Well... after nine weeks of pain, frustration and hobbling around the house, my cast is finally gone and my foot is able to breath!
I've got a nifty-looking scar on the right hand side from the surgery, which they said has healed very nicely. There's still some swelling and bruising here and there and generally it feels kind of floppy and useless. It hurts if I move my foot too much in any direction and especially if I try and point my toes so I won't be trying that again for a while. The skin (where it isn't all dry and cracked) is really hard and itched more in the 1 hour after the cast was off than during the entire time it was on! My right leg from the knee down is about half the size of my left leg (not to mention looking like a prop from The Wolf Man film).
So what was the first thing I did when I got home? Well, like any sane human being, I went straight upstairs for a bath. And oh... my... god... I never thought a bath would feel so good. I must have spent an hour in there, mostly shaving and scrubbing to get all the dead skin off my right leg. Yummy, I know. I still don't think it's all gone, but at least it looks (and feels) more like a normal foot again. The skin has softened already, especially after applying a little... okay A LOT of moisturiser.
My Doctor says that I should try walking on it bit by bit, still using my crutches to begin with, and no running or jumping for a little while (as if I was really going to try this as soon as I left the hospital). He's given me another sick note for two weeks, so hopefully by the end of that time I'll be walking and driving and ready to go back to work, then in two months it's back to the hospital for one final check-up and x-ray.
I still can't believe I did this just by going over on my foot during netball. It's not exactly the most dangerous sport in the world!
Monday 2 January 2012
On the Mend!
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After spending just over two months hobbling about like Tiny Tim (I fractured the 5th metatarsal bone of my right foot on Halloween 2011) I'm finally going to be having my cast off this Friday. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to it... although god knows what my leg is going to look like. My future husband has already said he's glad he's not going to be there to see it... and won't be home until I've had time to get it looking halfway decent!
I wish I could say that I've used my time off from work to do plenty of writing. Unfortunately, I suffered a setback shortly after my last blog update (way back in June) and lost the last 4,000 or so words to "The Doldrums", plus some editing to the bulk of the text. I have no idea how it happened... I can only say that Microsoft Word's Auto Recover system failed me. But 4,000+ words is a lot to lose, and it left me feeling pretty disheartened. This, along with a general case of writer's block, mean that I have done precisely zero in terms of writing, although I have been keeping myself occupied in other ways (such as reading, playing piano and even learning a little bit of Spanish).
Nevertheless, I feel disappointed with myself and, since it's the new year, I am resolved to do better in terms of writing. Firstly, I plan to keep on top of this blog! I will probably use this particular one for more personal updates and posts related to writing projects of my own. But I also have plans to start a few alternate blogs dedicated to some of my other interests. In particular I want to start a Book Review blog, although the possibility of reviewing this such as video games and perhaps doing a page on piano has also occurred to me.
Hopefully this time I might actually keep my resolution and see this through!
(Speaking of resolutions, breaking my foot actually helped me towards one of last year's resolutions - to lose weight. Odd, since I expected to gain plenty of it while sitting on my arse all day, but apparently not. I wouldn't recommend it as a weight-loss plan though).
I wish I could say that I've used my time off from work to do plenty of writing. Unfortunately, I suffered a setback shortly after my last blog update (way back in June) and lost the last 4,000 or so words to "The Doldrums", plus some editing to the bulk of the text. I have no idea how it happened... I can only say that Microsoft Word's Auto Recover system failed me. But 4,000+ words is a lot to lose, and it left me feeling pretty disheartened. This, along with a general case of writer's block, mean that I have done precisely zero in terms of writing, although I have been keeping myself occupied in other ways (such as reading, playing piano and even learning a little bit of Spanish).
Nevertheless, I feel disappointed with myself and, since it's the new year, I am resolved to do better in terms of writing. Firstly, I plan to keep on top of this blog! I will probably use this particular one for more personal updates and posts related to writing projects of my own. But I also have plans to start a few alternate blogs dedicated to some of my other interests. In particular I want to start a Book Review blog, although the possibility of reviewing this such as video games and perhaps doing a page on piano has also occurred to me.
Hopefully this time I might actually keep my resolution and see this through!
(Speaking of resolutions, breaking my foot actually helped me towards one of last year's resolutions - to lose weight. Odd, since I expected to gain plenty of it while sitting on my arse all day, but apparently not. I wouldn't recommend it as a weight-loss plan though).
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