Scars

A little photo update of scars and PT:

This is the scar on the inside of my ankle. It's much smaller than the other and it's healing well. It's flat and getting pink as opposed to red, which is a good sign. You can see that there is still a decent amount of swelling in the ankle. You can also see a little of the discoloration between the scar and heel. It looks like a bruise, but it doesn't feel like a bruise. I'm not sure if it's going to go away.

This is the scar on the outside of my leg. It is very big. I can't see it very well so it's harder for me to do the odd massage thing that helps heal the scar. It's more red than the other, but it was also open wider than the other, so that contributes to the darker color. It's also not flat. The top is a bit bumpy and so is the bony knob, but the knob part is bumpy due to metal. You can see a bit of that in this photo- where there should be one bumpy bone-knob (that's a scientific term) it looks like there are two. In reality there is just an odd conglomeration of metal bumps that you can feel from the outside.

Here's a close-up of a suture that is coming to the surface. At first I thought it was an ingrown hair, but it's much darker and thicker than my leg hair (thank goodness!). I've been told to just let it work its way out. It looks nasty, but picking at it could cause infection. It's possible that some of the other bumps at the top of the scar are other internal sutures coming to the surface. I've been told that's okay and to let it happen, but it sounds so very wrong.

Here are some videos of PT:

This one is called a BAPS board. I do not know why. It makes you swivel your foot around.

This one is a deviously designed exercise. It's a folded pillowcase with a weight at one end. Apparently this weight is 3 pounds. I thought it was 30. The movement is a side-to-side motion using your foot/toes to pull the pillowcase and weight and then typewriter it back to the other side. It is hard.

Last but never least- Toe Teasers. It's an awkwardly sideways video, but you get the point. Pick up the small black foam tube with your monkey toes and place them in the basket. Try to ignore the time in the video when I clearly cheat by picking one up between my big toe and the one next to it instead of scrunched in my toes as is the point.