Cankles

I had the cast taken off my leg today, which was a massive relief. I can't even begin to describe how amazing my first proper shower in two months feels! No more bagging up my leg before a shower then flossing between my toes with a wet wipe afterwards!

There was a grim build up of dead skin and hairs lurking beneath my dressings. It took several showers and a good scrub in a bucket of hot water to get rid of it all.

My ankle is massively swollen and my calf muscle has all but disappeared. In fact my cankle is just about the thickest part of my leg.

I've avoided 'ballerinas ankle' though and was given a really cool stormtrooper boot!
  

T plus one month

My arm is healing up really nice. All the nasty bits have flaked away and it's looking good. You'd thank me for skipping the gory detail on how I remove that stray internal stitch that's just poking out of my wrist in the photo above!

There's still some bruising coming through on my arm and it's painful now that it's moving again. There wasn't really any pain while it was cast up and out of action. I guess it's all part of the healing process so I'll just grit my teeth and keep popping the Diclofenac. I've still not hit the Tramadol yet.

My leg is wasting away at an alarming rate. No sooner has the hospital replaced the cast then it's loose again.

I'm really losing my patience with the damn crutches. The elbow crutch, which I use on my bad arm, falls over as soon as I lean it against anything. If I'm not using it then it inevitably falls on the floor despite my best efforts. I'm pretty mobile once I'm up and away but it's a real chew on carrying anything or keeping them to hand when I'm not using them. My tourettes is getting worst, much to my family's disgust. Catherine had to sit mum down and explain how to ride out my little tourettes outbursts.

Catherine and Sam have brought me round some planters and seeds and cuttings for the garden. A little therapy project for the special needs boy. They got a bit annoyed when I sat and pointed at things for them to do, but once they'd moved the planters and filled them with compost I could pretty much manage the rest.