crushing blow

It is particularly crushing because the Physical Therapist said I am doing really well with my range of motion and the x-ray tech said that now, you can't even tell from my gait that I have a boot on (which one of my co-workers also pointed out yesterday). So, I came in to the office expecting to get an order to start wearing my gym shoe a little longer each day. And while the doctor actually said that I'm healing normally, and exactly as he expected I should be, he wants me to "keep doing the exact same thing for the next THREE. WEEKS."

This is seriously driving me insane. I know I could just say "screw it" and do what I want to do, but I am actually quite nervous about breaking it again at this point. So I'd rather play it safe, but I am so ready to start wearing a regular shoe again and just be able to walk normally. Particularly when I'm on my feet a lot, my back starts to hurt because the left foot is higher than the right foot, so I get out of alignment and then I have a backache on the right side of my body.

I have a picture of my x-ray from yesterday. You can see that I really did break that mutha.


I know there are tons of things I can find to do while resting, but it's hard to find stuff to do while my leg is resting and elevated. And keeping it elevated is what's keeping it from swelling. So, yeah, by the time I get done with this whole ordeal, I am going to be quite the couch potatoe.