I went to the gym this morning, ny foot has been okish and the swelling had gone down after resting it for a few days.
I decided to do a run and managed about 20 minutes before the pain started again. I got pestered by 'M' to get it looked at before it kept me out of the gym indefinitely. Grace had a clinic appointment today so I decided to go to Casualty aftewards.
We went out for lunch with Marks parents as its our wedding anniversary on Saturday but we will be going away and they won't see us. During lunch I could feel my foot getting bigger and bigger until I couldn't put my shoe on and went back to limping on my heel. So Mark said get that foot sorted out before we go on holiday because you won't be able to walk!
Grace sats were up to 93% and her lung function had gone from 35% to 54% so there was a definite improvement, but not quite enough for the Dr's to be happy. She has to stay on cipro now for the next 5 weeks, when they will see her in clinic again. During this time we need to make an appointment to see Dr S to arrange a bronchoscopy. So a good and bad clinic really.
After clinic we went straight to A & E, I went to the triage room and the nurse said she would arrange for an xray. Two hours later I was called through to a cubicle and sat there for another 40 minutes or so and then a Dr came to look at me and said, get this, " I think you have a marsh fracture, can you go to xray" so I walked all the way to xray and back, even though I have been doing it for 2 weeks, but I'm not an expert. Anyway the upshot of it is that I now am on crutches and have a plaster cast up to my knee and an injury that David Beckham would be proud of.
Mark is not happy because we are going on holiday on Saturday and I have to go on crutches and it could have almost been resolved by now had I gone earlier, but I would never have imagined that you could walk with a fracture!
I have to go to fracture clinic on Thursday morning to have another cast as this one is temporary and then to determine how long I will be off my feet..... but how long til I can run again?
I arrived home at 9.pm and I have made myself a cup of tea, but once I got to the end of the kitchen work top, I had to leave it there as I couldn't get any further without my crutches.... I have to pluck up courage now to get Mark to bring through to the living room. Oooh he's cross with me. Pictures to follow....
About Me
- Gilly
- I am a parent of a child with Cystic Fibrosis. I don't go to work anymore. I was an administrator for many years but now feel I want to spend my time caring for my daughter. I have raised money for the cystic fibrosis trust through lots of channels from baking cakes to running the Hydro Active Challenge, and will continue to raise money and awareness as long as I can.
3 comments:
I hope you still manage to enjoy your holiday despite being on crutches! I also hope you don't have to be on the crutches to long!!
It's good to read that Grace's lung function has gone up from her ivs-it sounds like a good improvement.
Awww nooooo Gilly, poor you!
Tell Mark he's naughty and should be piling on the TLC, ok he does have a point but...but...but we women must stick together. Did he bring you the tea?
Good news about Grace's lung function, plenty of sun and exercise is bound to help her too, however the exercise bit will have to be left to Mark, while you work your way through 20 books on a sunbed with much baileys on ice.
Loadsa love
Sue x
P.S. It was a fab day today with Elaine, I'll tell her you were asking about her when I text later.
Thanks guys! Been to fracture clinic today and they took pity on me and took the cast off so that I can still swim, but have to keep using the crutches.
They said it will take another 6-8 weeks to heal but I can start running again in 2-3 weeks time if I don't find it painful and take it slowly Yay!
Grace is a bit pooped today but I think its just because the high steroid dose has stopped and she is having to manage her own energy.
Gilly xx
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