thursdays are my life
by Tony Peters on October 2, 2008
at least for the next 6 weeks I get to visit the doc every Thursday...today was awesome the PA at my Orthopedist is a genius at casting..the cast/splint I received at the hospital was comfortable for all of two days and then after the swelling dropped it was all angles and uncomfortable...getting it off was so nice though I was apprehensive as to what it would look like and most important if there was any infection (open bone surgery and all) anyway lots of bruising new on top of old, I cautiously peered around my ankle to look at the incision.....clean....I mean really clean no scabbing even, just a neat row of staples leading up the outside of my right ankle (thank you Vancomycin)...those staples are gonna make an interesting addition to the scar, my wife mentioned tattooing a zipper up it once everything has recovered. Anyway a quick round of Xrays to make sure everything is lined up and then a new dressing and casted splint...this one aligning my ankle which in and of itself was painful especially trying to get it at a 90degree angle lots of toe drop and shortening of my Achilles tendon, the other scary thing is how much definition and size I've lost from my right calf...freakish...my doc says that it will come back and actually agrees with my idea of long distance skateboard pushing to return muscle tone and joint strength. The other nice thing about this visit was they changed my meds no more Percocet but I still have to take Vicodin until they remove the staples next week and then I can get off the narcotics for good. It also looks like I can have a Purple cast which will be nice to look at for the month
on a very sad side note before I messed up my ankle I was supposed to be riding to Pennsylvania last weekend with a group of internet friends. They still went and had a tragedy Mike and his wife Cyndi were amazing people and I truly miss them both. I've known them for nearly eight years though sadly we only met in person once.
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