About 9 days without the cast and things are getting better, but slowly. There are times I find myself walking with this incredibly natural gait, loose body, hips and shoulders just doing their thing... but most of the time walking is still something I have to be conscious of. Since I'm conscioous of it, I think it makes me walk stiffly, but I still really need to concentrate to move the foot in a "normal" range of motion. I find myself falling back to limping even when I don't have to. Kinda weird. Learning to walk is definitely a challenge. Finding shoes that work is hard. Most of my old favorites are worn down to fit my old foot and I have a closet full of seldom worn shoes that at this point aren't quite right. Some I may never be able to wear, but I suspect many I will use eventually. Just need to get to where the foot and leg are stronger and less sensitive. I'm hoping to get time to run up to a Brooks outlet to find a new pair of tennis shoes.
Today I am really swollen. I went without the compression sock yesterday and, it being the weekend, probably did more than I should, and it was very sore and swollen at the end of the day. I'd also been stubborn enough to take the dogs to a schoolyard with uneven ground and, of course, they messed on the steepest parts so I had to go on those to clean it up. I did not have the most supportive shoes on (stupid, I know.) It made me realize just how far I still have to go. Walking on the steep lawn was a major challenge. I kinda tweaked the top of my foot and I found myself wishing I'd brought a cane. I've definitely come a long way though. I can kick now when I swim. I definitely cannot push off from the side of the pool, but the kicking is very natural. I am walking a bit over 1/2 mile with the pups and would probably go more if my Rottie weren't still healing from double ACL surgery. I've moved to a red thera band (from yellow) when I do foot exercises and can stand on my right foot only for about 30 seconds, but am still holding onto a counter so I don't fall over(:
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