One foot up

[ppfuf]

An update on my foot, because I know ya'll have been waiting.
I went to the specialist on Wednesday, with the apparently unreasonable expectation they'd put me in a walking cast and I'd be good to go. Instead, I got a fiberglass cast, instructions to put no weight on my left foot for six weeks. At the end of six weeks (August 13th, which is 41 full days from now, not counting today or the 13th itself, in case you were wondering) I get to go back at which time the specialist will take off the cast, x-ray me again and decide if I get a walking cast or surgery. Using the crutches was surprisingly painful for my wrists and hands, so I bought a knee-rollie thing from a guy on craigslist (because my insurance company thinks the cheap crutches from the emergency room is luxury enough) which also has the side benefit of leaving me with a free hand. It fits fine in the car, but I'm not sure how I'm going to get it up and down the front steps. Fortunately, HP has a prety good work-from home policy, and my manager is not a jerk, so I'll be home for a while.

Comments

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Bummer.

But the knee caddy looks very useful.

[ppfuf.livejournal.com]

The knee caddy is totally worth the price. Scooting around has a learning curve, but I'm not dreading moving around the house like I was yesterday.
My terminally nervous cat is not happy with, however.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

In looking at it again, I am uncertain how one uses it. Do you stand or sit?

[ppfuf.livejournal.com]

Stand. The width of the black cushion is about my finger-tip to wrist (much smaller than my butt). I put my knee on the cushion, hang my injured foot off the back, and use my other foot to paddle along like I'm on a *big* mutant skateboard.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Ah, ok. Somehow I had a wrong idea about the size of your cast (not reading for comprehension!)

I wonder if something like this would have worked for my father -- he could never get the hang of his lower leg prosthesis, so he used a wheelchair. Guess we'll never know!