rehab

Back in the hospital to check how everything has gone.  17 days after the injury and 10 days after surgery.

My first adventure through town in the rain and then on the bus and all was good.  The consultant had a very quick look at how things were and tried to bend my ankle a bit.  It was having none of it!  I'm not sure if it was because the foot has been kept totally immobile all this time, or because of the stitches or because it was still really bloody swollen, but it didn't want to move!

Monday 17th July.  Started off playing with the bench press.  Not much legs involved so can still play with those.  Thank you Anna for making sure I stay safe!

And after playing first thing in the morning, I get the phone call from the hospital...Can I make it in midday for surgery that afternoon!  Woo hoo!  It's happening!

So cleared my diary for the rest of the day and a special big thanks to Jo who swapped her training session with me for driving me into the hospital!

I had my check up at the hospital this morning.  Didn't need a scan in the end.  The guy heard how it happened, took 1 poke at it and said yup, total rupture.  It seems it has snapped a bit higher than usual.  He said it normally goes down close to where the tendon attaches to the heel (as seen in the picture below).  But mine has gone a bit higher, closer to where it attaches to the calf muscle.

Slight change of tone in these articles for the next couple of months I'm afraid.  Just to give you a fair warning, you may or may not be interested in the content.

Skipton Stroke Support Group.

As you hopefully know, I have started taking a stroke rehab class on Friday afternoons at Craven Fitness Centre (click here for all the details).

I gave a little talk at a stroke survivors social group this morning.  It was to tell people about the rehab group class we are starting in January.

Over the summer I was lucky enough to take part in the Action for Rehabilitation from Neurological Injury (ARNI) course.  This was to teach me how to help people rehabilitate after having a stroke.

I just had the email through now...I PASSED!

Not only that, I only went and got a bloody A grade!!

So I'm dead chuffed with that :)