Day Two Hundred and Fifty Seven

I was going to write about cleaning the house today and the extreme amount of dog hair everywhere until I was trying to open a window and the glass shattered and I fell through it!

It freaked me out because one of the pieces went pretty deep into my wrist. Luckily Diana was home and I was able to go over there and she helped me bandage it up.

Lucky for me that for some reason my body is pretty strong and I didn't bleed too much even though it was right on the vein and pretty deep. Though I do think I freaked Diana out a bit when I came up to her backdoor with blood streaming down my arms. But maybe she is used to my accidents by now!

I have a bunch of other cuts all over my other arm too. And now instead of fresh air through the window I have a big ol' piece of cardboard and duck tape covering it. Ahhhh.. I have the strangest luck.

Day One Hundred and Eighty Three

OMG. Sometimes I think I shouldn't even leave the house. As I was walking outside to take Riley for a walk I misstepped on a stepping stone outside my door and twisted my ankle! It freaked me out because I imagined it breaking!

I hobbled inside and got some ice to put on it when I started to feel dizzy, nauseas, and clammy. I realized that I was so freaked out that I was going into shock. I hurried and put the ice on it and then laid down and propped up my feet. That helped tons, I am glad I was thinking clearly!

As you can see from the pic my ankle is swollen, but hopefully putting ice on it right away helped and it won't be too stiff tomorrow.

Sheesh, I swear I can't get a break in my quest to get healthy. At least I am back to recording my food and I can at least control that.

Day One Hundred and Fifty Eight

Went to the gym and then the doctors today. I saw the PA and he said basically I can start doing whatever I want and to just know my limits and don't push too fast or hard too soon. Good News! :) So when I got home I slipped on my skates and skated in my kitchen a little bit. I think I want to get my muscles even stronger and lose more weight before I start skating regularly. I don't want any more injuries!

Day One Hundred and Forty Seven

Today my day consisted of:

• Wake up and hobble out of bed
• Stretch my legs and back out
• Ice back for 20 min and then put heating pad on back for 20 min.
• Work on computer for a couple hours
• Stretch my legs and back out
• Take Riley for a mile walk
• Ice back for 20 min, put heating pad on back for 20 min.
• Take pain med and muscle relaxer
• Work on computer for a couple hours
• Take a nap
• Stretch my legs and back out
• Take Riley for a mile walk
• Ice back for 20 minutes and then put heating pad on back for 20 min.

I am sure my night will consist of waking up a couple hours after I fall asleep and taking a hot bath, taking a pain med and a muscle relaxer and icing my back.

I went to my GP yesterday and he said that most likely I am having lower back pain because of my gait being off when I was wearing the boot. He called it "mechanical low back pain". Grrr.. it is driving me crazy but I am going to keep taking walks and stretching and heating and icing. Hopefully it will be resolved soon!

On a positive note, my leg is feeling fine and healing nicely!

Day One Hundred and Thirty

I had my three month check-up today and it was a good one! My doctor was very happy with my progress and my gait. I barely limped once I remembered how to walk on both feet again. At first I was on my tippy toes and he had to remind me to roll from heel to toe. He also said I can start wearing a shoes on both feet but not to push it and just do it for small periods of time. I can still use my boot as needed; like for long times on my feet, etc.

He also said to start real slow on the cardio. Like 10-15 min a day to start. That I can do since I found walking freaking exhausts me fast! It is amazing how horribly out of shape you can become in three months!

My mom, sis, and I also started the CTFLC (Crack the Fat Loss Code) plan today, and I guess AJ is starting it with us too. We are organizing it via Google calendar and documents. I will write more about it later this week, since the first 72 hours will be the toughest!

Day One Hundred and Two

Busy day today! I had my two month check-up today for my leg and it was a good one! I ended up walking (yep, walking!) out of the office, on crutches, but with a huge ass smile on my face! The doc said I can start putting weight on my leg and gradually get to the point where I am walking with no boot and no crutches! I can't wait!

I also need to make an appointment with a Physical Therapist in the area and get started on that. I also should be able to drive real soon too!

My roller derby Peggy was the one to take me to my appointment and for her helpfulness while I have been injured I gave her a pair of homemade mittens and took her to lunch at Chipotle!

Going to lunch at Chipotle was also a great excuse to finally use my disabled placard. I found it very interesting that my placard ends with 666.

I have new X-rays of my breaks too and they are looking good. The doc was pretty darn impressed.

Day Seventy Four

I went to the doctors today for my four week checkup. He was very impressed with the flexibility in my ankle. As I was stretching it a lot I KNEW he would be! I even told Susie that he would be totally impressed! I got the X-rays of the break before the surgery and it was kind of cool seeing the broken bone in such detail. It is kind of scary seeing it too!

He did mention that there is a tiny piece of bone floating next to the break that they weren't able to include called a butterfly fragment or something like that. Supposedly it will fuse itself to the bone at sometime and won't just wander around my system all lost. He wanted to make it very clear he didn't just forget it. I told him I can see what an awesome job he did! 

The tech who did my X-rays was very chatty about derby. She had seen a Rat City bout last year and wants to take some friends to see it this year. She said she had been a figure skater for many, many years and I told her to go try it herself! I told her about PFM and how it is a practice place and not a lot of contact unless you want to. She was around 50ish and said she was too old. I told her you are never too old for derby! My doctor said he saw a Roller Derby movie a few weeks back and wondered if Roller Derby was anything like it was in the movie. I told him it was EXACTLY like that! :)

I don't have another appointment for four more weeks. FOUR more weeks with no weight bearing! OMG.. this four weeks felt like forever.. I can't even imagine what four more will feel like! And he I can probably drive my car (a manual) after about 8-10 weeks, but I can't wear my boot when I do because that is against the law. I am starting to worry a little because my job ends soon and then I don't know what I can do about medical coverage for the PT appointments. I guess I can do COBRA, but that costs money!

Day Sixty

I went to the doctors today and they removed the splint and took a look at how I was healing. The doctor was super pleased at how well and how fast I was healing!



He had the nurse remove the stiches and staples and said I had a choice of a cast or a boot. The cast was good because it had protection and kept your foot in the position it needed to be in to heal. But the boot is good because you can remove it to take a shower and do foot exercises.


Though I was tempted to choose the cast for the stability, the thought of being able to take a shower without my leg hanging over the edge of the tub and being able to start exercising my foot for faster healing was a lot more tempting. Not to mention being able to remove the boot when it just got so freaking frustrating to wear it!

So..... I choose das boot! I just need one for the other leg and I would look like I just stepped out of a science fiction movie or videogame!



The doc (Dr. Berkowitz) also showed me Xrays of the before and after. I got a copy of the after with the plates and screws in my legs, I need to get a copy of the before with the pretty freaking cool shot of the fractures and breaks. I look at it and think, how the sam hill did I do that!

Also the doc said that it looks like I should be able to start putting weight on it in about four weeks! That's two weeks sooner then expected and what the normal healing time is. I must have super healing powers! I knew quitting smoking, quitting drinking, and eating healthy and exercising would come in handy. I am glad I put it all to the test eight months ago! Yay for getting healthy and super healing!

Day Forty Six

I worked from home today and that worked out well since if I was feeling tired or groggy from the medication I could take a break and a short nap if needed and still get everything done that I need to. A lot of the day was spent getting used to not being able to do anything. I had a little spill last night when I slipped on some water, but I called the PA and he said I should be fine, to take another pain killer and just realize that it might take a little longer to heal and be a little more painful. OMG... eight weeks of this, at least! I am going to go crazy!

Riley went out with the dog walker but I guess she bit another dog so she has to take a break ffrom the pack for a little bit. I am sure Riley is all wound up and confused about what is going on and my emotions being all over the place probably knocks her for a loop.

My neighbor Diana stopped by today and brought my a print out I needed to fill out for liability at the derby practice area. She came by a bit later to pick up my mail that I needed sent off and brought me some chocolate. She also did my dishes and cleaned my kitchen for me!  How awesome is that!! But it's the little things that get me. Something as simple as mailing a letter I have to ask someone for help!

Oh! Another girl injured herself at derby practice last night and it turned out her ankle was broken; she had the same doctor and PA I did and said they were still talking about me last night and saying how hardcore my injuries were and what a bad ass I was since since I handled those hardcore injuries so well! That's because I am hardcore! I can't wait to heal and get back out there doing stuff!

Day Forty Four

Ick, not much to write about today. In lots of pain and it is almost 7PM and I finally get to leave the hospital around 8pm. They have given me lots of drugs including morphine but for some reason it isn't really touching the pain. The P.A. just said I will have some good days and some bad days. When I get back in my own home, and bed, with my own food I should start feeling better. This is going to be really tough trying to heal. I still have to figure out how to get to doctors appointments since I can't drive my stick shift! With a minimum of eight weeks of no weight bearing, I will have to rely on the kindness of friends. That will be tough.

Day Forty Three

Well I broke my leg pretty good! Both the tibia and fibula were completely broken and they had to put some titanium plates and pins in. It looks like I will be unable to put any weight on that leg at all for at least eight weeks.

So there go some of my plans, like the 5K I was supposed to do tomorrow and of course roller derby for a while. I will just have to redo my exercise plan and find some more upper body and core ones to focus on. Which is a good thing!

PFM has been super supportive and sent me flowers and offered to put their awesome fund raising skills together and have a trivia night or something to help offset the medical costs my insurance doesn't cover. HOW AWESOME! They are such a great group of women!

Ashley has been awesome and not only took me to the hospital, she went back later with a friend and got my car and took it home for me and picked up my computer, a book, and some glasses, AND brought me some Diet Dr. Pepper. Christa and Martina offered to help me out to go to the store etc. and Dana the dog walker did as well, and she is going to watch Riley for a few days. Drea offered to come by and visit and keep me company. And m mom kept me entertained on the phone and I plan to talk her ear off tons while I am recuperating!

I felt so lucky to realize that I do have a friend and support system here that I didn't really know I had. I have awesome friends and family! And to top it off, I have not missed a day of blogging yet, even though I broke my leg! :)

Day Forty Two

At hospital. Broke two bones in my leg. Getting ready for major orthopedic surgery in a couple hours. Will wriite more later.