So this topic has been on my mind to post about for sometime.

I’ve also not been coping to well with the idea and haven’t felt comfortable talking about it in any great detail.

At the moment I’m struggling to get around, to do so I’m using crutches.

Essentially I have a bone fragment floating around in my ankle, some cartilage damage and some other swelling and damaged tissue.

Surgery I’m told is going to be fairly straight forward ankle arthroscopy with a separate incision to remove the bone fragment.

It’s day surgery and full recovery time is around six weeks. I had initially thought that I would be walking freely straight after surgery, but this isn’t going to be the case. It will all come down to how I go, but essentially I will need to stay off the ankle for a couple of days post OP, then limit weight bearing if any for a few days and then be on crutches for about a week.

I really had hoped to get rid of the crutches, while they mean I can get around a bit easier having both your arms taken up with them makes shopping and general carry tasks very difficult. I’m very lucky that one of my sisters made a shoulder bag for me to use.

I’ve not had surgery before under a general anesthetic, the last surgery I had was under a local and I went into shock.

I met with my surgeon today to go through a list of concerns I had and even though he was running 35 minutes late to see me and I kept him longer than the scheduled time he was all too happy to answer in detail to my satisfaction every single question I asked.

I have complete confidence in this surgeon and while I’m still not exactly sure of what to exactly expect, I’ve been briefed the best and I’m in good hands.

Now I’m happy with where that is at, I’m now consolidating my approach and am focused on making sure I’m as fit and well as possible.

I have been in the pool three days in a row and even trained for an hour yesterday. Today was a rest day and it’s back to the gym pool tomorrow.

I’m not going to be cleared for the gym pool for at least two weeks post surgery, so I’m in the process of making contact with a rehab hydo pool near home which I hope to make use of. They work with a lot of workcover type and pre and post op patients, with a deeper pool then the gym and one kept at 34 degrees I expect it to be refreshing

So consolidation and pre surgery prep is where it’s at, I’m also looking forward to restocking the pantry and fridge with fresh fruit, veg and meat. I’ve let it slip and I’m not enjoying what I’m eating.