3 Weeks Down - 7 To Go

Had my 3 week check up this morning and everything seems to be going as planned. Cast was cut off and stitches taken out. I still have a bit of swelling on the right side of my foot, but overall the foot looked good and the wounds were healing well. I got a new orange cast put on and was sent on my way. My doc told me that I had 4 more weeks of the hard cast and the 3 weeks of a walking cast. Can't wait until that day, which just happens to be Valentine's Day. Now if I only had a nice, beautiful young lady to spend it with. It will probably save me $100 bucks if I don't though.

WAY TO GO PACKERS!!!

That game was sweet and really surprised the hell out of me. I really thought it was going to be a much closer game and come down to the last possession again. I am very glad that it didn't. First game in a while that I could just enjoy watching and not be on the edge of my seat the whole time. Hopefully we can have two more repeats of that. I would really like to see them whip the Bears and then unload on the Jets in the Superbowl. Yeah I said the Jets. I can't stand Rex Ryan and would love to see him make it all the way, just to be spanked and humiliated. Humiliated more than when everyone found out that feet get him going just as much as football. I wonder if all the guys wear their cleats into the showers. I hate the Patriots, but Wes Welker's comments were outstanding!! "He's got great feet too." Bahhhh Hahhh Hahhhh!

So my new favorite Facebook app is the Dog Facebook app. What a great idea! I'm sure I will get bored with it in a few days, but I think it's hilarious. You gotta check it out.

I finally took some good pictures and video of my foot when my cast was off. Video was in HD, but I had to convert it to a lower quality to be able to upload it. They are a little bit gruesome, but not terrible. Please look at your own risk. LOL. Also, my mom sewed me a cool Packers cast toe cover.

"Justified" is Awesome!!!

So once again it is 3 am, but I'm not awake this time because of pain. No, this morning I am up because I just watched the first 7 episodes of the original TV series "Justified." I downloaded season 1 on Amazon as I noticed that season 2 is starting soon, and I also seem to have a lot of extra time on my hands at the moment. I am so glad I did. This is by far the greatest TV show I have seen ever. This is the first series where I actually want to see the next episode. I still have 6 more to go to finish season 1, but I figure I have some more time tomorrow.

Now on to my foot. Still have some pain and it sure feels like my cast is too loose, but my parents insist that it is fine. I am just afraid that I may move around too much while sleeping and bend or turn it the wrong way. I have never had a cast before so I'm not certain how it's supposed to fit. Moved to the basement tonight, to a much more comfortable bed and a bigger and cooler room. The other bed I was on has to be a firm mattress and I just didn't sleep well in it. Not to mention my mother was sleeping on the couch, so now she can at least have a bed.

Well, time for bed now. Kind of a short post, but I was completely enthralled in Justified. Hopefully have some more to write tomorrow.

1 Week Down

Well it's finally one week down and only 11 more to go, at least till I can start trying to walk normally. I've lived by myself for over a year now and I realize again why I moved out when I was living with someone last time. No privacy at all. Not really anyone's fault, but not being able to just be on my own and do my own thing is getting old. I love driving and I won't be able to do that for a while either, but all in all I am very thankful for the help and everything seems to be going as well as it could. I went to the doctor today for my first follow-up, which turned out great. Silly me forgot to bring my phone along so I could take some wonderfully gross pictures of the stitched incisions on my foot and leg. They were pretty nasty looking and there was still a bit of swelling, but I was told that it looked pretty good. The nurse was gorgeous, but of course married or engaged. Just more delay to my dream of marrying a beautiful and successful woman. LOL. I should probably work on getting handsome and successful myself first. And that's really what getting my foot done was all about. I wanted to be aesthetically pleasing to a potential mate. Totally kidding, but it sure can't hurt. So anyways, I forgot to get the printouts of my x-rays, which looked pretty awesome, so I will have quite a few pictures to post after my next appointment on the 17th. Also, I got a hard cast put on today, which I got in green for the Packers playoff run and so that my niece could draw all over it like I promised.

I did find out some seemingly very good news today. The doctor told me that I only needed to be completely zero weight bearing for another 6 weeks, and then it sounds like I will be able to slowly start putting weight back on my foot. That is far less than the 13 weeks I was expecting. Hoping everything heals well and that actually works out. Also, no pain pills today and only took 3 Tylenol tonight, but that was mostly for my headache.

Today I taught my Dad and Mom how to use Skype video chat. It only took 4 hours and lots of flow charts, but we finally made it through. Not sure what it is about most people over 50 and technology, but it's like they are completely incompatible. Sort of like Mac and PC used to be.