Ankle Looking for someone who's had a TAR

[FCBayern]

Hi @Chanie, for house preparation we removed any small rugs or other things crutches might get caught on. I actually rented a wheel chair for the time I was non-weight bearing so I could still attend events and anything that was more than a short crutch trip. That may not be as much of an issue during COVID when we can't do much anyway. The one device I wished I had gotten was a knee scooter. A wheel chair is pretty unwieldy inside most homes and the knee scooter allows mobility and the ability to carry your own food or beverage much easier than crutches. I did use a backpack with my crutches but that was kind of a pain. In hospital they had me on morphine and duladid (sp?) and sent me home with Norco. I had a 2 hour ride home and was in a hard cast, everything inside the cast swelled and pressed against the cast and they had to put me on stronger meds for a few days to get everything back under control. Starting in a splint should prevent the issue I had with a cast.

 

[lovetocookandsew]

Sorry to hear your surgery was rescheduled, but it will give you time to be totally healthy again.

 

[Chanie]

hi all! thank G-d feeling better. but the ankle is getting worse by he day andi am limping even with an ankle brace and hi top sneakers so i feel like lets just do this already. i have ordered a stairlift rental and am looking to get a one leg scooter for getting around the house. the nights are when i am most anxious about the surgery and pain during recovery . any instructions you can offer for setting up a recovery thread/thanks

 

[Chanie]

how is Laurac with her recuperation? any word?

 

[Celle]

Hi @Chanie - you will see that I have moved several of your your posts from Donna747's thread to your own thread.

By putting the above posts in her recovery thread, you were disrupting her thread, which should be about her own progress.
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[Celle]

How are you getting on, @Chanie ? Have you had your surgery?

 

[FCBayern]

Hi @Chanie wondering how you are doing and if you have surgery scheduled?