Having been told that I will spend four weeks on crutches if I go through with this surgery, I just dug out of the closet a pair of crutches I've had for years. (What? You don't have any crutches in your closet? I think there was a pair in every closet of my grandparents' house.)
I just tried to go from my kitchen back to the study, with my right foot raised. I am exhausted and whatever muscle goes from my armpits to my boobs is shrieking with fright at having been awoken.
Dang.
(BTW - My ankle can do the above at any random moment. In fact, I'm doing it now. It just feels...kind of stretchy.)
I have to tell you, I am not in this for the temp gimp parking tag. In fact, thinking about the nightmare logistics of getting to and from the surgery, much less the six weeks of merriment that follow, I am starting to have me some second thoughts. So I've got a wonky ankle. So what if it does the ankle equivalent of Linda Blair's head spinning round? And so what if the doctor turned green when he saw how far my ankle can bend to the left and right (pretty much a 90 degree angle and here I thought I was neatly flexible...).
Oh man. I wonder if this is a good idea at all.....
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Well, once the shots stop, what are your chances of forever and ever pain as opposed to 6 weeks of gimphood? (and the boob/armpit muscles might get better with a workout and some warm up stretches).
If the crutches are yours, then they must be adjusted correctly for you, unless you've gained/lost weight since you used them last.
I'm not a big one for surgery, but then, I'm mostly a coward anyway...I guess it's a matter of comparative pain in the ankle.
I know. Surgery? Me no like. However, I neglected to mention that there are times when I'm walking down the road and all of a sudden, my feet fall off my legs. I hate it when that happens. Dr. P says it's unstable ankles. Good point about the crutches.
What are the chances of some kind of light ankle brace, to stabilize them? If the ankles are protected from repeated assault, might the pain eventually go away?
Already tried the ankle braces. I know what would work and drs don't prescribe that any more - heavy duty, custom-made ankle braces.
Yeah, I'm big on surgery avoidance, but sometimes...
if your insurance covered it, maybe you could get one of those little go-cartie things instead of crutches. You could run over FF's foot and say "oops! so sorry, still learning to drive this thing."
Friend of mine used one of those after she had back surgery. She was a terror and she really enjoyed it.
i am going to be a bad influence. if you dont want the surgery, and can live with the weak ankles, dont have the surgery. i have elbows that go 360 degrees around. i have had several doctors tell me that i need surgery, but ic an live with the pain that it causes in my shoulders and i deal. no surgery for me! so you do what you think is best. even if that means no surgery. :)
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