good news! i didn't kill the doctor, and i don't have to wear my cast anymore. he tells me that i'm not out of the woods yet though. i can't go crazy with super long walks, and i certainly can't run. he did however say that i can ride my bike, and he actually prescribed stationary bike riding to get my leg/ankle/foot back into normal shape. he also gave me a thera-band which is a long rubber band that you do exercises with. most of the exercises are insanely easy, but i must admit that calf raises are not easy. they almost hurt. it's a strange feeling. i'm surei'll be doing fine ina few weeks, but today is my first full day minus the robo-boot.

here are some diagrams of the exercises i have to do with my thera-band. they are super-intense:

thins one is called platarflexion with band. i think the model in the picture was a woman, but marleen thinks it's a man. you be the judge,


these are toe raises, standing. this is by far the hardest one to do. i am ashamed to admit that.


this one should be called awesome stance, but i's really called achilles stretch, soleus. there's another one called achilles stretch, gastroc, but i decided to only picture this one. both of them look like the awesome stance.


this last one looks totally crazy, but it's not. the doctors call it eversion, elastic resistance, but i call it the rotate one.

there are a few others, but i'll spare you the agony. i need some food. i'm going to go get some.

best,
jim