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Oct. 22nd, 2006 09:51 pmtoday i practiced walking with one crutch and one cane, wearing supportive sneakers. no boot! i wanted to feel where the pain was -- kirk asked me how much it hurt, and i had to admit that it was really only a 1 or 2 (out of 10).
the heel is fine, the toes seem tender. the worst pain is in the bones under the outside edge of the bottom of the foot -- they need to hold my full weight as i move through a stride, and they're just too tender to do it. so when i do walk, i'm still putting plenty of weight on the one cane/one crutch, and moving over the midpoint of the stride rather quickly. any slower and the muscle control just isn't there.
sigh.
friday i see the orthopedist and will be released to full weight bearing status. at that point, it will be up to me to see how much pain i can stand (ha ha).
the heel is fine, the toes seem tender. the worst pain is in the bones under the outside edge of the bottom of the foot -- they need to hold my full weight as i move through a stride, and they're just too tender to do it. so when i do walk, i'm still putting plenty of weight on the one cane/one crutch, and moving over the midpoint of the stride rather quickly. any slower and the muscle control just isn't there.
sigh.
friday i see the orthopedist and will be released to full weight bearing status. at that point, it will be up to me to see how much pain i can stand (ha ha).
