Well I went to get my cast off, and I was so sure that they were going to take it off for good that I brought my shoe along so I could have something to walk out of there with. But it wasn't meant to be.
They got me in right away and the tech brought out this hand saw and went to work on my cast. It kind of freaked me out a little when the saw went through the cast and hit my skin - well maybe it freaked me out a lot. I jumped and let out a little little squeal and all I could imagine was my leg is shreds - but all I got was a nasty look from the tech. I guess that is better then a chopped off leg. But she didn't say anything until TH came in and I told him that she almost cut my leg off - and then she said yea your are kind of jumpy. HRMPH!!!
I am sure that I am probably the most annoying patient that they had today. I kept whining about the cast being put back on, whining when they said four weeks, whining when I told them that the Doc last time told me I would be in a walking boot - whining that I couldn't do the elliptical (it doesn't hurt at all when I do it) whining that I didn't like to do upper body exercises, whining that I am not going to use the d*** crutches.
Speaking of the d*** crutches - I nearly fell and broke my other leg trying to figure out how to use those d*** things.
BLECH to all you two footed people out there.
They got me in right away and the tech brought out this hand saw and went to work on my cast. It kind of freaked me out a little when the saw went through the cast and hit my skin - well maybe it freaked me out a lot. I jumped and let out a little little squeal and all I could imagine was my leg is shreds - but all I got was a nasty look from the tech. I guess that is better then a chopped off leg. But she didn't say anything until TH came in and I told him that she almost cut my leg off - and then she said yea your are kind of jumpy. HRMPH!!!
I am sure that I am probably the most annoying patient that they had today. I kept whining about the cast being put back on, whining when they said four weeks, whining when I told them that the Doc last time told me I would be in a walking boot - whining that I couldn't do the elliptical (it doesn't hurt at all when I do it) whining that I didn't like to do upper body exercises, whining that I am not going to use the d*** crutches.
Speaking of the d*** crutches - I nearly fell and broke my other leg trying to figure out how to use those d*** things.
BLECH to all you two footed people out there.
I don't believe you. You don't whine. Well, only in certain situations.
ReplyDeleteTwila - you're right, but this was one of those "certain situations".
ReplyDeleteT3's expectations were to leave in a "soft removable cast"; mine were that she'd probably get another regular cast for only 2 weeks. We both were disappointed, but I'm glad it's healing.
The first doctor raised T3's hopes by saying she could NOT do the eliptical but could do the recumbent bike. The second doctor said emphatically no to either - I think he was right from a healing viewpoint.
T3 now will go the the Nordic Fitness Chair & use it to tone her upper body & be an inspiration to us all.
Speaking as the CHAUFFEUR, T3 is lucky that at least one of us has two legs or else she'd be crawling to the store/etc.
4 weeks & then soft cast & then a few weeks after that back to the "S&M Walks" - from start to finish about 8 to 10 weeks, about a tax season.