I was CAST today!  

Wow, it sounds like you've had some rough experiences with casts, Modestah! It sounds very uncomfortable for you :(. I think you do have a point about being grateful it's not hot weather, though.

I've not yet had the pleasure of a cast.

Ouch! I hope you feel better soon. Can be the first one from Mylot to sign the cast? I would be honored! Maybe you could put an extra large sock on your foot to keep your toes warm?

Modestah I must have missed a few posts since you hurt your foot. Was it a tendon? oh the fiberglass is great. It actually causes less sweating, and there for less discomfort. Put you a big sock on that foot. I have had my wrist in a cast and once I had a removable cast for some damage I did to some tendons on my ankle, during an arobics class.

When I had carpal tunnel surgery, it did not go as planned and I had to wear a cast for 8 weeks. Eight of the longest weeks ever. I hated it. I would wake up in the middle of the night with anxiety attacks. I just wanted to cut that cast off. LOl

I am sorry you are uncomfortable right now Mod.
What happened to your extremity?
I broke my arm when I was around 7 too.
The casted the arm.
The same day as the cast was removed, I broke it again LOL
Another cast.
I was running and playing outside and tripped over the same low stone wall at our childhood house.
Oh dear hahahha.

I broke my arm roller skating back in the olden days! Then they did use plaster of paris and only had one color! But everyone signed it and that was fun! Glad you are getting it taken care of and hope you don't have too much pain!

Oh, Modestah, so sorry you're having to go through this! I don't have any experience with having a cast, and even raising two boys we never had a cast (had a splint on a broken finger with one of them once, though). Nice that you got to choose your own color! Goodness, wrap a towel around those toes until you get something made to cover them and warm them up. Or, on the other hand, maybe cold toes will take your mind off the odd position and the itchiness! Hopefully the time will go really fast and you'll be good as new when the pretty blue cast finally comes off and you do your physical therapy.

back in 2001 yes I had a cast on my foot where I had totally slipped off a curb and my ankle was swollen for 3 weeks, originally they gave me a half cast, but after 3 weeks, and the swelling not going down, and the bruises all the way up to my knee they put me in a cast for 2 months....it was not fun....

And yes it was summer time...

Now I suffer ankle pain to the point that i can't walk, and my foot needs reconstructive surgery.

Not fun.


mocoh

HAH you were CAST today... I'd say go break a leg but I guess that's moot now, eh?

Hah you just made my morning that is great!

Thanks and hope you feel better

Zelo

Sorry to hear that. I just finished my "casting" last February. I have a fall from our stairs, my left hand supported my body. I was confined in a hospital for 4 days. I was in cast from my elbow to my hand for one month. After a month in full cast, I was in half cast, yes, using the fiber class thing. It is quite lighter than the usual plaster of paris but quite expensive. Its color is blue always. At present I am undergoing theraphy, last two weeks on a daily basis, next 2 weeks thrice a week and these coming 2 weeks twice a week basis. Hope it will be back on its old self again. Take care and get well soon.