Fractured Calcaneous 10 - Foot Problems Message Board

triguy450 · 01-16-2009, 04:24 PM

When the mod shuts down the other one - we're up an running here.

mydd · 01-17-2009, 07:48 AM

ED

No sooner did you say when thread shuts down -it did !
I sit here and laugh everytime i see a dif name for my husband -think its to funny!
and my name is Terry,just so use to ending posts with mydd lol

I cant wait for him to start pt because his foot when he stands is not streight and is sort of pointed alittle outward ,am assuming will streigten out once he gets movement back into it -he really wants to get back on surfboard so that will be a big challenge.

sbrew is was you who said you put high heels on?that hurts without having an injury like this lol

mydd

joe41 · 01-17-2009, 10:02 AM

Hey Heelies, Fracture 7/7, op 7/15, wb 9/12

Hey Jason, maybe you could have a holder put on the peddel and or a cleat on the boot. Maybe drill from the inside out with flat head screws so they won't bother your foot. Just a thought. You remind me of when I was a young guy, enjoy life and don't change it keeps you young.

Hey Terry, nice to know your name. That's got to be lifting Hermans spirits to know he can very soon be biking to PT. I think it's wonderful.

Hank, I agree don't get hung up on the numbers, PT will get you there.

Ed, Alex, Sandra, Good posts, they make me feel good. Speaking of feeling good, I am walking better every day. Very little discomfort and little swelling.

Carole, is out running with shadow her dog in the woods, if I remember correctly.

Pat, I think the air travel did affect your foot. I know when I have flown I had to releave the presure in my aircast boot.

Lets see how the Eagles do this weekend, should be a good game.

Kieth, Don, Taysha, and anyone else I missed

Everybody stay strong, positive and of course

Keep Healing Heelies

Joe

The J · 01-19-2009, 05:03 PM

Hello everyone:

Joe: I thought about bolting the cleat on through the top of the boot but I started to rethink the whole idea. The joint that I had fused restricts my movement, specifically the one that would let me twist my foot to release the cleat from the pedal. As much as I would like to do it I'm still wary of any twisting motion with my foot. Until the doctor lets me out of the boot anyway.

Ed: I hate to rub it in but you missed out on some really great weather here on the west coast. It's been in the 70's for the past week.

Keep Healing everyone.

Jason

KCguy · 01-19-2009, 11:42 PM

Break 8/31, Surgery 9/9, WB as of 11/12

Evening everyone

Ed
I didn't think the Eagles would lose, but they did. I wouldn't pin the defense giving up 32 points and all the dropped passes on Donovan though. Well at least Pittsburgh won for me!

Jason
What about some time of strap or straps that you could slide the boot into like the old shoe straps for the pedals. Probably wouldn't be that hard to fabricate. Another alternative to drilling your boot or driving screws into it.

Mydd
Terry, or is it Susan, or Patty... I'm sure once Bob David gets to PT and starts getting some strength back into the ligaments and tendons things will start to straighten themselves out. He's been off it so long it will probably take some time. After having to wait so long though and going through so many procedures I'm sure he won't mind having to work it hard to get things on the path to recovery.

Sandra
Take a break from work, pour a glass of wine, pull up a chair and let us know how things are going. I'm still beating you!

Joe
Glad to know things are going well and you're getting stronger and better. I actually had some soreness over the weekend. I really worked it hard on Saturday so Saturday night it was telling me to get off it a while and leave it alone. So I had a couple glasses of wine and complied with my foot's request.

Keith, Hank, Carole, Pat, Phil, and anyone else I've forgotton hope everything is going well

As for me, nothing really new. We spent the weekend in Springfield and Branson MO on some business with a little relaxing wedged in-between. I did a lot of walking on Saturday and I pretty much treat my foot like nothing ever happened but Saturday night things were sore some so I stayed off it. When I got up Sunday morning I was a little stiff but I walked it off. My incision itches a lot nowadays as the scar continues to heal. I would probably put more stuff on the scar to help it heal better and not be as noticeable but it's not a big deal for me since it's not in a very visible area of the foot. Other than that I'm just trying to keep my life normal now and not do anything different just because of my foot. So far so good. Stay positive everyone, the only 2 things you can control are you attitude and your activity....

Alex