It was unbelievable how much dead skin came off that foot! Two months of not washing is pretty disgusting!
They removed the steri-strips, put me in a boot and sent me home to soak and debris my incision. It looks good and the incision is clean, closed and a smooth scar.
I went to work on Monday to do my half of day and decide to walk (in my boot without crutches) about 300 yards (from one side of the building to the other) thinking this is good for my foot but suddenly my foot started to hurt. I called from our kitchen area to the other side of the office and begged them to bring me my chariot (leg caddy). By that evening my foot was screaming purple, swollen, sore and throbbing at the bottom of my heal where they place a screw! After sticking my foot into the cold swimming pool, icing it as it was elevated, the next morning my foot was still purple and throbbed as I put my foot on the ground. I could not go to work and went back to bed and slept till 1pm......I have no idea why I am exhausted......... I haven't done that much in 2 months.
I went to work today and decided not to use my chariot, but to walk with the crutches applying light weight to the foot instead of 200# as I did the day before ............Yes I was not thinking and now that I do think about it, the Dr told me that recovery would take longer than the usual Achilles rupture................and that recovery takes a year. So how long is this one gonna take..............I need to be patient and do a little at a time.......I should have tipped myself off from last Saturday as I helped Ashley paint....what could go wrong scooting around on the floor cutting in the woodwork and the windows...........swelling, lots of it! I am a hard learner!
Until next time!
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