Three Weeks to Go.....

It's been a while since I've blogged but I'm back at it again. My cast was removed two weeks ago. It was kind of a good news bad news thing. I went to the hospital and they asked if I was ready to remove my cast. I was so excited thinking that I will be able to weight bear but then the surgeon quickly killed my enthusiasm by saying that I have to stay off my leg for another six weeks! Six weeks? I was devastated, that was the amount of time that I had been sitting on my couch since the accident! To have to be home and sit again was certainly not an option I was considering enroute to my appointment. Well, my husband said, always looking on the positive side, "you are getting your cast off!!!". I guess I have to shift my paradigm slightly I thought. When you are going thru a difficult time, it's very hard to find your inner strength to see the glass half full but I think that is exactly why God planted loving friends and family in your life, to remind you! So back at home now and started my in home physiotherapy. My Doctor that comes on is extremely supportive and said that my range of my motion with my foot is improving each time he sees me. Understand that the only movement I can do at this time is flexing my foot ever so gently back and forth. Range of motion indicates the degree of which I can do that. A slight degree more often gets my Doctor very happy so I live off his enthusiasm right now! I am unable to do side movements and circles but it will come down the road. My foot feels like it's encased in a metal shoe as its still extremely swollen. My surgeon says that the swelling will go down in six months---SIX MONTHS??? Oh my. Okay, what's the positive swing to this??? Gradual healing is good?? I think I'm digging here for answers. Feel free to chime in. In six months, I also have another surgery on my foot to remove the larger screw. The surgeon wants to do that as he said I won't need it and would be more comfortable....hmmm I would think so, nothing like a large screw going across one side of your ankle to the other to make your trail walks pleasant on a warm summer day! Oh well, humour is good right? Am I on the right track? So here I am, counting down, three weeks to go to see my surgeon again for more xrays and his blessing hopefully that I can put my beautiful right foot on the ground again, ever so slightly, to start a new journey back to a living walking human bean!! I will try to blog more often, I welcome comments from others who have experienced similar fractures or fractures in general. Your support is appreciated. I look forward to also hearing from my friends and family. I realize that I am not in this alone, I couldn't have lived thru this ordeal without my loving support system especially my husband Gary. He continues, day in and day out, to be there for me and carry the weight of all the house chores and duties while I'm leisurly munching on a sandwich, watching tv, with my feet up! Until my next post....signing off with my left foot!