Broken ankle update (iii)

Posted by Ronan on Jan 16, 2008 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

The cast is no more. ! woohoo! The process of getting it off is painless and quick. Once off I went to get a x-ray and then to see my surgeon. He said everything looks great, moved the ankle a bit and said he would see me in 12 days.

One of the most annoying things about any cast is you can not get them wet. So for showering my method was to use a vets glove to cover the cast/leg and then wrap a towel around the top of the cast and plop my knee onto a stool – the method worked well! Thankfully the glove was a new & unused

So now the cast is gone and I had a fantastic long hot shower last night. It was great not having to worry about getting the stupid cast wet – I feel normality is slowly returning. Yesterday I could just about move the ankle – it was very stiff but even after a day of light exercise I’ve noticed an improvement.

I still have a screw in my ankle so unfortunately I can’t put weight on the foot for another 12 days (which means another countdown!) . That means things are still on hold – no driving, no swimming and no walking.