Seven and a half weeks post-surgery

It's been nearly two weeks since getting my cast off. My foot still swells up if I place the slightest demands on it without support. If I wear the moonboot I get very mild swelling and it's the same with double crutches but if I try just walking wearing a shoe it turns into a watermelon.

I had a lot of pain today because I definitely did too much. I weeded the garden for the first time in two months and cleaned both my goldfish tank and my tropical fish tank. I was very sore after. I have had trouble sleeping because my foot throbs a bit at the end of the day so I've got some Panadeine Extra (paracetamol and 15mg codeine) and some 200mg ibuprofen as I've run out of my 800mg slow release ibuprofen. Hopefully I'll be fine tonight.

I think the root of my problem is impatience. I'm used to being able to strap on my iWalk and being able to get around carrying whatever I want. Now I either have to put on the moonboot, with a seam in the liner that irritates my screw insertion site, or use the crutches, which means no carrying. I will try to make an effort to give my foot more support for a while longer.

I'm trying to do flexing and pointing of the foot but success is limited. Flexing is ok but I can only point my toes so far before it feels like the toes are going to cramp and the outer edge of my foot twinges. Still it has vastly improved from where I was at where there was no chance of pointing my toes even a little so I'll just keep at it.

I'm enjoying being able to wear whatever I like and not whacking my other leg with the heavy cast at night. Also being able to scratch and leg and foot is something you can only truly appreciate after six weeks in a cast.