Original Accident Pictures

I know in past posts I said I would not publish these.  As time has moved on, I am becoming less disturbed and detached from the fact that these represent the beginning of my journey and a very terrible day in my life.  I have decided to post these in a separate page - mainly to demonstrate that even though this was a pretty horrible Lisfranc injury - one that I was not supposed to recover from in any good manner, you can recover successfully.

These pictures were taken by one of my friends minutes after my accident.  He took the pictures mainly to document the accident - as you never know how they could be used.

View at your own discretion - if you have a weak stomach, you may not want to view these.

1000 Hits!

Wow - I just hit over 1000 hits!  I am happy that people are reading my blog and hopefully finding useful information that helps them through their own Lisfranc journey.

Surgeon Follow-up

I had my follow-up appointment with my surgeon yesterday.  They took weight bearing X-rays for the first time since I had the injury (all other X Rays were non weight bearing).  My 2 screws are still intact.  I asked him how in his opinion I was doing for this part of my journey and he just shook his head and said that I was not "typical". In other words, I should be a lot worse off.  He could not believe that I really have no pain, was walking almost normally, and had pretty good flexibility.

At this point I have scheduled my 2 screws to be removed December 21st.  Right before Christmas!  (Ouch!).  He says to be prepared to be off of my feet for two weeks!  I'd like to think that a couple of days of swelling and soreness and I am back to normal activity.  We shall see. I am opting for the Knee Block and twilight vs. being fully under.

Winterized

Just finished winterizing the boat - she will be put to bed for the long cold New England winter.  I look forward to Spring!  and getting back to the scene of my accident!  Yes - I will confront the dock and location where this happened - I am determined to have a great time upon my return.  Connecticut got hit pretty hard by the snowfall last week - still hundreds of thousands without power.  This time, along the coast, it was less of an issue - inland CT got hit hard.  Luckily, we kept our power - even though this time I was prepared.

Next week I have an appointment with my Surgeon - I guess I will get X rays - and then - maybe within the next couple of weeks I'll get the hardware out of my foot.  I am planning on keeping it - maybe even having it embedded into a square of acrylic - a trophy of sorts LOL!

Feeling good these days my fellow Lisfrancers - Hope you all are doing well.

G

The "New" Normal

More of the same for me these days.  It seems I have hit a plateau in terms of my healing process.  My bad foot is still bigger than my good one - and may be so for life.  When I wake up in the am, my foot is stiff and sore, and I need to limp before it gets better.  During the day, my friends and family have noticed that I still have an ever so slight limp.  Really no swelling, and really no real pain.  Just loss of flexibility.  I continue to make progress in the Gym, but there are still a number of exercises I will not be able to do.  The slight limp has caused sporadic knee pain.    So for now, this is my new normal.  Considering the serious nature of my injury, if this is what I am left with, I am not too worried.  I can live with it.   I also am fairly sure that once my hardware is removed, I can look forward to increased flexibility, and hopefully some reduction in the size of my foot!  My guess is the hardware irritates the foot since they are foreign objects lodged into the bone and joint.  How could that *NOT* cause some discomfort?  When they tell you that this injury takes six months to a year for full healing - they mean it!