Well as I said I couldn't get the across the counter shower sleeve on my leg so I have resorted to garbage bags. I was a little bit taken aback because I couldn't even get it over my foot let alone up the leg so I just chalked it up to another being to large to be accommodated.
The problem was I couldn't figure out why I should have so much trouble getting it over my foot. I mean really now, I have an average size foot and that doesn't really change that much even when you are overweight. There are just some areas that just don't get fat with the rest of your body and the foot is one of them (in proportion to the rest of the weight gain.) So I continued to wrap myself up in garbage bags and accept the tearing of the skin as a ripped off the tape.
So when I came home with this cast on I was like it is way too tight. The other cast I could put my hand half way down, and pull my leg half way out, but this cast I can barely fit two fingers in. So I thought what the hell why don't I try and put the shower sleeve on. Surprise of surprise it fit. Over my foot and up my leg. So I took a shower today with the shower sleeve and no plastic bags. I think it worked, but my foot feels a little damp - oh well...
But that brings me to another point. I was told that casts weigh about two to three pounds. TH said that the cast probably weighed five pounds, but I went with the nurse and was very depressed when I gained weight. My shoe weighs about two pounds and the cast weighs two pounds and I gained a pound - I felt I had gained weight. But now I am thinking maybe the cast didn't weigh two pounds maybe TH was right and it did weigh 4 or 5 pounds, so maybe I did lose weight that week. So while I am still weighing myself I can't really say how much I have lost until the cast is off - so we have to wait for four more weeks...ARGH!!!
The problem was I couldn't figure out why I should have so much trouble getting it over my foot. I mean really now, I have an average size foot and that doesn't really change that much even when you are overweight. There are just some areas that just don't get fat with the rest of your body and the foot is one of them (in proportion to the rest of the weight gain.) So I continued to wrap myself up in garbage bags and accept the tearing of the skin as a ripped off the tape.
So when I came home with this cast on I was like it is way too tight. The other cast I could put my hand half way down, and pull my leg half way out, but this cast I can barely fit two fingers in. So I thought what the hell why don't I try and put the shower sleeve on. Surprise of surprise it fit. Over my foot and up my leg. So I took a shower today with the shower sleeve and no plastic bags. I think it worked, but my foot feels a little damp - oh well...
But that brings me to another point. I was told that casts weigh about two to three pounds. TH said that the cast probably weighed five pounds, but I went with the nurse and was very depressed when I gained weight. My shoe weighs about two pounds and the cast weighs two pounds and I gained a pound - I felt I had gained weight. But now I am thinking maybe the cast didn't weigh two pounds maybe TH was right and it did weigh 4 or 5 pounds, so maybe I did lose weight that week. So while I am still weighing myself I can't really say how much I have lost until the cast is off - so we have to wait for four more weeks...ARGH!!!
Ah, but it will be a good test of your zen attitude.
ReplyDeleteNext time, let's bring the cast home & weigh it.
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