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Giving the Boot to the Boot!

1/14/2015

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Good news from my latest bunion surgery follow-up appointment: I can put full weight on my right foot in the glamorously supportive Breg® boot. If that goes well, in a few days I can gradually transition to a regular shoe! The walker is also destined to become an aid of the past—use as needed for stability during the transitions.

The nurse practitioner was surprised and impressed at how quickly I’m healing, considering surgery was only five weeks ago. She said the X-rays looked great, the titanium plate and pins are "at one" with my foot and the bones that were cut or separated are almost fused back together.

To back up a couple of weeks, at my last appointment the dressing was replaced by an elastic bandage. The knots in both ends of the dissolvable stitches were snipped. I could wash the foot in the shower, but no extended soaking.

My next appointment is in three weeks and I will very likely drive to it. Once I’m comfortable walking in a real shoe, I can try driving after I practice making emergency stops to be sure I can quickly move from the accelerator to the brake without discomfort.

Soon, I’ll be able to wear socks that match! Since the surgery, I've worn one of my own socks on the left foot, and a long, super-stretchy sock that came with the boot on the right—one size fits all and white. None of my socks would fit over the dressing or the elastic wrap.
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Won’t be long before I’ll be making “Gumboot Tracks” all over our farm! 

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