Ok so a week ago Wednesday I had my 1 week followup with Dr. Schneider. She took off the splint. My foot and ankle had two incisions (I think) on either side of the ankle. Perhaps another one for the camera. This one I think was just a small incision. I will confirm this when the cast comes off. So once the splint was off the next order of business was to remove the stitches. This was painless and without issue. Now it was time to say good bye to my ankle and lower left leg for the next 3 weeks. Yes thats right. I will get to that in a moment. Dr. Schneider then proceeded to cast my leg from the knee down. Once the cast started to harden it was off for some x rays. Below you will find my actual xrays from injured ankle through to post surgical ankle with two syndesmotic screws. So now back to my next appointment to see Dr. Schneider. It is scheduled for Friday Feb 5. I softly asked the Doc if that meant the cast was coming off. She tentatively said she might put me in an air cast. Man would that be awesome as the cast is sucking big time. The only blessing is the kneeling scooter I picked up from my buddy Lenny who owns All Pro Medical in Plainview.
Also, another fun fact just saw Dr. Hershman on TV at the Jet game. Dr. Hershman is my knee orthpedist since Dr. Gazaniga left NY.
More to report come Feb 5.
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