progress 07-29-09

66 days out from surgery and i am walking-no walking cast (but heels on both feet are sore..especially left heel) or crutches!

Physical therapy is going well. this morning was the first morning back on a bike. the leg was feeling a whole lot like jello this morning while peddling the stationary bike. working on strength of pretty much every muscle from my hip down.

not as frustrated as i was a month ago, but i am still anxious to get back out on the dirt. good thing it is the hottest day in recorded oregon history...supposed to be 108. if the ac in the house won't cool below 80...it's hot outside! Let's go to vegas for a cool down eh?

the battle continues

well, it has been 58 days since the snapped achilles tendon. I am frustrated, bored, tired of staring at my computer screen.....

the first picture is from about a week after the surgery. I went in to be charged another $500 and get a new cast after the first one was filled with post surgery ooze. The second picture is of my ankle about two minutes ago. still a scar, but not much swelling and not quite as frankenstein looking as the first one.

I am making progres....slow progress...but progress. I am regaining flexibility in the ankle, the achilles is firming up and most swelling is gone.

Enough about my leg...I have been able to get out to a few mountain bike related events. The first I went to recent was the Black Rock Demo Day. Just about every bike company that makes a burly bike was there: Felt, Diamond Back, Kona, Evil, Norco...the only guys that were not there was Transition. I thought that was kind of a lame move on their part! There are so many transition riders in the area....just seems like they do not care about the local market??? Maybe I am wrong.

I am a bit bummed that Raul and his buddies from Venezuela are on their way to Whistler as I type. I was supposed to go on the trip, but due to my leg and no money....I sit here typing.

Physical therapy is going well. I have another appointment tomorrow morning and I am excited to go and work this thing out. I wish they had a machine that they could hook up to my leg and make it back how it was before I tried to snap it in half!

I am looking forward to the day I post my first post surgery jump picture!!!!