Physical Therapy and exhaustion and taking a break~~~

Hello Dear Readers,

I can tell you this, what ever you do, do not break a leg or an ankle.  

I've been told it will take at least another 6 months or more for full healing, and at least 3 to 6 months for physical therapy to have full range of motion and strength in those bones.

I had my physical therapy session today, one of many, and I am exhausted, the good thing is my psychical therapist is cute and a real sweet-heart but he says I've got to do "this work" to not be crippled up and to have full range of motion.

Sometimes doing the simplest thing can be difficult,  but there is in "the gym" people with missing limbs learning how to walk,  or move their hands.  One fellow lost both his legs, but he doesn't want to be in a wheel chair, if at all possible,  he is willing to learn to walk with artificial limbs, more power to him.

So for me it's trying to master standing on one leg for 8 seconds, I've made it to 5.  It's just trying to learn my "center".  

And I've discovered I can do things better now than before.  But it's being able to walk around without having any fear of falling again.  My fear is my front porch steps, my therapist and I talked about it,  and he came out to my house and discovered that the tread is smaller than normal, based on what was permitted 50 years ago, now step treads are wider in depth, so for that he said it's o.k. to use the cane for balance.

The ankle does throb from time to time, and all I can do is ice it or take Alive if the throbbing is too bad,  but it's the screws in the bones, in talking to the doctor it seems that I sort of smashed the smaller ankle bones out of shape besides breaking the fibula and that is why the screws are there.   And they will never be removed.   So with the cold and over excersion it will throb like arthritis, but that is part of the new paradime, I just have to get use to it. 

I did keep as a "good luck" charm, one of the metal staples that the surgeons used as stitches to hold everything together, I kept it when they removed them, I'm going to have it put in clear acrylic as a tear drop pendant.   My Doctor thinks I'm weird, my young family members think its cool.

I've been answering questions mostly of late, but I need to take a little break, I'm having family members visiting over this weekend they are arriving later this evening so I will not be able to respond to any questions or comments.

I ask that you be patient I will return.

Bright Blessings,
Ms. Q