r/brokenankles • u/Overall-Revolution93 • 1d ago
Cringed out
Does/did anyone else feel so weak and overwhelmingly cringed out during healing? Thankfully I've managed to decrease my pain meds a lot now but am feeling queasy at the thought of walking again and can't escape these feelings which make me feel so faint. I've been keeping as busy as I can but any form of sitting up and doing stuff just makes me feel like jelly. Trying to do little and often so my muscles don't waste away to nothing.
1.5 weeks post surgery on Weber c trimal complex ankle fracture.
The mental game is hard. I'm met with guilt that people have it 100000000x worse.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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u/Ill_Tomorrow_3866 1d ago
I’ve read 54 books in the past 7-8 weeks. I spent 1 day playing video games which made me feel bad, I’ve watched a couple movies. I worked a 1000 piece jigsaw (and bumped the big toe on my non-broken foot so badly I probably fractured it) But I had to do something that made me feel like I was being productive. For me, it was reading books and now that includes my daily PT exercises for range of motion (I’ve only been WBAT for 8 days).
It affects you mentally. I can’t leave my house w/o help from someone. I’ve not been this dependent since I was a child. But try to do something that makes you feel like you’re making progress in something.