Lee (Longblade)

There are times in each of our lives that rain falls, hard times come and it helps to reach out to our friends and to our God for a little support. This is the place to express those needs, concerns and situations so others in the AAPK family can keep you in their prayers.
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Hang in there Lee this too shall pass.wishing you the best pal. ::tu:: ::pray::
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Thanks BH - much appreciated ::tu:: ::tu:: ...

Well - last week I had the stitches removed and now have an air cast though still no weight bearing... I can take the air cast off when I am seated and wiggle my toes - and gently try and move foot in an up and down motion but it is not going very far at the moment :| ... Physical Therapy starts next Wednesday - it will be a long road with the plan to increase weight bearing slowly week by week - motion, strengthening, gait and essentially learning how to walk on it again... no doubt abit of atrophy in my lower leg muscles from lack of use... at this point lots of the swelling is gone, surgical scar looks pretty good but no doubt the ankle does feel strange being so stiff which is why I am slowly just doing some slight motion with toes etc... at the end of day I no doubt have that ache which is common with many injuries at night... I'll have to say the simplest things become a challenge with one leg at the moment - I just focus on the fact I will be getting back to normal eventually slowly but surely ::nod:: ..

I wil say I got a great 2 knife "bomb" from Glen today ::ds:: - Thanks so much Glen ::tu:: ::handshake:: - Two very cool boys knives that I will photograph and post asap - SwanWorks (with a "Boys Friend" etch on the master and a punch blade 8) - and a classic The Young Co Germany 2 blade beauty :D - I'll probably use my iPhone camera which is easier right now once I figure out where I will get the best light - my usual light box won't be accessible until I am more mobile... Thanks again Glen - Very kind & generous and a real spirit lifter ::nod:: ::handshake::
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Lee, I still have you on my prayer list. I was close to being in a similar boat years ago with a busted heel but I got really lucky because my heel wasn't displaced and I had little pain. I had doctor's appointments twice a week and specialist appointments once every week or two. They would both spend about 20 minutes ach appointment trying to scare me out of doing something stupid which would put me closer to your situation with pins and months of physical therapy. I just had to not bump it or fall down or forget and try to step on it for several months. The problem, mostly for the doctors, was my lack of pain and zero ability on my part to sit still and let it heal. Two of my daughter-in-laws caught me up on the scaffold where I got hurt in the first place helping my brother cutting rafter tails on the garage I was building for him when I got hurt. This was several weeks into the healing process. I was being careful but they threatened to tell my wife so I had to climb down until they were gone. I fully recovered and can't even remember which heel was broke. Yours is much more complicated than mine was, but I still can relate to your having to sit with so many things just out or reach. Hopefully you are a better patient than I was.___Dave
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You’re tough ,you’ll do fine,because age makes you tough . Grin’n
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Thanks Dave ::tu:: ... yes indeed we are similar in one sense - I am not one to sit still long :D but in this case I was warned and not only from the Drs but others that experienced similar injuries to keep off the leg and really had no choice - mainly because in contrast to what you noted about no pain the ankle was quite abit of pain and can be quite uncomfortable at times though it lessens by the week - definitely not a day to day difference... some days are better like everything else in life ::nod::

Lyle - ::hmm:: .. I need to contemplate that one - I don't know if age makes us tough... or more irritable ::nod:: ... I will say one thing I think you heal faster when you are younger - I love it when the Drs and nurses say "you know you're not young any more so it may take abit longer" :roll:
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