It Comes and Goes

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Yesterday I had hardly any pain at all in my ankle. Today, I've been in constant pain, despite taking my prescribed pain meds regularly. It has rained a bit today, so perhaps the weather is causing my pain. It's strange how it comes and goes. At night it is usually worse. For some reason when I try to sleep, the muscles in my feet spasm and jerk around, which causes me excruciating pain in my ankle. I have never broken my ankle, foot, or leg before, so I don't know if this is normal or if my foot is just being weird. In better news, I am finally able to shower. My mom surprised me by ordering me a shower bench, which goes over the edge of the tub and you sit on the outer edge and scoot yourself into the tub. She also got me a portable handheld shower, the type you use on a camping trip. It has a rechargeable pump that you stick in a bucket of water, and it pumps the water through the handheld showerhead. It is so nice to be clean again. Sponge baths and the occasional shampooing my hair in the kitchen sink just don't quite cut it. On Tuesday morning I will see the orthopedist again, and he will remove my current cast (which has a cut down one side to allow for swelling) and replace it with a cast that won't have a cut in it. I'm looking at about 6 weeks in a cast, then possibly 2 weeks of physical therapy. I will probably have to have help learning to use that foot again once the cast comes off for good. I dread Tuesday morning and going up and down the stairs again. I have been trying not to think about it, but it is hanging over my head like a dark cloud. At least my boyfriend took the morning off from work to help me with the stairs and to get me to my appointment. I just hope he doesn't end up hurting himself while trying to help me scoot my fat butt up the steps.