Today in physical therapy we started
weight shifting...oh happy day! Weight shifting is exactly what it
sounds like...you stand up and shift your weight from your good foot
to your bad one. It's pretty painful, especially when you first
start. Right now, I can put maybe 25-30% weight on my operated foot.
The ultimate goal is to be able to stand on my new ankle and balance
for at least 20 seconds.
I was also sent home with a green
theraband today. A theraband is a resistance band that is very
common in physical therapy. The different colors indicate the resistance
levels. Even though the green is not too hard, it's still a challenge
for me right now. Doing the theraband exercises is really helpful
for recovery and getting your strength back.
Coming home from therapy was tough
today...my ankle was really sore. Luckily it was time for pain meds!
I took one Vicodin and iced it again. Right now, just a couple
hours later, it's back down to a 1-2 pain level. Not too bad!
There is a bit of redness on my
incision that I will keep an eye on. It looks like I have a bit of a
blood blister on it, which may be normal, but I'll need to make sure
it's nothing more than that. I'll monitor it over the next few days
and make sure the area of redness doesn't get larger and that I don't
get any other symptoms of infection (fever, pain and swelling at the
site, etc).
It
just started snowing a little while ago and I'm really glad that it
waited until after my therapy was over to start...the thought of
going out in my crutches and sloshing through slippery snow is scary.
The view from my window is so
pretty...I want to go out and catch snowflakes on my tongue!
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