9/4 Day 16 - The cast!

9/4/13 <<DAY 16>>
The big day...the cast! I think my husband was more excited than I was ;) However, I'll start with the morning but since there's not much to tell, it'll go by fast...
Usual morning..woke up with no pain, I've been laying more on my stomach but not for long periods of time. Now that I think about it, I don't know why it never occurred to ask the doc if I could. Had cereal (I'm hoping the fiber will "help move things along", if you know what I mean, wink wink) in bed then the usual to come downstairs. By the way, coming down is so much easier than coming up. May be or sound obvious but me being one that never had to think twice of it, being in this position now I can say without a second thought that I will never take walking for granted again. The stairs are killing me. Anyways, kept myself busy on the couch till it was time to go see the doc. Can I just say that Candy Crush level 147 is MAKING ME CRAZY! Been on that level now for days...UGH!

At Dr. Lee's...well, first I should confess that I almost killed a poor woman & myself going into the elevator (because I decided to go up with crutches instead of the wheel chair this time). With one of the crutches as I was getting in, I stepped on the back of her flop.  Well, not only did I see my life flash before my eyes but I'm sure scared the poor woman. We both apologized immediately, I felt so bad! Thing is my instinct was to put my foot down so as to not fall...my operated foot. Sigh. Luckily everybody was fine & we proceeded to the office. Wouldn't you know!...they too were going to the same office! Turns out their daughter has this brachy thing & she was going in for an initial consult. Well, I was excited to talk with them & I think they were too! Among questions & a small but awesome conversation before they called my name, I told her she was very brave to do this at her young age. When I was her age I didn't have access to the web & as I mentioned in one of my earlier blogs, I never even knew this toe issue had a name. It was so nice to meet them. Before we left we gave the medical assistants the info to this blog for their view (if they wanted) & for the young girl & her family.
So, as hoped the dressing came off, had to do a few more x-rays & the cast came on. Yay! (Although I'm sure after a month of lugging it around I won't feel so "yay" anymore) Once again, it felt SO good for my foot to be free & move it & stretch it as best I could. It was very tight & I was afraid to stretch it too much because I didn't want to hurt anything. Little did I know what was yet to come. I took plenty of pictures so I'll let them do the talking but basically, she pushed down on my foot, me laying on my stomach. It kinda hurt but more than that I was afraid the scar on my heal would tear open! I still have medical tape strips on it & one was pulling my skin down or the opposite way of how she wanted me to bend my foot. It was the weirdest feeling ever but have to admit it felt good to have my foot pushed to that position. I have not used those muscles in a couple of weeks so they were stiff. Jeez, I can't even imagine what it's going to be like after I'm done with the cast! Not having walked or used those muscles in 4 months! AH! I'm scared!
Anyways, I had the choice of black, red or purple. I went with back. My husband was fascinated by the casting process as he had never seen a cast being put on anybody. The black gauze has fiber glass & dries quickly. She wet it with water first to easily manipulate it & when she was done, it dried within seconds. Again, I have never had a cast on so it was pretty cool for me too. Although I couldn't see much because I had to lay on my stomach. Whole process probably only took about 10/15 minutes. Her instructions were clear: do not walk on it or put any pressure on it & do not stick any sharp objects if you get an itch! Oh, also do not try to stand in the shower with your crutches. It is snug but not tight & felt really warm as it was drying. She said that was normal...man, I wish I could remember "her" name...sorry friend. I promise I will get their names straight by the next visit so I can properly address them. Because everything is so snug, my toes are really snug..together & by the time I got home I can REALLY feel the pins. It's not necessarily painful but just..uncomfortable. The last mild meds I took was this morning & I'll be sure to take one before I go to bed tonight.

I think what I'm going to do is put today's pics on a separate blog with today's date. There's a lot I want to put up for you to see & today's blog is already long enough. I'll do that next..stay tuned!...