Broken Ankle Edition

I have been on the mend now for about 2 and a half weeks... talk about a 

nightmare!!!

I honestly DO NOT wish this type of injury on anyone!!! EVER!

I have been so Depressed and just not very pleasant to be around in those few weeks.

I don't like being SOO helpless, like literally can't do anything!

I have often asked myself why would this happen to me?!

Well, I have been kind of searching for an answer because this has been horrible.

As I have explained in a lot of previous posts, I am pretty over weight,

which does not work well when you are limited to use just one leg.

I really struggled for the first couple days using crutches because one of my legs has

to support my WHOLE body, you don't realize how much

we take for granite being able to walk on both legs and to use them freely!

So when I originally went to the ER they took X-Rays of my ankle and came back

to tell me that it was broken.... (so what does that mean...)

The Doc said it's no big deal just go see your regular doctor in 3 days and they will put a

cast on it.... So I was a little relieved, didn't seem like it was going to

be a huge deal....

Well turns out when I went to the doctor 3 days later, for one thing my ankle was 

really swollen still and for two they immediately looked at me and said

why didn't they do surgery... (I wasn't sure, didn't even get to see the X-Ray from the ER)

So they sent me to orthopedics in Ames to have Dr. Warme look at it 

and see what he wanted to do.  The consensus was surgery, he showed

me the X-ray and my fibula had broke and also separated my joint bones, 

I was extremely nervous after that, I had never had a surgery before 

and was really nervous and sick to my stomach.

A week and 2 days after the actually fall happened is when I had surgery, I was

scared to death going into the hospital that morning as the nurses

prepared me for surgery I got a little less nervous,  everything ended up going

just fine he placed a plate and screws in my ankle to put it back together.

I have to wait till this Friday to go in and have a cast put on it for a few weeks then I will

have to wear a boot for about 6 weeks after the cast comes off.

Today is the first day during most of this process that I am starting to be at peace

and not so anxious and worked up about it all! 

I'm still very nervous to go back to work mainly because I can't get around very

well on my crutches... hoping to get a scooter so I can at least

not have to endure all the weight of my body on one leg.

I have to give a HUGE thank you to my Fiance and my parents!!! 

I would not have gotten this far without them helping me, 

waiting on me and driving me around to all my appointments

and running my errands for me!! 

Oh and yeah I can't drive either, right leg.......