Nearly 10 weeks post-op

It's been almost 10 weeks since the operation, and I am almost pain-free! My ankle aches after a long day and still swells to cankle-like proportions if I've walked more than 7 km or done too much standing up. However, it's just so much better than I could have imagined 3 weeks ago!
My leg is gaining strength and is almost back to its sturdy self. According to my pedometer I manage about 5 km a day on average, so although I'm far from back to my normal day's activity, it's not too shabby at all.
The only things are can't do are yoga and walking on sand. I'm missing both of these activities A LOT, but must be patient. After the 6 week post-op check, I'm hoping to be able to go back to my yoga practice. This has been my longest break from yoga ever since I started 14 years ago. Even after having my children I only took a week off!
I've been doing some very simple poses and breathing exercises to keep things ticking along, but the very limited range of movement in my ankle and foot makes my usual advanced practice look like a very long way off.... I can wait, but I really miss inversions and balances.....

Pilates is good, but it doesn't bring me the clarity and calm that yoga does.
I'm sure I can wait another couple of weeks.
I'm also longing to do a really long beach walk....

Day 8 of walking

It's been a week since I started walking again without the boot. I've followed my surgeon's orders and started off using crutches, gradually moving to one then no crutch.

It's been an incredibly hard week, but I am so impressed with the progress I've made.

Day 1 - 2 I hobbled around painfully with a lot of nerve pain and very little stability in my left ankle. I managed to walk about .4 km very slowly with my crutches.

Day 3 - 4 I got rid of one crutch and walked about .5 - .6 km. It was painful and slow. My foot is still very swollen, so my running shoe feels very tight and uncomfy. I realised I could remove the inner sole, so giving me another cm or so of depth for my foot.
This made a huge difference!

Day 5 I walked to the bus stop, got the bus to work, walked from the bus stop to my office, went out for lunch and then returned home the same way WITHOUT my crutch! I walked a total of 1.4 km!

Day 6 Walked 3.2km: Went to work, walked across a bit of campus to a meeting. Walked home, went to hairdressers, walked home!

Day 7 walked 3.6km: took kids swimming, walked up to the shops, walked home, walked to friends' house for dinner.

Day 8 walked 4.7km: Sunday meander to he local Chinese restaurant to meet friends, to park for a play, to parents' house, to friends' house, to book shop and back home. Yay me!
I'm still walking quite slowly with a slight limp, but things are improving so much more quickly than I expected. It's such a great feeling to be mobile again.
My foot is very swollen after today's exploits, but I'm icing it and raising it and it will be fine soon.


The next hurdle will be to get the swelling down so that I can wear normal shoes.