I used to be called Twinkle Toes at school
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Now I think I would be known as Bigfoot!
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7 months ago I could do this....
Okay - so I wasn't doing any of them, but I could have if I had wanted!
Then I did this
I know, I know, it's Renee Zellweger not me, but spot the left foot doing a twist?
A picture is worth a thousand words! That's why it's taking so long to heal. If you consider every other step my foot is operating as a shock absorber for dispersing the force of my body then you'll get why any type of foot injury works to it's own timetable, not the standard bone healing rates.
Now instead of wearing these
I have to wear these
Because of this - like I said, Bigfoot!
But if I'm honest, the thought of ever wearing heels like this again
Makes me want to throw up!
This is my 'normal' foot when stretching toes
Makes me want to throw up!
This is my 'normal' foot when stretching toes
And this is what my Bigfoot does now! No, it never used to do that! Freaky!
But doesn't the scar look amazing :) I love my ortho surgeon :)
Okay, how about a serious update? 28 weeks since my foot injury:
I still have a scar where I burnt myself
My tendonitis is not getting any better, I keep giving it one more week!
Physiotherapy is awesome! She has got me to the point now where I can completely bend my toes - I know, doesn't sound like much - but try and do anything with toes that don't bend - not easy! My calf muscle was also very tight. She explained that the good leg calf muscle was tight through less use and measured it at 9 and my bad leg was only 4.5! But in only 3 weeks of exercising it's gone up to 7 :)
Back to swimming, yay!
Driving some local distances.
Still not sleeping
Weird to be pleased about doing housework right? lol!
Found my limitation on my feet atm is 3 hours - Joshua's party - spent 2 days recovering.
Two months since my last Lisfranc post and what a difference. I still get daily discomfort, but not pain. Don't get me wrong I still get pain, just not all day every day. Like when I knelt down in Church for the first time since July - the pain was so bad I honestly thought I'd done it some serious damage! Frustrating to still be struggling but I have to remind myself it wasn't exactly a minor break. Doesn't make it any less frustrating.