50 Percent Walk

GREAT NEWS. I went to the doctor today for my 2 month check up. My not so compassionate doc pulled my ankle back and forth and didn’t say much except this:

“WALK”

Clearly I was SHOCKED and needed the reassurance that he wanted me to walk with both feet.

“YEAH, JUST WALK” he said this so non-chilantly it made me feel like some freak of nature to be uneasy about this. Last step I took was crossing york ave, MONTHS ago. I really wanted to tell him to pipe down and let me hold onto something for a second, but he was having NONE of that.

So, I did, I walked. It hurt, hurt bad. Probably looked real funny to watch me too. After watching me hobble down the hallway he didn't believe me when I tried to convince him there was no pain. He decided bone growth wasn’t all there, so I have 3 weeks of “50 percent weight.”

"50 percent weight" includes

1) This fantastic air cast (see ya never ugly black boot)

2) Walking very slowly with two crutches, very very slowly.

3) BIKING!!! You know were I’ll be tomorrow. Equinox hogging the bike, until someone kicks me off.

4) Pain and swelling but who cares because my foot is touching the ground.

5) A good nights sleep FINALLY as well.

I spent 5 days at home after the surgery learning to crutch around with heavy metals rods sticking out of my ankle before my second surgery. With that under my belt, I can definitely learn to “50 percent walk”. NO PROBLEM.