![]() The med-student/maybe doctor girl said that I had a good chance, but that it was usually protocol to put people into a cast, because most people who got the boot tried to walk on it, and often had to come in the get another surgery. The doctor considered this, and then asked me to wait while he consulted his supervisor. For some reason I had expected there to be a lot more metal- at one point there had been talk of two plates, so I was pretty excited that it was only one. One plate 7 small screws and two big screws. This was the first time I actually got to see what my ankle looked like. I hadn't shaved in over a month, there was dry skin, blood….it was basically the Frankenstein of leg/ankles. My foot/leg did look super disgusting though. Nothing was drooping, which felt pretty nice actually. This time, it still felt weird, but I could feel the hardware holding everything in place. Now, the last time my cast had been cut off, my ankle just sort of hung there and felt completely disjointed. My actual appointment started with me getting my cast cut off. For some reason, this time around I was in and out in only 2.5 hours time. When you have free healthcare, take the earliest appointment they can get you. Now,I have discovered something invaluable. ![]() On October 22nd, I had my two week follow up appointment at 830AM. After a month+ of being on painkillers, my body was NOT happy.ĭuring these two weeks I celebrated my birthday, and actually left the house a couple of times, which really helped my state of mind a little bit. I immediately started feeling like I was coming down with the flu, my whole body was aching, I was having cold sweats- it was the worst. The doctor prescribed me Oxycodone, and I took it as prescribed for the first week, and decided to stop cold-turkey. I can't tell you how good it felt to be able to finally bend my leg after having that monster, thigh-high plaster cast on for almost a month. After my surgery, I spent 2 weeks in a soft splint/cast that came up right below my knee.
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