Saw my Surgeon on Monday 20th April. He was surprised the stitches had been removed, funny cause the hospital said they had to come out after two weeks and any longer meant they would be difficult to remove. Oh well, it's done now! He also said my ankle needs support to allow the repaired ligaments time to heal without being stressed so I have to wear this 'aircast' for the next six weeks. I had spent the days since the 14th with no other support, I thought it was doing OK. I also saw the GP on the 20th, he thought I could maybe work two hours a day and I agreed. Problem is I need to be able to wear closed in shoes, and with the swelling and the aircast on my left ankle that's not going to happen soon. There is a chance i could do some office work so I'm waiting to hear from my Employer as to what they have available, and am due to see the GP again on Friday for another assessment. I think I'll stick to the 2 hours a day and see how it goes, the ankle seems to swell fairly rapidly when I'm standing or sitting. We'll see what happens!
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