Saturday, February 26, 2011

Final post

I was sort of reminded by a friend's blog post that I hadn't taken photos of my feet in awhile, so here is my ankle this morning so you can see what it's looking like a little over eight months post-surgery.

It's still noticable in real life (photos have a way of not focusing on scars), but isn't garish. I have to wear tennis shoes a lot but I can wear my Clarks Mary Janes (not what they call them) a lot more as well without issues. I like the scar, it makes me look like something exciting happened to me.

I've been hitting the gym about 45 minutes/week for the last month, and as I iron out problems that arise from ankle durability I'll increase that. My goal is to get down to a size 14 pants by my college graduation (May 14), I gained almost 15 pounds in the last year while all this was happening. Mostly I'm accomplishing this through the stationary bike and the treadmill. I'm not sure if I've dropped any weight yet but I've stopped gaining it.

So this is the final post for real this time, and I hope it's been helpful. If you're going through this or about to start, good luck!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Likely Final Post

I think I'm done with this blog after this post. I've "graduated" from the podiatrist, can reliably walk, and only need to use a brace part of the time. It's been seven months since the surgery and six years since the original injury that began all this.

The nerve damage is permanent- I was informed that there are steriod shots available to hopefully make the feeling come back, but I'm not nearly annoyed or in pain enough to consider that. The damage isn't in a vital area so for now I'm fine with working around it.

Although I'm not quite back up to how I was before, I'm well on my way. I can work out in a gym with few or no problems and still be able to walk the next day. Still can't jump or run, but that will hopefully return with time. Uneven surfaces aren't a problem anymore, though I still try to avoid them unless I have my brace on.

Hopefully this blog helps anyone debating or recovering from peroneal tendon surgery now that my adventure with this is over. It's time for me to move on to other things now. Best of luck to all of you!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Quick, small update

I go to the podiatrist on the 27th, but first I'm going to recap all that's up, six months later.

First, this is a cold weather injury. I wish it wasn't because I don't like wearing a brace all the time, but there you go. When my foot/ankle isn't cold it doesn't hurt and isn't so wimpy.

Second, my nerve damage has expanded to my little toe over the last few weeks, which is now kind of tingly but not yet numb. The numbness hasn't expanded toward my ankle so I suppose that's good. But the tingly toe thing is not cool, and I'm still not thrilled to have nerve damage to begin with.

Third, I can visibly see much of the bulge of my ankle bone most of the time. The swelling doesn't happen anymore, and the contours of my right ankle almost match up with my left again. This is good. The only real visible difference is the big scar running across it.

And finally, although I am fully capable of walking and being on my feet all day and jogging across the street so I don't get hit by anything, I still cannot jog any further than across a street, run, skip, jump (this one I unintentionally did over Christmas to get a balloon off the ceiling. STUPID IDEA.), do cardio on the bike, or get up from sitting on the ground with my weight on that foot. So there's a lot of progress still.