Foot recovery...

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Greg · #1 Post by **Greg** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:56 am

Well, the day came when my broken foot got fixed. On Wednesday I had 5 hours of surgery to un-heal, realign and fuse the bones in my right mid-foot.
surgical recovery was weird, but five days into the whole recovery process makes me realize that the next 10/12 weeks could go by very slowly indeed...

fatboy · #2 Post by **fatboy** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 6:55 pm

Sorry to hear that you have had so much wasted time on a no fix....
Maybe get yourself one of those 'mechanics creepers ' so you can get in the garage and keep the weight off your feet.

flatlander · #3 Post by **flatlander** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 8:21 pm

May your god go with you - dave Allen ... And me

Greg · #4 Post by **Greg** » Sun Oct 21, 2018 8:50 pm

Actually the initial injury recovery was made tolerable by having a disability scooter - those little baskets on the front are remarkably useful. I kept it mostly to keep the kids amused but also for the -now arrived - surgical recovery. But, a bit like the proverbial London bus another one came up a couple of weeks ago. This one'sa full-on bona-fide wheelchair with decent (6mph!) motors and electrical tilt and recline, a 4 foot lift (very interesting while tilted and reclined) and individual leg lifters which is why I brought it as I need to keep the right leg elevated for a non-weight bearing 6 weeks.
No little baskets though which makes it a challenge for all the poo bags...

Greg · #5 Post by **Greg** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 5:34 pm

So I'm four weeks into this, and amazingly the foot is - and has been for some time - completely pain-free. The long term cast went on 2 weeks ago and I've got another two to go before I can get the fucker off and put a walking 'boot' on.

If anyone ever has a similar injury I can wholeheartedly recommend a brilliant gadget called iWalk.. essentially a strap-on knee crutch which takes the place of conventional arm crutches and frees your arms and hands so that you can do stuff without falling over.

Anyway - another couple of weeks and I can get back on two wheels, albeit in the shape of a 400 BurgerVan, but as a T&G I won't need to use either foot, and only one to hold myself up ..

Happy days.

fatboy · #6 Post by **fatboy** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:27 pm

Good news indeed Greg !
Did the strap on come with a flameproof hood as that flambe looks a bit lively !
At bthis rate of recovery I'm gonna be needing to post those swivelly foootpegs off to you pretty soon.

Greg · #7 Post by **Greg** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:27 pm

Lol ... I've still got to sort out the front end after the dickhead reversed into me, then there's the engine swap of course, and the PC111 and QS . ... I may have my work cut out to get this all done before the spring...

I suspect though that the BurgerVan will be the thing that stops me going stir crazy .. Independent mobility is something very easily taken for granted, and as I won't be driving - needing to to use my feet anyway - until January it's the only way I can get around without depending on other peeps...

fatboy · #8 Post by **fatboy** » Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:06 pm

Greg, your 'to do 'list may seem a bit ambitious at the moment but dude you are looking forward and your end game is in sight !
Keep on keeping on

D-Rider · #9 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Nov 15, 2018 12:15 pm

Good news Greg
My son has a 400 Burgervan - It's not bad for what it is.

fatboy · #10 Post by **fatboy** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 6:43 pm

Fats calling Greg !
Pm me your address and I will post the swivelly pegs to you.
I delete any sensitive detail that anyone p.m's me once I have used it, such as account details and addresses, what with being up there on the scale of Trump and the likes, I try to be a bit savvy !
Price ? I can't fucking remember what I paid for them so best of three, paper, scissors, stone !

Greg · #11 Post by **Greg** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:07 pm

faaaark ...

ok - Paper...

D-Rider · #12 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:55 pm

Greg wrote:faaaark ...

ok - Paper...

Hey Fatboy, hasn't Greg suffered enough?
On top of his injuries, you put him at risk of a paper-cut .... and we all know there is nothing worse than a paper-cut ....

fatboy · #13 Post by **fatboy** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 7:32 pm

D-Rider wrote:
Greg wrote:faaaark ...

ok - Paper...
Hey Fatboy, hasn't Greg suffered enough?
On top of his injuries, you put him at risk of a paper-cut .... and we all know there is nothing worse than a paper-cut ....

Three paper cuts ?

Greg · #14 Post by **Greg** » Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:32 pm

There's one thing worse than a paper cut, and that's a GRASS cut... Remember the days when we were kids (not like today's youngsters) and we went out and played in the woods and in fields..?? Getting a nice wide blade of grass and stretching it between your thumbs then blowing it..?? Yes, that grass can cut like a bastard and it really really huts ..

fatboy · #15 Post by **fatboy** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 7:26 pm

I'm sure that any adolescent would argue that a grass cut could never hurt as much as losing a game on PS3....
Had my face cut to ribbons playing hide and seek in a field of long grass waiting to be cut for hay.
Not sure that the farmer appreciated us flattening his fodder crop