I had my first outing today. My mom took me grocery shopping and then we went to lunch. I thought it would be more exhausting, but I was fine when we were out. Now I just want to take a nap. I managed to handle loading the knee walker into the car without using my foot. That was interesting, but went well.
I also took the dogs out for about 20 minutes. We went down our private road, about 1/10 of a mile. The All Terrain knee walker worked well for that. I like the private road because there is no need for a leash. We have big dogs and using a leash could be dangerous. I might, later, take them one at a time out on the road, but there are no sidewalks and the idea scares me a bit because people are so distracted while driving. Even when I walk them with my own two feet, I assume no one can see me. At least then, I can step off the road. There are many places where I would not be able to "step" off while using a knee walker.
The pain meds are now down to one every 8 hours. I say that, but I need to remember I always take a prescription NSAID for back and arthritis pain, so the foot pain would probably be worse without the NSAID.
Off to nap.
Pain about .5, swelling 2
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