What joy! Wonderful! Brilliant! Fantastic! It's gone! That damn cast... gone forever; hopefully!
Things to do when a cast is removed:
1) Have a good scratch
2) Have a 30 minute shower
3) Compare limbs and wonder where the leg muscles went
4) Go for a walk to see if it hurts
Things not to do when a cast is removed:
1) Scratch too hard
2) Get in the shower before figuring out a way of getting out of it again
3) Worry about how to get the muscles back
4) Walk too far - 'cos it will inevitably hurt
Unbelievably, no supporting bandages and no physio required. In actual fact, I quite happy to complete the rest of the recovery process myself.
Today part of this recovery process involved a 40 minute walk in my new North Face Cedar Ridge hiking boots; a surprise Christmas gift from Mrs P. ("You won't slip down ditches with those on," said Mrs P on Christmas day. "The man in the shop said so. He also said they are the best ankle supporting boots on the market.") I also got 2 pairs of Brasher 4000 hiking socks and a set of thermals.
The boots certainly did support the ankle extremely well, although I didn't try the ditch for obvious reasons. Although walking stiffly, I felt little or no discomfort. I was also ably assisted by Ashley's (naturalbushcraft) fantastic gift of a Polecat walking pole kindly donated by him during my darkest hours.
So, I hereby declare I'm fit enough for the first meet of the year; a 3 day meet this weekend down at Mark's wood. Temperature is expected to be -2C. A good chance to test out my new Alpkit 800 down bag and those Christmas thermals.
Happy New Year to everyone for Thursday.
Pablo.
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