Thoughts 8 wks after Triple Arthro. - Foot Problems Message Board

scribytoo · 11-04-2008, 11:49 AM

These are the things I'm looking forward to when I get to be even partial weight bearing:
1. Being able to pull up pants with 2 hands.
2. Not doing the steps on my bum.
3. Not having to plan every movement to get all the things I need collected in one place.
4. Being able to go out without the concern of how much effort it costs my husband.
5. Standing on two feet.

I have two weeks from today til my cast comes off. Then into the boot. They will assess whether I am healed enough for pwb. I am praying for fusion, to say the least!

Things I've learned:
1. You can find a way to make things work.
2. Your mind can be active even when your body can't
3. I still have a lot to learn about letting go of things I can't control.
4. It's best to express my frustration with objects (ie beating a pillow) than with people.
5. That people actually like to help.

Sigh. Go fusion, go.

hurts2walk · 11-04-2008, 06:26 PM

Good advice and some funny thoughts too! I believe foot surgery certainly makes a person creative! I am 8 weeks post op tendon transfer and calcaneal osteotomy and I will say that at age 42 this has been one of the most difficult things I have ever been through! You find out how tough you are, how weak you are, and who your real friends are! You use muscles you never knew you had and LOSE muscles too (atrophy big time)! You crawl, hop, and scoot places you never thought you would..and cry at the top of the stairs you just crawled up when you see your socks at the bottom of the stairs that you dropped! I could write a book! Hey...why didn't I? Now it's too late....started to walk without crutches in the last few days.....now I am way too busy....walking in the boot........maybe I can write it after my next (other foot) surgery!

scribytoo · 11-04-2008, 08:42 PM

Thanks for the laugh! I dropped a ruler tonight and decided it was way too long a trip to the other side of the table to get it back!

Wymom94 · 11-05-2008, 08:38 PM

<<Thanks for the laugh! I dropped a ruler tonight and decided it was way too long a trip to the other side of the table to get it back!

You might really like having a 'reacher/grabber' for when you drop things. I didn't have foot surgery, my son is the one with foot problems and why I come here, but I had two spinal surgeries this year and I still use my reacher/grabber for things I drop or are low to the ground. It's great! I got mine at Targer for $19.99 (or was it just $9.99, I forget). I think it's called a GopherII. They sell them at drug stores, too, in the home health aids aisle, under the Carex brand (I like the GopherII better, though).
My son may have the same surgery you had.
Take care,
Meghan/mom

scribytoo · 11-05-2008, 09:22 PM

I have one. It was just as far away as the ruler...but thanks for the good thought. I almost feel like I need to keep things on a chain around my neck these days!