attending some Red Cross training up north in Presque Isle. I actually walked about a mile into the emergency room since I was on my own without a car (oops - what can I say - it didn't seem THAT painful). The first orthopedic surgeon confirmed I broke my 5th metatarsal (right foot) and was talking surgery and a pin (yikes!), so I asked them just to splint me up until I got home. I came home on crutches to protect the foot from further injury and decided to seek a second opinion here. Good news - this ortho guy was more of my preferred style - put a cast on it and give the body a chance to do it's healing thing, with surgery only as a last resort. He suggested I continue using the crutches for another week so the foot is only partial weight bearing, and then after that I can let the pain be my guide. I go back in 5 weeks.
So now I have this lovely dark purple fiberglass cast from my toes to my upper calf. They've come a long way since that klunky plaster one when I broke my wrist horseback riding in Montana! It looks sort of like bandages and rolled on like them, and today you can even pick your color (who knew? sort of makes me want to break something else so I can color coordinate - yes, I AM kidding of course). :)
The only real hiccup is I can't drive safely since I can't move my ankle, but when Tim's out of town we have a great bus system here and I'm actually getting around quite well now that I have the support to protect my foot. And of course, we're blessed with many great friends who have already offered to chauffeur me around or run errands for me, so life is good.
I'll try to post a photo later so you can see the LOVELY purple cast. The cast itself is actually kind of fun, if in a somewhat painful way. :>) I'm sort of enjoying myself trying to figure out ways to do things with one leg and I'm becoming a pretty good "hopper."
Cheers all! cy
As they say, life goes on. We all miss Sandy a bunch but are blessed with wonderful memories of the special little guy. Right in the middle of all that I managed to fall down the steps in our house (second time in this house at the same place - I think I need one of those baby gates or something to remind me there are steps there).
Anyway, I just thought it was a bad sprain and continued to walk on it for almost 2 weeks before finally getting to a doctor while attending some Red Cross training up north in Presque Isle. I actually walked about a mile into the emergency room since I was on my own without a car (oops - what can I say - it didn't seem THAT painful). The first orthopedic surgeon confirmed I broke my 5th metatarsal (right foot) and was talking surgery and a pin (yikes!), so I asked them just to splint me up until I got home. I came home on crutches to protect the foot from further injury and decided to seek a second opinion here. Good news - this ortho guy was more of my preferred style - put a cast on it and give the body a chance to do it's healing thing, with surgery only as a last resort. He suggested I continue using the crutches for another week so the foot is only partial weight bearing, and then after that I can let the pain be my guide. I go back in 5 weeks.
So now I have this lovely dark purple fiberglass cast from my toes to my upper calf. They've come a long way since that klunky plaster one when I broke my wrist horseback riding in Montana! It looks sort of like bandages and rolled on like them, and today you can even pick your color (who knew? sort of makes me want to break something else so I can color coordinate - yes, I AM kidding of course). :)
The only real hiccup is I can't drive safely since I can't move my ankle, but when Tim's out of town we have a great bus system here and I'm actually getting around quite well now that I have the support to protect my foot. And of course, we're blessed with many great friends who have already offered to chauffeur me around or run errands for me, so life is good.
I'll try to post a photo later so you can see the LOVELY purple cast. The cast itself is actually kind of fun, if in a somewhat painful way. :>) I'm sort of enjoying myself trying to figure out ways to do things with one leg and I'm becoming a pretty good "hopper."
Cheers all! cy
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