My Air Cast Walker experience

Last September 26,2010, I slid off  in the floor of our bath room in the Master's bed room. The accidental fall left me with a fractured bone in my left foot metatarsal as shown in the X-ray results. My son immediately brought me to the Manila Doctors Hospital emergency room. They temporarily cast  my injured foot and was referred for further evaluation to an Orthopedic surgeon who is available the following day, as it happened on a Sunday.

All the while, I was worried because I can not imagine myself walking on crutches, not only because it is inconvenient but because I am afraid of losing balance  with the heavy cast on one foot. Besides, no one is available to help me around because my son is busy with school and hubby is onboard. 

When we consulted Dr. Bautista, an Orthopedic Surgeon at Manila Doctors Hospital,  I was given the option to go on surgery or to try healing it with-out surgical intervention using an FP Air Cast Walker. 

As explained, by using the Air Cast Walker, I can walk unaided, with lesser hassles to my son who is very, very busy with his thesis in school being a graduating student.  So, we opted to choose the use of an Air cast Walker. Upon knowing of the accidental fall, hubby  planned to take an emergency leave, but I told him that we will try to observe it first, how far we can handle the situation.

The situation was appeased using the Air Cast Walker. I survived the healing ordeal of a  fractured bone for 10 weeks using the later.  During my recuperating days, I was so glad that my former work mates in Iligan visited to check how I was doing. Indeed, I was touched by their gesture of concern and thoughtfulness. As the lyrics of the song goes.. "that's what friends are for...in good times and bad times...."
 It was good enough that they saw me at a time when I can already manage living  and walking with my new accessory. We had  seven hours of chika (storytelling) marathon, bonding just like the way we were.

With  Visiting Friends (Mila and Agnes)  

The whole experience has given me, a taste of what a disabled life is. Some perks of which are: 1.) the use of the disabled parking at the mall. Yes, I can still manage to drive because the car is on Automatic transmission and the injured foot was the left one. 2.) Be among the first to board the aircraft on a wheel chair  on my way to Cebu for my parents Golden Wedding Anniversary last October 30, 2010. My Doctor allowed me to take the Air Cast Off for three(3) hours, with a double dose of pain reliever, and most of all to wear flat shoes only. 

To date, my injured foot is back to its original size (no more swelling), but I can still feel the pain, especially during cold weather, when lifting heavy loads and doing high impact activities. Thank God for helping me out, to make it through. Thank You Earl for patiently taking care of me...and to hubby, am sorry for making you worry. How to lose the 15lbs weight gained during the healing weeks with-out medical interventions?  That will be another challenge to brace with, given the holiday season and the limitations of the body metabolism  of a soon to be golden girl.