11/13 -12weeks - The CAST OFF day!!

11/13 <<12 weeks>>

As I mentioned, had to have my son took me to this appointment. By the way, it was only the second time ever I had him drive me anywhere. That with in of itself was emotional to me because I had to come to terms that my baby is all grown up. (what can I say, he's my youngest!)
Back to the best appointment ever...as usual, Evelyn took some x-rays after taking the cast off. She couldn't tear that thing off quick enough! The toe looked awesome, the skin on my foot not so much. days prior there was a lot of flaky dead skin falling out of my cast..gross. There was a lot of that dry flaky yellowish dead skin left on my foot. Not to mention, hair I didn't even know I had on my foot was horrendous. Basically, Doc said it was not 100% healed but I was done with the cast  & he would give me a walking boot. Inside my head I was doing the happy, ecstatic dance. I'm supposed to wear the boot through out the day but can take it off (& I do) while I'm siting or laying down. I am only to put a little weight on the heel  &I have to do the physical therapy myself at home. He emailed me the info because he couldn't find it on his computer at the time of my appointment. He also gave me a special shoe to drive in.  I CAN DRIVE AGAIN!!!....AAHHHH!!!!!! This was definitely a bitter sweet day for me. While I'm so happy here my husband was at his grandmother's funeral :'(

TAKE IT OFF! TAKE IT OFF!

 Yay! Almost there!

 Oh hello beautiful toe!! I have to admit, I got tears in my eyes when I finally saw it & knew the cast would be off forever.

 I cannot WAIT to clean & shave my foot/leg!!

 That's the flaky skin I was talking about. Thank goodness there wasn't any bad odors accompanying that dead skin.

 Not quite there yet...I'm hoping by my next appointment in December it will be.

 Ta da! The boot. It's warm  & comfy & it COMES OFF! I was at home for a few hours before I realized "I CAN TAKE THE BOOT OFF"! It felt so amazing to have the sun & air hit the skin once again. Everything I read said to wait at least 3 days before shaving because the skin is so sensitive. So, as hard as it was, I did.

I'll write some more tomorrow & put some pics of what it looks like today & talk more about the physical thrapy...that has me in tears.

11/13 12 weeks - Anxious

11/13/13 <<week 12>>

I will be back tracking since I haven't written for a few weeks. Wed., 11/13 is the day I was scheduled to have my cast taken off...FINALLY!! Before I go into that, I hadn't realized how long it's been since I hadn't posted anything. I have to say, the cast was...well, I can't straight say it was "the bane of my existence" because the "toe" was the bane of my existence. So I will just say it was making me crazy in every way possible...for me. I don't know about anyone else but for me, I was at my wits end.

Anyway, I had to go in 2 weeks a head of schedule in October because water got in my cast. My husband joked the I had done it on purpose but I didn't! I had gotten water in it before & that was the LAST thing I wanted because I never did anything about it the first time & when I went in on my regular scheduled appointment the inner sock was stuck to my heel. I was already freaking out about the cast & this just made it WORSE! When they replaced the cast they did so with my heel still damp, the skin wrinkly & I tell you, it was as if they were stuffing me back in the coffin after having dug me out in the first place. So this time I scheduled to go in the very next day which in turn bumped everything up to 2 weeks. It may have seemed like I planned it because it worked out perfect for our road trip. (Yes, we're taking a road trip..yay!!) Before this situation, I'd be wearing the stupid thing all through the trip but with the new schedule it came off a week before the trip. Again, I swear I did not plan that. Simply & mostly because my brain was not in the state of mind to have the wits to plan that out. Believe me. It was a good thing  I did go in the next day though because the water had reached all the way down to my heel again.

Needless to say, those last 3 weeks of the last cast were the longest & hardest EVER. Days before Wed., 11/13 I was a mess & the night before...sigh. Well, there are no words. To make matter worse, my husband's grandmother passed away so he had to fly home that Wednesday morning & I had to pull my son from school so he could take me to the appointment. You wanna' talk about stress & emotional levels being up there! I was on over drive. Now, I feel I have to confess something...as a result from all my insanity with the cast, I started smoking again. :/  I tried so hard not to but it was stronger than me. What's horrible is that I know, I KNOW, that smoking slows down the healing process.I suppose it was counter productive to take my Calcium & other vitamins AND smoke. Ill add the last pictures I took at the Doctor's office & I have to say when the x-rays went up & I noticed the bones were not 100% healed I panicked because I was so afraid he'd come back & say, "Well, we have to put on another cast".
Ill write another post about that day..so this one doesn't turn into a book. Meanwhile, I thought I'd add some pics of my toes before the last cast came off.