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11-30-2006, 03:30 PM
Today I went back for a checkup with my orthopedist and x-rays. I am still smiling as I type this. He looked at the x-rays and said, "I love these x-rays, I love these x-rays, I love these x-rays!" Me: "Would you like to tell me what you love about them?" He went on about the alignment and positioning of all the bones being so great, and of course the screw not being broken. Means I am a GOOD patient. He also moved my foot a LOT and it didn't hurt at all!
So, I say, "When can you take that screw out?" Doc: "Oh, around Dec 27 maybe." Me: "What? You said 6 weeks last time, and that's Dec 21. I'm just sayin'." Doc: "Hmnnn.... you're right. Let me get a second opinion." And he called another surgeon and talked to him about when he takes out this screw, blah blah blah. Then he hangs up the phone and says, "We're not going to take it out yet. But you can start putting weight on it in two weeks." M: 8O 8O :D :bow: He goes on to say he'll see me again a week after that.
And then we had this exchange:
Me: "But you guys told me 30 times not to put any weight on that foot or I will break the screw!"
Doc: "Well, maybe we shouldn't have told you 30 times... It will be okay."
He went on to explain that there is a membrane between the two bones, and he wants to make sure it is really recovered and healed before thinking about taking the screw out. And in fact, even if it breaks, if it doesn't bother me, he won't take it out at all. So it is a wait-and-see kind of thing.
So then I asked how long he thought it would be before I don't need the walker any more, and he said, "I think you'll be on a cane by Christmas."
If I could, I would be jumping up and down. This is pretty fast for this particular injury, just over 6 weeks from surgery to weight-bearing.
He also increased my physical therapy and wrote a scrip for more stuff in PT. So I'll go 3x a week and we'll get to do work on my range of motion and other "therapeutic exercises." I was kind of bummed my regular PT wasn't there today, because I know he will be all happy for me, too!
Oh, my doc also told me about a certain football player who played in the superbowl a couple of years ago... with the exact same type of screw in his ankle that I have in mine. I said, "Well, figure skating is harder than football!" ;) And he was like, oh of course! I have the coolest surgeon.
So, that's my news for today!
So, I say, "When can you take that screw out?" Doc: "Oh, around Dec 27 maybe." Me: "What? You said 6 weeks last time, and that's Dec 21. I'm just sayin'." Doc: "Hmnnn.... you're right. Let me get a second opinion." And he called another surgeon and talked to him about when he takes out this screw, blah blah blah. Then he hangs up the phone and says, "We're not going to take it out yet. But you can start putting weight on it in two weeks." M: 8O 8O :D :bow: He goes on to say he'll see me again a week after that.
And then we had this exchange:
Me: "But you guys told me 30 times not to put any weight on that foot or I will break the screw!"
Doc: "Well, maybe we shouldn't have told you 30 times... It will be okay."
He went on to explain that there is a membrane between the two bones, and he wants to make sure it is really recovered and healed before thinking about taking the screw out. And in fact, even if it breaks, if it doesn't bother me, he won't take it out at all. So it is a wait-and-see kind of thing.
So then I asked how long he thought it would be before I don't need the walker any more, and he said, "I think you'll be on a cane by Christmas."
If I could, I would be jumping up and down. This is pretty fast for this particular injury, just over 6 weeks from surgery to weight-bearing.
He also increased my physical therapy and wrote a scrip for more stuff in PT. So I'll go 3x a week and we'll get to do work on my range of motion and other "therapeutic exercises." I was kind of bummed my regular PT wasn't there today, because I know he will be all happy for me, too!
Oh, my doc also told me about a certain football player who played in the superbowl a couple of years ago... with the exact same type of screw in his ankle that I have in mine. I said, "Well, figure skating is harder than football!" ;) And he was like, oh of course! I have the coolest surgeon.
So, that's my news for today!