I’m BAAAAAAACKKKKKKKK.
Y’all. Life. It’s just been
So.
Busy.
Hence, my nearly six-week absence.
Sigh.
But the busy has been good, I promise.
It’s going to take me a week and a day to get you caught up, so why don’t I start where I left off.
And no, I’m no going to write everything in one post.
Ha!
I think the first thing I want to talk about is my ankle. My last post alluded to a final appointment I’d had with my surgeon.
That appointment took place February 9th, exactly two months ago today.
I took the afternoon off because my doctor is a solid two-hour drive away. Of course, I stopped by Which Wich to grab lunch since, at the time, the one in my town had not opened yet.
I also ran by Shoe Station. This store is my jam, y’all. I like to buy my Vionic shoes there because I can use a store coupon. These shoes are expensive, let me tell you.
Super Sis was supposed to meet me there, but she wound up having a meeting to attend, so I had to go solo. I sent her pictures of the shoes I was trying on . . .
I was giggling when I found these shoes because, just that morning, I’d been thinking that I needed a silver pair.
Ask and ye shall receive.
I also found these adorable (and comfy) flip flops . . .
I didn’t know what to do . . . which pair to buy . . . because the struggle is always real when you’re shoe shopping . . .
I made it easy on myself and got both.
Then, I headed to my appointment. I hoped that arriving early would result in getting in and out and, thus home, quicker.
Yeah, that didn’t happen. I had to wait over an hour just to get back to a room and then about another thirty minutes for the doctor to come in . . .
Knowing that I had a two-hour drive ahead of me, in the dusk, was not an appealing thought.
But, and that’s a BIG but, my surgeon is amazing as is his nursing staff, so I put on a smile when he came in.
My surgeon has the best bedside manner. He’s professional and patient and allows his patients to talk.
And boy do I talk.
Ahem.
After he walked in, he pulled up my new x-rays.
He told me that things looked great and asked how I was feeling.
I told him that the second surgery had really thrown me for a loop – that it was much harder than I’d expected.
He reiterated the fact that my injury had been quite serious.
It still seemed surreal – hearing him say that made me feel better about the aches and pains I was still going through because, if I can be frank, I had sometimes felt like a baby and that people sometimes felt like I was exaggerating my discomfort. I’d heard at least one comment to that effect.
Then, we got down to business.
I had a few *cough* questions and a couple of concerns as I showed him my ankle . . .
That’s the incision on the inner part of my ankle – the incision I’d had problem with after my second surgery.
The outside incision looked really good though.
There was also the matter of the swelling, which wouldn’t go away . . .
Then, he pulled up a stool and grabbed my ankle, gently of course, and maneuvered it this way and that to check for range of motion.
I described how I’d taken a needle and drained the stitch abscess, per his nurse’s instructions, a few weeks prior. However, there was still a stitch poking through the skin. He took a closer look, got out a needle, and proceeded to try to coax it out.
He kept asking if he was hurting me, but honestly, after everything I’d been through since I broke it in 2016, the discomfort was minimal. He wound up not being able to remove the stitch. He gave me information about pulling it out if my body decided to expel it later (it had receded back into my incision).
We then went through my list of questions, and I learned that I could expect the swelling to continue for up to another year.
Yay.
Ahem.
I asked what kinds of exercises I could do, and he gave me the ALL CLEAR for all exercises, including RUNNING!
He assured me that my diagnosis a few month prior of osteoporosis (have I shared this here yet?) would not affect my ability to run and that, in fact, running would be good for strengthening my bones.
Yay!
I floated on air as I left.
Before I’d had the second surgery, I’d questioned my decision a bit, and I certainly wondered if I’d done the right thing after the surgery with all of the issues I dealt with.
I can say that I’ve seen a lot of progress in my recovery in the past few weeks. I still have some pain, but most days, it’s at a two or a three. I’ve had a couple of bad days here and there, but that’s so much better than having a bad day every day.
I am so thankful that God led me to this doctor and the orthopedic practice that took care of me.
I am still healing, but I can finally see light at the end of what has been a freakishly-long tunnel.
I am, as always, #findingjoyinthejourney.
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