All of my staples are out now, not too painful. The staple removing tool was like a flat version of the legendary BT No. 81 long nose pliers, although I doubt that a Telephone Engineer ever had his tools sterilised!
I’m back to see the Consultant in five weeks, no obvious complications at this stage. As of today, I’m also going to be able to have a proper bath or shower, albeit very gingerly. I’ve had both with the aid of a limb cast cover fitted with a large “O” Ring, a device known as a LimbO that I bought online. However, my right leg still has an orange tinge from the iodine used in surgery (as well as looking rather battle scarred.)
It seems that the one thing I won’t be able to do until late in my recovery is to return behind the wheel- having to do an emergency stop would be very dangerous.
Good to hear you’re making progress, although if it’s all the same with you I’ll push the image of you getting into a bath towards the back of my mind…
Comment by Womble On Tour — January 26, 2008 @ 11:17 am
Damn and Blast. That is tomorrow’s post pulled…
;->
Comment by Shades — January 26, 2008 @ 11:55 am
Sometimes the medical profession can be surprisingly agricultural… an ex of mine had to have an operation to get her legs the same length after a horse related mishap. There were pliers involved in that process as well.
Comment by Fleet of Worlds — January 26, 2008 @ 8:07 pm