this will slow me down a little....

[jhendr3702]

back to the doc today... xrays all look good...

he wants 4 more weeks in the boot.... i think i have a ride coming up before that.... we will see.. he was shocked how it was not swollen and back to the correct color and not much pain...

[stainlesscycle]

my doc said come back with your shoes in 2 weeks (aug. 27). i said, not coming back. cutting it off myself on aug. 23rd.. i have to rehab to race on sept. 5/12 (can skip these ones if it's not up to strength)/18/19/26 etc... unfortunately my 18/19 races are on a left kick bike, i hope that i'll have the ankle strength

i'm hoping 3 weeks without a cast will get my ankle back to strength (i'm gonna wear a wrap style brace for at least a month i think.) i know when it comes outta the cast i'll be on crutches again for a day or 2. then i'll street ride a left shift bike for a week or so to see how it feels..

[jhendr3702]

Originally Posted by stainlesscycle

my doc said come back with your shoes in 2 weeks (aug. 27). i said, not coming back. cutting it off myself on aug. 23rd.. i have to rehab to race on sept. 5/12 (can skip these ones if it's not up to strength)/18/19/26 etc... unfortunately my 18/19 races are on a left kick bike, i hope that i'll have the ankle strength

i'm hoping 3 weeks without a cast will get my ankle back to strength (i'm gonna wear a wrap style brace for at least a month i think.) i know when it comes outta the cast i'll be on crutches again for a day or 2. then i'll street ride a left shift bike for a week or so to see how it feels..

i am kinda figuring a couple of more weeks in the boot and i am done..
hope yours heals good also..

[stainlesscycle]

was yours fibula nondisplaced crack or break?

mine was nondisplaced fibula break. 5 weeks total cast time. i've seen others get about the same with a boot. i think the cast was better for pain elimination (pain went away in 3 days after the cast was put on..) - i did wait 2 days to get the ankle looked at originally - i couldn't bear the pain anymore..

[jhendr3702]

Originally Posted by stainlesscycle

was yours fibula nondisplaced crack or break?

mine was nondisplaced fibula break. 5 weeks total cast time. i've seen others get about the same with a boot. i think the cast was better for pain elimination (pain went away in 3 days after the cast was put on..) - i did wait 2 days to get the ankle looked at originally - i couldn't bear the pain anymore..

dont remember... saw the exray today and fibula was cracked at the bottom and shifted a little.. he said all the spacing looked good..
i broke it saturday about noon.. rode out.. loaded up.. came home.. unloaded (with help from the wife ) and put it on ice..
sunday am, i could put zero weight on it all, so went to the er and exrayed it..

[stainlesscycle]

i took my cast off today. put a wrap type brace on it, walking around gently. feels good to me..

[jhendr3702]

Originally Posted by stainlesscycle

i took my cast off today. put a wrap type brace on it, walking around gently. feels good to me..

sounds good... he set me an appt for sept 15... prolly wont need that..
it feels very good now, still in ortho boot... told the wife i was gonna start mowing and working around the house in my m/c boots.....

glad it is feeling better...

jay

[stainlesscycle]

i've been walking around in my street bike boots. much tighter around the ankles..

[jhendr3702]

Originally Posted by stainlesscycle

i've been walking around in my street bike boots. much tighter around the ankles..

momma wont let me have a street bike... broke my neck in 1995 c1-c2.. had to have it fused.. have VERY limited motion in it now... to ride a streeter, i think your head should turn all the way around...
I have 17 degrees one way and 22 the other... i actually agree with her on that one..
Now i am looking for a plate able dual sport for some TAT riding and she is ok with that..

[jhendr3702]

Originally Posted by stainlesscycle

so jhendr - did you end up with a cast on that leg? mines been on for 3 weeks. comes off in 1 more week. i've been walking on it with no crutches for 2 days now, slow, but mobile. it's amazing how limiting crutches are - you don't think about things like 'how can i carry this' until you are stuck with crutches. the walking part wasn't so bad - it's the having your hands on the crutches all the time that really gets ya.

so... stainless, have you tried to ride yet? went out saturday with a bud and his 6 yr old son... could barely shift it... raised the lever and it feels better..
no other problems, even thru whoops it felt ok...