But Now It s Got Me on My Knees Again
Exactly one year ago today my doctor told me I was immune to walk over again following trimalleolar surgery. Those were the words I had waited 67 days to hear later breaking my ankle terminal September. The surgeon had done his work and now information technology would be upward to me to get back on my feet.
This last year has been the nearly difficult one of my life, physically and emotionally. But I'm happy to report I'm doing very well at present. And I wanted to let anybody know that since in that location are so few success stories to exist found out at that place.
Venturing into the unknown
When I started this "journeying" I was given very little information about what was going to happen and how long information technology would take to recover. The physician's assistant told me the best upshot would exist that I would walk again. The fashion she said it was annihilation merely encouraging. Yikes! I know they have to prepare you lot for the worst but at to the lowest degree they could as well mention the possibility you could recover fully.
I was fortunate enough to get that reassurance from the wonderful nurses who were prepping me for surgery. One of them told me she had had trimalleolar surgery a few years ago and said she was just fine now. To demonstrate that she jumped up and down, skipped around and stood on her tiptoes. This is a woman who has to spend the whole day on her feet and she looked perfectly normal.
Thinking of her helps me go through the tough times.
How I'm doing subsequently rehabbing my broken ankle for one year
An update on the concrete issues
The physical problems I've been dealing with this terminal yr are hurting, swelling, numbness and stiffness. Last June I reported being 95 percent recovered and able to practise virtually all of my normal activities. I call up information technology's more like 97 percentage now. A couple of things I can practice now that I wasn't able to before are running and jumping jacks. I can even walk effectually in high heels for a very short period of time.
And here's the breakdown past symptom.
Pain
I have little to no pain walking most of the time and I am limp-free. Sometimes there'southward soreness when I relax my human foot and discomfort (and random sharp pains) during dorsiflexion. Sometimes my shins injure too. Standing on tiptoe with the left leg hurts less than it used to. I attribute these pains to tight tendons and ligaments so I've been doing some new things in the concluding month that accept made a large difference. I'm really excited about the results and volition probably do a separate post on that later.
Swelling
There'south withal a bit of swelling depending on how much standing I do during the day. Swelling is express to correct around the ankle and not the rest of the foot every bit earlier. I've only felt the need to utilize the ice pack one time in the last few months.
Numbness
The numbness is near gone. I used to feel it when I barely touched the acme of my foot. Now the only time I feel anything similar that is when I'thousand massaging my foot. And fifty-fifty and then it's very, very faint.
Stiffness
My ankle moves pretty unremarkably in all directions except for dorsiflexion. But that has improved recently as a result of the new things I've been doing with my therapy. I'll merely keep plugging away at it until I become to 100 percent recovery. My toes also used to be quite stiff but now are normal.
Photos of my ankle one year later
The left ankle is the i that had surgery. They look the most alike in the morning time when there's no swelling. The left one will always be a little bigger now with all the hardware installed. I don't plan to have it removed considering it'south not causing me any problems and I really don't want another surgery.
An update on the emotional problems
I didn't talk nigh it much before just the emotional challenges are almost as difficult every bit the concrete ones. I've experienced fear, depression, helplessness, flashbacks and frustration.
These feelings are very much intertwined with my concrete condition. And as it improves, they too improve. I however have frustration with not being fully recovered. And I even so occasionally have flashbacks. Overall I feel better at present knowing I can take care of myself in any situation I could handle before.
There's 1 more affair I've been dealing with. The accident inverse my identity. I became the girl with the cleaved ankle and that idea has been with me every moment of every day. Technically information technology's not broken anymore and hasn't been for some fourth dimension. But every pain, every limitation, even the lack of hurting when I'thousand used to feeling pain, is a reminder that I'm the daughter with the broken ankle. I'm not going to be that girl anymore.
From now on, I'm the daughter who is UNSTOPPABLE.
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