Now the cast is off... it's time to contemplate the good and the bad.
I have had to stay @ home, no movies, no eating out, no meeting friends, thus money saved! :)
On the brigther side, I get to pack up my stuff, spend time with the dog (which is good when she does not bite me), enjoy my home which my parents paid a lot for, watched the DVDs that I bought which I never had the chance to do so previously, read all the magazines that I had been hoarding, eat mummy's yummy home cooked food, and had time to write emails to friends overseas to catch up when I normally would have been too busy to do so and had some time to start this blog - Finally! (Well, I would have started it on Friendster, but then for more than a month, I have been unable to login to Friendster. They just KEEP bringing me back to the login page after I have done so. It's not a wrong password because it would tell me so, when I key in a wrong password.... so annoying!)
So, what else is good.... what else is bad?
good is when I still get paid for lazing around at home.
bad is when the lazing = pain and anxiety about a broken bone and unforseeable future.
good is when I know who my friends are, when they call to express concern and come over to play cards.
bad is when... I know who my friends really are.
good is when I get the rest I have been lacking whilst working.
bad is when I can't do much more than just lie there in bed. With two hands on crutches, it's hard to carry anything else. water, books, clothes etc.
good is when the office calls to see how I am.
bad is when they are chasing me for the receipts and MC.
good is when I get smses from friends who inquire after my recuperation.
bad is when they ask if i can go out for a drink when I can barely stand already.
2 comments:
I have a cast on that looks just like the one you had! Right up to the knee. Two broken bones in my ankle. (I slipped on the ice a little while ago.) I was lucky that the bones were well aligned and am hoping to get the cast off on Monday (the day before my birthday!) after 6 weeks of sitting around a lot. I'm just wondering what is next. . . I know I'll need physical therapy, but will I be able to walk on my birthday if I am lucky (sans crutches)? were you still on crutches for a little while after having it removed? the folks at work seem to want me to come back immediately. . . .
Happy Birthday! (in advance) It's your birthday gift then, to have your cast come off. But no, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk sans crutches. All that sitting around for the past six weeks makes the muscles atrophy. Book the physiotherapy on the same day that you remove the cast so that at least you will learn what exercises to do so you can rebuild those muscles asap. I've a friend who also broke her ankle bone, her doctor said to let pain be your guide. So just let pain be your guide but in your eagerness to walk, don't overstrain yourself when you are doing the exercises or you may end up injuring your muscles instead.
By the second week, my physiotherapist was asking me to stand on my injured leg, and also to tiptoe on both feet. Once I did those exercises, the leg felt stronger. It's been four weeks now, and I am walking, albeit slowly. Sometimes, I still take the crutches out with me. At first you'll need them to walk, to climb up and down stairs... Recently, for the past two times I went out, I didn't use the crutches, and did fine.
I'm looking forward to the day I can run and do squats and tiptoe fully on the injured foot.
So take it easy. One thing at a time. Having the cast come off is a great thing on your birthday. At least you'll feel more mobile.
(you can read my post "First Steps" with regards to my first steps after the cast came off. :))
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