Stupid Broken Leg >:|
OK so the doc says I'm progressing normally.
My grumpiness is due to my way too optimistic thinking/selective hearing that after six weeks I could actually start bearing weight, albeit with crutch assistance and still wearing the boot. But no. The 6-12 weeks the doc talked about apparently means I'll be unable to bear weight *period* because the breaks were oblique* (though I think it looks more like the spiral example), not 6-12 weeks until I'm walking like a regular biped. I'm so bummed right now I can't even express it adequately.
I thought I might be able to do paintball on 11/1, but I'm thinking no now. I don't even know if I can go to the Faire on Sunday for t1tdave's birthday fun because just thinking about walking across all that uneven ground just to get the the White Hart Tavern makes me tired. It is the closest tavern so I'll think about it.
Also, my selective hearing was wrong in that I thought I could leave my boot off most of the time except when taking stairs or leaving the house. But no. I should be wearing it most of the time so my foot stays at a 90 deg angle to my leg. The problem with wearing it is that my leg gets very restless in the boot. I just can't find a comfortable place to rest, especially when I'm sleeping.
So, fine. I'll wear it during the majority of waking hours, but there's no way I'm sleeping in the boot. I don't get enough restful sleep as it is. So it appears I'm gonna have to put up with that horrible flaking skin again (leaving the boot/wrappings off allowed the skin to go away like it normally does rather than stay on my leg).
12 weeks comes up around the end of November. And here I was thinking I wouldn't need my handicap placard through December but it looks like I'll still be needing it for nearly the rest of the year.
*The tibia apparently has two oblique fractures on it, one of them nearly perpendicular to the foot. My fibula is still a little crooked but the doc said the tibia's straightening/healing should encourage the fibula to straighten normally too, but that bone is so small it doesn't have to be perfect.
My grumpiness is due to my way too optimistic thinking/selective hearing that after six weeks I could actually start bearing weight, albeit with crutch assistance and still wearing the boot. But no. The 6-12 weeks the doc talked about apparently means I'll be unable to bear weight *period* because the breaks were oblique* (though I think it looks more like the spiral example), not 6-12 weeks until I'm walking like a regular biped. I'm so bummed right now I can't even express it adequately.
I thought I might be able to do paintball on 11/1, but I'm thinking no now. I don't even know if I can go to the Faire on Sunday for t1tdave's birthday fun because just thinking about walking across all that uneven ground just to get the the White Hart Tavern makes me tired. It is the closest tavern so I'll think about it.
Also, my selective hearing was wrong in that I thought I could leave my boot off most of the time except when taking stairs or leaving the house. But no. I should be wearing it most of the time so my foot stays at a 90 deg angle to my leg. The problem with wearing it is that my leg gets very restless in the boot. I just can't find a comfortable place to rest, especially when I'm sleeping.
So, fine. I'll wear it during the majority of waking hours, but there's no way I'm sleeping in the boot. I don't get enough restful sleep as it is. So it appears I'm gonna have to put up with that horrible flaking skin again (leaving the boot/wrappings off allowed the skin to go away like it normally does rather than stay on my leg).
12 weeks comes up around the end of November. And here I was thinking I wouldn't need my handicap placard through December but it looks like I'll still be needing it for nearly the rest of the year.
*The tibia apparently has two oblique fractures on it, one of them nearly perpendicular to the foot. My fibula is still a little crooked but the doc said the tibia's straightening/healing should encourage the fibula to straighten normally too, but that bone is so small it doesn't have to be perfect.