Progress

I'm back from my follow up appointment and have seen some progress!   They took the stitches out today, which was not very painful at all and my ankle looks so much better now.   The swelling has really gone down and the major bruising has subsided.  I'm still numb along the incision line, especially around the are of the bone spur and my pinky toe is half numb.  I have to do more toe exercises to get the motion back in my toes as I can wiggle them but cannot separate them very easily right now.   The biggest progress is that I am now allowed to stand on my foot, which is back in a bright pink cast this time, for balance but still not allowed to put any weight on it for the next 2 weeks.  At that point hey will re-evaluate and determine if it's time to start some weight bearing and get back into physical therapy.  Showers will now be much easier to manage.  It's hard to shower like a flamingo.  

The pain isn't too bad, though I did take some codeine last night to get a little more rest.   The worst pain comes when I have done too much, so my doc really wants me to just sit more with my foot elevated.  Easy for him to say--sitting all day long gets really old, both mentally and physically.  I have some movies to watch though, so as I keep saying these days it really could be worse.