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raeanna74 · 03-29-2005, 03:01 PM

Those of you who read the journals may know that I broke my heal 2 weeks ago. Anterior portion of the Calcaneous is what I remember them saying. Well I'm off that foot completely for a time. I talked to the Dr today about a few of the problems I was having and they gave me some suggestions for dealing with things. Also they told me to expect 6-8 more weeks before I could even think about ditching the crutches. It's killing me to think it's going to be that long. I'm dying to get out and start biking since it's turning into such a nice Spring. This is my first broken bone (unless you count a cracked skull) and I'm totally unfamiliar with ways to cope and I'm a total clutz on the crutches.

Some of the things I've done to cope and continue to function (still running my daycare) but not everything is working too well. Maybe I'm expecting too much. Maybe I'm not being creative enough. I've borrowed my Dad's construction kneepads and used those to walk around on my knees to pick up toys and things. My family has pitched in a lot more but I'm home all day "working" and they can't help all the time. I've also turned to putting my drinks into water bottles that I can carry in my teeth or between my fingers under the handle of the crutches. Still trying to figure out how to go places with my coffee. I've also gone to collecting dirty laundry in plastic grocery bags or using those kind of bags to bring up clean laundry from the basment.

What I'm looking for is ideas on how to function. Commiseration with other's who've dealt with the frustration. And perhaps some encouragement to not look at this as being such a long haul ahead. So far as it looks I've practically blown half my year already. Hernia surgery mid Jan and laid up for about 5 weeks after. Then this in March and laid up prospectively until JUNE. I'm dreading this. What next?

So any thoughts? Thanks for letting me vent at least.

03-29-2005, 03:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	Broken Heal - Coping Those of you who read the journals may know that I broke my heal 2 weeks ago. Anterior portion of the Calcaneous is what I remember them saying. Well I'm off that foot completely for a time. I talked to the Dr today about a few of the problems I was having and they gave me some suggestions for dealing with things. Also they told me to expect 6-8 more weeks before I could even think about ditching the crutches. It's killing me to think it's going to be that long. I'm dying to get out and start biking since it's turning into such a nice Spring. This is my first broken bone (unless you count a cracked skull) and I'm totally unfamiliar with ways to cope and I'm a total clutz on the crutches. Some of the things I've done to cope and continue to function (still running my daycare) but not everything is working too well. Maybe I'm expecting too much. Maybe I'm not being creative enough. I've borrowed my Dad's construction kneepads and used those to walk around on my knees to pick up toys and things. My family has pitched in a lot more but I'm home all day "working" and they can't help all the time. I've also turned to putting my drinks into water bottles that I can carry in my teeth or between my fingers under the handle of the crutches. Still trying to figure out how to go places with my coffee. I've also gone to collecting dirty laundry in plastic grocery bags or using those kind of bags to bring up clean laundry from the basment. What I'm looking for is ideas on how to function. Commiseration with other's who've dealt with the frustration. And perhaps some encouragement to not look at this as being such a long haul ahead. So far as it looks I've practically blown half my year already. Hernia surgery mid Jan and laid up for about 5 weeks after. Then this in March and laid up prospectively until JUNE. I'm dreading this. What next? So any thoughts? Thanks for letting me vent at least. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.