6 Week Post-Op

I'm officially 6 weeks post-op and out of the cast! Whoo hooo!

At yesterday's appointment the cast was removed and I was fitted for a CAM walker boot. It's fairly large (about twice the size of the cast) but about a million times more comfortable!

As expected, my leg was extremely gross looking. I've decided to spare you my before cleaning photos. Even after a clean up, it's still scaly, dry and gross looking. I imagine it will take some time to regain it's normalcy!

I start PT in one week (it should have been sooner but it was hard to fit it in before the holidays). I can now put weight on it, as tolerated. I'm allowed to ride a bike with the boot on, as pain tolerates. In two weeks, I can resume swimming. I'm allowed to take the boot of for showers and sleeping, otherwise it has to be on at all times for the next 6 weeks.

As much as I want to work out, I probably will wait until I'm able to put a bit more weight on it. Trying to put pressure on it, along with basic stretching is already alot. PT is going to be rough! 

Here are some pictures that I tried to take myself. Since I wear a sock under the boot, my skin was indented on my boot side!

Sitting with my legs stretched out. You can see even in a "relaxed" state, my left foot is nearly flexed.

Ewwww... but really, the incision looks awesome. There is still some marker on it that I was scared to scrub too much on.

"Weight bearing" (not really). This is about as flexed as I can go right now. It's fairly swollen and still slightly bruised.

My first night without the boot was actually really uncomfortable. There is light bruising on all sides of my foot and ankle that is sensitive to touch. No matter how I laid, it always seemed to touch something!  It felt good to put the boot back on in the morning!