F' foot surgery

[SolidSnake84]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Had foot surgery to repair a torn ligament and dislocation in my foot last Friday (it's called a lis franc dislocation).

Two screws and a cadaver ligament later - I've got a cast the size and weight of a cinderblock on my foot and it is staying there until next Wednesday. After that, I get a walking cast that I am not allowed to walk on for another 5 weeks. PLUS, since it's my right foot and I can't put weight on it, I can't drive until sometime in mid-April. Blechhhhh. Even after that, I have to wear the walking boot for another 5-6 weeks. Double blechh.

And finally, because misreading the medications (don't ask), I was without pain meds until Monday afternoon - I had the "make you drowsy" drugs, but not the "stop the pain meds". Made for an exciting weekend.

Dude I had the exact same injury last year at this time. It freaked me out because my wife and I had alredy paid for our vacation/trip for the summer and I was paranoid i physically wouldn't be ready to go by that time.

I was lucky and did not have to have surgery, but i was in the walking boot thing for 6 weeks. Wasn't able to start training again until 4 weeks after that...totally sucked. And yeah i was not SUPPOSED to drive, but i did, and my pickup had a 5 speed too. So good luck.