Well, I got great news! Looks like being positive, optimistic, and listening to the doctors orders have paid off! I am WALKING!!!
I took my first steps in over two months today. Exactly 6 weeks and one day after my lisfranc surgery.
It is a crazy wierd feeling. The doctor explained that enough time has gone by and that no more healing will occur. Ligaments need 21 days to heal and I have given them 43. It is as healed as its ever gonna be. Now I will begin a month of physical thereapy and the doctor thinks I will be in sneakers and out of the moon boot in 4 weeks. Much sooner then we originally thought!
So when the doctor left the room I picked up the crutches (my husband then took immediate advantage of the scooter) and then I pasued...........I had forgotton how to walk! The first few movements were so scary, then I took these little tiny steps until my husband finally said, "umm you put one foot in front of the other." Then I was like , "oh yeah!"
Its slow going, and some steps are painful, others arent, but it feels so good to be moving again. As the night has been progressing I can go a little faster and I am getting used to my "sea legs" for lack of a better phrase.
I cried for 15 minutes after we left the office, I was just so happy. There has been so much bad news that it overwhelmed me to get good news. Sitting on the couch the day after surgery I felt like this day would never come. But it did, God gave me the patience I needed and I pushed through. I have never felt stronger then I do now emotionally.
The doctor said walking with the hardware in will be painful and I am sure physically thereapy will not be pleasent. But every pain I feel is a reminder of how strong I am, what I have gotten through, and a big reminder that I am walking again.
I am on my way to being a success story!!!!!!!!
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