Broken Ankle Update

So I haven’t been doing much writing OR photography lately.  Having a broken ankle

really affects so many areas of one’s life.  In addition to being painful, limiting my mobility,  

affecting my emotions and putting a huge obstacle in my job hunting path, it has also 

seemed to dampen my creativity.

Here’s a short overview of my broken ankle so far:

Nov 22 - Fall on the street near my house due to snow and icy conditions. 6 PM

My daughter, Delaney, gets our neighbor to drive me to the hospital.  I am told I have 

dislocated my ankle and broken it in three places.  The orthopedic surgeon (who looks 

like Dr. Oz’s cuter, younger brother) tells me I need surgery which has been scheduled 

for the next day.  I’m worried about money (no insurance), my job interview next week, 

Delaney (18 and a bit shaken) and how the heck I will be able to function for the 

next few weeks.

Nov 23 - Surgery (see photo  here).  I love morphine.

Nov 25 - I get to leave the hospital.  I have a walker rather than crutches due to the huge 

amount of snow.  Very nervous about getting home but I make it ok.

Nov 26 - Delaney cooks her first Thanksgiving dinner and it turns out amazing!!  I am 

spending most of my time in bed with occasional trips to the bathroom.  

Dec 6 - Appointment with Doc goes well.  He says I am healing faster than anticipated given

 the complexity of my injury.  Cast removed, boot added.  It’s all still a little scary.  I have my 

next appointment in three weeks.  Doc asked me if I was able to work something out with 

the job interview and I am amazed that he remembered that.  What a nice guy.  (The job

 stared Dec 15th so I remain on the eligibility list but missed out this time).  

Today I did a bit of searching on the internet to see what others have experienced and 

found this site  and this one and here's one more .

They have different recovery experiences but all have one thing in common: it takes a long 

time.  I have been unemployed for almost six months now.  I really need to be able to

walk NOW.