My appt with Dr. P, the orthopedic surgeon, was great. He took time to listen to everything I had to say and then after reviewing the MRI decided to take x-rays of both ankles.
Appointment Outcome: Bilateral Fibula Stress Fracture
That's right, I have stress fractures on both ankles (fibulas)!!!! I think he was surprised that I was walking as good as I was, although I did tell him that I had an extremely high tolerance for pain. And I told him that I almost threw-up after swimming, so he said that the pain would be intolerable, if I were a normal person. Yeah, me normal??? No way! LOL!!!
So that means...No running, rope jumping, jogging, swimming or other activity which hurts either or both ankles for 4-6 weeks from today.
I have to go out and purchase another ankle support for right ankle…no biggie and much, much better than a cast or some silly leg braces!
Pain Medication - only Tylenol. It seems that anti-inflammatory meds and aspirin impede bone growth. Learned something new today!
Per Dr. P acceptable activities include…
- Walking - once either ankle hurts, stop and next time reduce distance by 25 percent.
- Walking Dogs - once either ankle hurts, stop and next time reduce distance by 25 percent.
- Recumbent Bike - 5 minutes per day, increasing by 2 minutes every five days up reaching up to 20 minutes. Dr. said anything more than initial 5 minutes could result in making things worse or stressing another part of my leg/ankle.
- Weight lifting - no squats, lunges, leg extensions, etc…
- (Lots of extracurricular - I'm sure Drew will be thrilled! LOL!!!!)
Next appt is in two weeks and he'll probably do one more set of x-rays at the end of the six week healing time to make sure all is okay.
At least I know for certain what is going on and what I can and cannot do…and how long it will be until I'm back in action!!!!
Time to take the crutches back! ;P
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