Day 25 - sanity restored.

For the whole weekend I haven't been able to use my iwalk and I have been going insane. I even resorted to using my crutches to go up and down stairs. It was awkward and very tiring, especially literally hopping up the stairs holding the handrail like grim death. It also meant I couldn't carry anything so I was stuck in the kitchen if I wanted to make myself a drink.

I was starting to feel really down. I put the iWalk on this morning to just try it out. I padded up over the sore areas but they all oozed and it was too painful. I had to tiptoe on the iwalk. That movement made me think that a solution might be to move the resting point of my knee from the bottom to the middle. I padded up the foot end of the platform, covered my battle scars and tentatively strapped in. No pain! No pressure on the wounds. I celebrated with a cup of tea and some marmite toast. My independence is back!

I used a wheat pack and strapped it in position with the back strap. By making sure the other two straps were tightly done up I had no leg wiggle. Ah the relief.