tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521063874597150593.post3792686126904407789..comments2023-11-02T05:39:21.134-06:00Comments on Footnotes: My LisFranc Injury and the Road to Recovery: Storm's Comin'CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192080151319784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521063874597150593.post-24671519768037595112016-06-23T08:11:44.355-06:002016-06-23T08:11:44.355-06:00Good luck on the hardware removal, Amanda! I can&...Good luck on the hardware removal, Amanda! I can't believe they wouldn't sedate you or even numb the area... I'll be sending positive thoughts you way on the 29th!<br /><br />And, oh please, I can't tell you how much and how often I have cried over the course of the year. Over little things. I spent about 5 weeks deeply depressed and unwanting and unwilling to go anywhere or do anything. I still have crying fits! I swear I wasn't like this before the injury!CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192080151319784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521063874597150593.post-11004390002339969962016-06-21T20:31:08.661-06:002016-06-21T20:31:08.661-06:00CC thanks for the reply it actually made me cry a ...CC thanks for the reply it actually made me cry a little. Don't worry not you I happen to cry alot another of the "moods". By the way my name is Amanda. As of right now I can't do much as I still have pins sticking out the side of my foot. The good news is they have received their official eviction notice and will be removed on June 29th. So please keep me on mind as they will be pulled out with no sedation, anesthetic, or pain meds. I will be sure to keep you updated. DixieMedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474500671554956280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521063874597150593.post-12788908809368815532016-06-21T11:34:39.770-06:002016-06-21T11:34:39.770-06:00Thank you so much for reading! I'm "happ...Thank you so much for reading! I'm "happy" you can relate - but that's not the right word either. <br /><br />Sounds like your injury was a dousy.. I am so sorry that happened to you. I always think that things could have been so much worse. At least your wreck wasn't worse and you lived to tell the story!<br /><br />The worst part of the injury for me (and I think it's the case with most people) is the mental aspect. Getting through those first few months after surgery are rough, and it seems like it is taking forever. But, you are stronger than you know and it will soon be just a memory.<br /><br />Do everything your Dr. says...and start PT as soon as possible! :)<br /><br />Good luck and keep healing! And please keep in touch to let me/us know how your recovery is going. I would love that!CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192080151319784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521063874597150593.post-44933974443011819562016-06-21T11:28:57.239-06:002016-06-21T11:28:57.239-06:00Thank you Karen! 1 year today for you! I am thin...Thank you Karen! 1 year today for you! I am thinking of you.<br /><br />And yep.. I've learned to love my "new foot"...it's not where my old one was, but I'll gladly take it.<br /><br />You are lucky, but more importantly you are strong! Keep on healing. Thanks for reading my thoughts!CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192080151319784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521063874597150593.post-12768003823184865512016-06-20T13:58:03.915-06:002016-06-20T13:58:03.915-06:00Hi CC. So I have just very recently found your bl...Hi CC. So I have just very recently found your blog and I must tell you that I have laughed, I have cried, and I can relate to so much and in so many ways. It was well I don't really know if nice is the right word exactly but how about relieving to know that there was someone else who knew what I was going through. I am now 3 - 1/2 months post injury and also post surgery. I did get mine differently. On April 1, 2016 I was in a car wreck (urgh long story anyway) and literally stood on my brake pedal to hard. My car my brand new baby with less than 4000 miles on her took the wreck better than my foot did. I ended up having to go to a trauma center for surgical repair. I had a lisfranc fracture with associated lateral displacement of the second through fourth metatarsals and accompanying comminuted fracture of the cuboid, intermediate cuneiform and lateral cuneiform with a displaced fracture at the base of the first proximal phalanx (my big toe). Along with tearing all the tendons and ligaments in my foot. While I am not so much of a fitness/gym buff (I wish I were) I am a workaholic who is (or was) always on the go. I am paramedic who works 2 full time jobs. (I know I know a paramedic injured in a car wreck almost an oxymoron.) So the recovery time is killing me. I want to say thank you so much for writing this blog it has helped me get through so of my "moods". Oh the things we could talk about. I look forward to hearing more from you and maybe getting to talk to you some (I would love that as I am bored out of my mind right now, lol.) Anyway good luck on the 27th I will send good thoughts your way and will be looking forward to reading more.DixieMedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474500671554956280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521063874597150593.post-66727376852191505732016-06-16T13:29:44.563-06:002016-06-16T13:29:44.563-06:00Hi CC,
I feel for you. As a younger person you rig...Hi CC,<br />I feel for you. As a younger person you rightly have higher expectations than me. My anniversary of injury is 21st June 2015. I can now walk and swim and am so grateful given what others on face book suffer following the injury. I am on holiday in Shetland (north of Scotand) and have been able to do real walks. The only thing I can't do easily is steep downhill so use a walking pole.<br /><br />Anniversary - not logical to celebrate but share grief for what might have been. Goodbye old foot, hello new foot. I feel grateful to my new foot. I remember the horror when I read the LF facebook page and some people were not walking 2 years later. I therefore think I am lucky. Think of me on 21st and I will send you wishes from the other side of the world on 27th June. Good luck and thank you for writing. Warm wishes <br />KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com