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So I went to have check-up number two today on the ankle; make sure the wound looks good etc. And the etc. was the best bit. All of the dressing came off, my leg and foot got a goos wash and a massage with moisturiser. Oh *man* did it feel good to have air on the skin, and then the cool cleansing spray and a good ol' massage with E45. The silicone wound cover is also gone and replaced with a more normal steri-pad thing and the excess thread and knots on the stitches have been cut off and the remaining thread will dissolve over time.
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It was also really hard to move the ankle joint. You know when you do a completely new movement with a joint in the gym and it's kind of juddery? That's how my ankle is now when I simply flex or extend it. Which I'm trying not to think too hard about as that will lead to feeling down about it all again. And that's really not what I need.
On top of the cleaning, moisturising and massage was a bit of (really quite gentle) joint manipulation which felt weird and uncomfortable.
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Anyway, given that I bothered to ask as there's no way I'd've been told had I not asked, I've now got slightly more of an idea of what the next steps are. Because, apparently, I seem like I can be trusted I may be allowed to have the cast off before the 6 weeks are up and have an air boot for convenience and comfort as long as I don't walk on it - I'm even allowed take the cast off as long as we're OK to get it back on again ourselves, so I may do that every coupe of days or so, just to wiggle the joint a bit. But then at the 6 week mark I'll be allowed to start walking with the air boot (likely with crutches too) and it'll take a while to get back to normal walking, via physio and cycling and stuff.
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So I'm back in on 9th January and fingers-crossed that the consultant will be in a good mood and on the side of letting me have the cast off on that day. It's only a week early but it'd be awesome.
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