Yesterday I had an appointment at the fracture clinic. A friend took me - and she even made us sandwiches and brought cake so we could have some lunch while waiting. I took my spindle and did some spinning - one of the staff (a Dr I think) came and asked me what I was doing and wanted to know how it all worked :-)
Anyway - my xray was fine. The fracture is stable and I am now allowed to be fully weightbaring. The hospital have now discharged me to physio. I had a quick session with a physio at the hospital who went through some exercises with me and how to walk using one crutch.
Today the OT/Physio who sorted out my zimmer-frame tray thingie and bath seat came to visit me. He went through my exercises with me - which was useful because I was doing one of them wrong. Oops! Let's just say the hospital didn't really push the boat out on the illustrations so it wasn't totally clear what to do. He also went through my walking for quite a while and it's a bit better now. You really wouldn't think you could forget how to walk but it's weird - if you have to think about how to walk properly it's quite hard! We also went outside for a walk up the road :-)
I've been given the go-ahead to use my spinning wheel. I demonstrated to the chap who came to see me today and he thinks it will be great for helping my ankle recover. I'm also allowed to use my exercise bike now so that's good. It's super boring but at least I will be able to do something.
So - got to work hard at getting my ankle back in shape because I'm supposed to be going to the NEC for the festival of quilts in 4 weeks time and I've been looking forward to it for ages!
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