My_Foot

My Foot

2020-09-24

Wheelchairs don't come with cushions, so I
reached out to John at Discount Foam and
had him make me one. I also had him make
me a cushion for the amp board my dad is
making, as well as two smaller cushions to
use under my leg while sitting in a chair or
in the car. Can't beat the price.

I decided that I will need a walker in my life,
so I ordered the same brand and model that
I used in the hospital, as it was a bit wider
than the Red Cross loaner I had, and I found it
more stable. Guardian #MDS86410XW.
#MDS86410XWW if you want wheels on the front.

2020-09-22

Went to bed at 6am and got up at 11am. Better
than no sleep. Unfortunately, I had more blood
weeping through the bandage. My poor mom
spent the day cleaning the sheets.
I had an appointment to see Fraser Health for
my "every two day" bandage changing at 5pm,
so it worked out good. They cleaned things up,
and put some extra absorbant pads on, so
hopefully keepd any weeping at bay until I see my
surgeon on Thursday. I am hoping that this
doesn't delay him taking the stiches out.

2020-09-21

Had my first fall. Not sure what happened, but I
was in the bathroom, standing at the counter,
and the next thing I new I was falling to the right.
My stump hit the ground, then I was on my ass.
It hurt, but the good part was there was a stool
in the bathroom, and with it and the edge of the
bathtub, I was able to get onto my knees and
get back on my feet. I mean foot. LOL
Couldn't let this keep me down.

This was delivered to the house tonight, from
my landlord. So thoughtful.

Got this from my Aunt last week. Love it.>br>

10:50pm. Currently sitting in emergency at
Langley Hospital; been here since 9:30pm. The
bleeding inceased late in the evening, so didn't
want to take any chances. Hopefully when they
take a look it will be ok and they just need to
re bandage it. Fingers crossed.

5am and I am out of the hospital. Waited until
2:30 to get in, layed on a stretcher and had a
snooze until just after 4:30am. My fall stressed
one of the stitch areas a little bit, so they
cleaned it all up and I am as good as I was
before the fall.

My nurse offered to take some pictures for me.

This is the part the was weeping. I guess that
is where I hit when I fell.

2020-09-20

Been a long week, full of appointments, but had
a relaxing weekend. Overall I am feeling really
good. My energy is back to normal, but have to
remember that I am still healing and need to slow
it down for the next bit.

Went shopping today as the shorts I have been wearing
were way to big and baggy; shirts as well. It was
nice to be able to go to Marks for the first time
instead of Mr Big and Tall.

When I got home I took some measurements.....

2020-09-20
119.8 kg / 263.5 lb
Chest = 48"
Stomache = 52"
Waste = 42"

2019-12-19
152 kg / 335 lb
Chest = 52"
Stomache = 67"
Waste = 49"

And my A1C #'s.....

2020-07-13
A1C: 6.8

2020-03-27
A1C: 7.3

2019-12-19
A1C: 12.5

Not bad for just changing my diet.

One of my kitchen stools, modified (safely), so
I can bum scoot (safely) up the stairs. Also have
two grab handles at the top of the stairs. Video
to follow.

A few days ago I realized that the step counter
on my smartwatch counted my pushes of the
wheelchair as a step. After a day of going to
Home Healthcare, two trips to Mark's (new cloths),
and 20 minutes of doing laps in the garage, I
reached my daily goal of 2000 "wheelchair" steps.

2020-09-19

Fresh bandage. The wound is healing nicely. Good to see
I will have freckles on the bottom of the stump. LOL

The backside of my leg; they didn't clean up very well.

2020-09-17

Been meaning to weigh myself since being
released from the hospital. Finally remembered
this morning; a week before the amputation, I
weighed 281lbs, and today was 264lbs. 17lb difference
That's some great weight loss for two weeks. LOL

I have been losing around 2lbs a week, and not
sure how the hospital stay effected my weight
loss, but calculations tell me that my limb could
weigh as much as 15-17lbs

And when this foot issue started back in Dec 2019,
I weighed 335lb, so that is a 71lb loss all together.

2020-09-14

6am and another crappy sleep. The anticipation
of getting out of here didn't help.

My final hospital breakfast.

My final bandage change at the hospital.

Bye bye hospital.

The final challenge. This is why I had all that
stair training at the hospital.

My new home for the next few months. Just a
bit better than the hospital.

2020-09-13

Breakfast.

Now I wait for physio or the rebandage team to
arrive. Time to stretch the leg and kill sone time.

Bandage removed.

Wrapped back up. This now needs to be done daily.

Physio came by. Took me down to the test stairs
where I went up and down the regular stairs with
ease. I then said I wanted to try the stairs in the
stairwell. First was tough, second was easy, and
on the third, I didn't realize how tired I was and
needed help; went down them no problem. We
both agreed that I was tired, and it was seven
steps in total (I only have to get up three at home),
so I convinced them to let me rest, and after lunch
we can go back and do three steps in the stairwell
again. I know I can do it!

Lunch.

The head nurse came by and told me that she
is kicking me out of here tomorrow. Yay!

Took another trip to the stairwell. Went up and
down three steps. Struggled a bit, but was still
a bit fatigued from earlier. Felt good about it though.

My final hospital dinner.

My final hospital sunset.

Had a nice chat with one of my room nates.
Good conversation and killed some time.

2020-09-12

Another crappy sleep, so time to get up.

Yay, a real breakfast again.

Did more stair training; up four small stairs, down
three regular stairs. Short break, then up and down
three regular stairs. Good workout.

The small stairs have a 4" rise, and the regular
stairs have a 6" rise.

Lunch.

Got this from the diabetes doctor yesterday.

Hospital selfie.

Was told that tomorrow the bandage will be removed
for the first time. Hopefully all is well under there.

Dinner.

Tonight's smokey view.

2020-09-11

Good morning.

Had a crappy sleep. Fire alarms were going off for a few hours;
word was that somebody was smoking in the stairwell.

Bag breakfast; the elevators were down.

Had a poop and a pee, then put on some underwear.
Underwear have never felt so good.

Bag lunch; the elevators were still down.

Did some stair work; up four small steps and down three regular steps.

Got back to my room and spent an hour or so with a diabetes specialist. Learned a lot.

Got a new toy. And it has bluetooth!

Bag dinner. How hard is it to fix the fricking elevator?

Forgot I took this last week. Saw it in a
room in the hospital. What a name. LOL

2020-09-10

Breakfast.

Went to the bathroom to do my business, and
came back to fresh bed sheets, gown, and a bag
of antiseptic wipes. All clean now.

They then wheeled away the device for my
antibiotic drip, and told me I don't need it anymore.

Pick-line removed.

Ruh-roh. Buddy went for his hip surgery, had a bit
of a cough, so they did a covid swab and brought
him back. Test results pending.

His test came back negative, so he was wheeled back off to surgery.

Spent some time on the small stairs. Hopefully
tomorrow is the big boy stairs.