Or at least pretty close to it – Friday I had my followup with the doctor, and he gave me the go-ahead to ditch the crutches and start hobbling around on my now-mended leg! I still am carrying one crutch around with me, but I’m trying to keep my weight off it and only use it when my leg gets extra tired. Of course, I still have to wear the big, bulky, black boot, but only for another 3 weeks and after that, I truly am free, as it’ll be back to regular shoes, being able to walk barefoot, etc. And just in time for summer, too!
I still will have a long recovery period. No ladder climbing for another 2 months, and who knows when I’ll be able to do high-impact stuff like running again. But just being able to walk unassisted seems like enough of a treat for me, now. You never realize how much you take walking unassisted for granted until you can’t do it!
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April 19th, 2010 on 2:45 PM
Good deal! I have a buddy that had a similar injury and recovery (his was softball, though I vehemently argued the saving a baby from a burning building, or perhaps wild boar version of “history”) — three years out and he can still see the difference in the muscles in his injured and non-injured legs. Though he has no lingering difference in mobility.