This week is (almost) six months since my injury. My progress so far has been good: I can jog, I can walk and be on my feel for long periods of time and I can do stairs with relative ease but I cant take them two at a time yet. I've been in physiotherapy for almost three months, but in the last few weeks, I've begun to feel like I've hit a plateau in my recovery. And I'm still dealing with daily pain.
On Monday, I had a check up with my orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Steeves. They took x-rays and he has decided to operate again. He wants to remove the metal in an effort to alleviate pain and increase mobility. He also wants to put in a suture between my tibia and fibula, since they are misaligned by about a millimeter. It doesn't sound like a big adjustment, but its enough to cause problems. He also want to remove some scar tissue.
Ideally, they want to do the surgery a couple weeks from now, but I'm a full time college student. I don't have the ability to take a couple weeks off. So I'm holding off on the surgery until December.
In the mean time, COLLEGE!! I'm a full time Design Studies student. I'm loving the program and the courses and my classmates. Its only week three, but I'm thriving. The work is hard, but not overwhelming. Its stressful enough to keep me on my toes, but not too stressful that I can't take it.
This month, I became an aunt!! My sister had a beautiful baby girl named Raina. She's so adorable!!!
That's pretty much all the updates on life I have for now. Until next time!
-Julie
