News Flash: The wait for weight is over!

I interrupt this retrospective narrative for some current news: the wait for weight-bearing is over. My doctor took an xray today and cleared me to put weight on my leg. Just a week shy of four months after my injury I can finally put my foot on the ground for real! Of course this is no simple task. I have to rebuild my muscles and learn to trust my leg. My foot is not yet flat and I cannot straighten my leg beyond 15 degrees, so my walk is more of a stoop-shimmy. But at least I am putting the foot down and hopefully in 4-6 weeks I will be walking without crutches. There is still a long road ahead of me but today marks a major milestone. And yet with each step forward comes a small step backward. My flexion is topping out at 110 so I will need another scope and manipulation next week to force me to 125-130 degrees. I am not looking forward to more surgery but at least it will improve my flexibility by cutting my knee loose from the scar tissue that is keeping it from topping 110 degrees. Also, in the xray my fibula does not appear to be healing much at all, something my doctor called “a cause for concern.” I suppose that could mean another surgery to reset the fibula but I sure hope not! For now I will just put my foot on the ground and work for the best.