Hardware removal scheduled
I am now 16 weeks post-op, and my hardware removal is scheduled for this Friday.
I’m still doing PT twice a week, slowly but surely improving. Still limping when I don’t think hard enough about using my foot correctly. Working on building back foot strength but also hip and ankle. But it’s been so nice being able to walk without the boot. I’ve just started taking the dog for walks, feeling steady enough on my feet to handle a 70-pound golden doodle who doesn’t have great leash manners (or any manners, as evidenced by him being in my lap, that’s the cream fluff in the photo.)
I know the hardware needs to come out to finish the process but ugh, going back under the knife again, I hate it. Doc says it’s quick and easy and won’t be the ordeal it was to put it in and I’ll leave in a boot. I told him I have concert tickets for the next evening and asked if I could still go. He said “Can you go in a boot?” I said yes, it’s a seated event. “Then you’ll be fine.” Will I though? I’m not sure I trust it.
How were y’all with your hardware removal?