More than 24 hours have passed since being given the news that I may begin bearing some weight on my surgically-repaired left foot, and I feel better about the prospect of my ability to walk sans (I love this word, if you haven't concluded that by now.) support within the next four weeks. I have been following my doctor's orders--heel taps and the alphabet, over and over and over again. I have also begun bearing some weight, letting the crutches bear the rest, which is most of it, actually. While doing this, though, I am having some discomfort (not really pain) where the titanium implant sits in my foot. My doctor told me that the implant can be removed from my foot, and that he would do that this year. I don't know whether this discomfort will subside after using my foot as it was designed to be used over the course of the next four weeks, but if it doesn't, I don't see how I would be able to walk, much less run, with it in my foot. This is my biggest concern.
My next biggest concern is the possibility that the ligament repair didn't take. My doctor gave me the okay to begin bearing weight based on what his kind has seen in past patients. My doctor did not try to determine whether the ligament repair actually worked, but he's confident that it did. I know that I should find comfort in his confidence, but until I can actually run pain free, I won't believe it. But I do believe.
Signing off.
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