Four weeks have passed since I stood on my own two feet, and in two days at my next ortho-doctor appointment hopefully I’ll remove this great galumphing black moonboot once and for all! I’ve heard lots of stories of broken feet, legs and tendons whenever people see me in my moonboot. It’s a great conversation starter…
Small wins, as my confidence grows:
- Walking!
- Walking while carrying items in both hands!
- Removing the boot when at home - But walking very carefully, to prevent overstretching the tendon. I say I have the gait of a teddy bear. My husband says “a pirate with a peg leg”.
- Taking the little stool out and standing in the shower
- Removing the boot in bed - I only started doing this last week for fear of twitching my toes at night, which didn’t happen and it is so nice to wake up without a backache.
- New skill: putting pants on without sitting down!
Although I was given no tendon exercises except for flexing it in the limits of the boot, I exercise every day on my new “stationery bike” (I acquired a “fluid trainer”) and may end up more fit than when I started…