On to more weighty issues

News from my orthopedic checkup yesterday was good. I have lost the cast on my left forearm (where did I put it...?) and now have just a removable wrist brace. No more plastic bag in the shower, no more stinky dead skin in the cast. I had a long soaking and scrubbing session to clean up the forearm and wrist, and it looks quite respectable now. Instructions are to work on mobility and then strengthen.

For the leg I'm told that all is staying in place nicely and the lack of any pain is a good sign. Instructions are to start at 40lbs and then gradually increase weight bearing to full over the next 4 weeks. By my calculation, this means the following weight bearing schedule:

26Feb   40lbs
27Feb   45lbs
28Feb   50lbs
 1Mar   56lbs
 2Mar   61lbs
 3Mar   66lbs
 4Mar   71lbs
 5Mar   76lbs
 6Mar   81lbs
 7Mar   87lbs
 8Mar   92lbs
 9Mar   97lbs -- Can stand with weight evenly distributed
10Mar  102lbs
11Mar  107lbs
12Mar  113lbs
13Mar  118lbs
14Mar  123lbs
15Mar  128lbs
16Mar  133lbs
17Mar  138lbs
18Mar  144lbs
19Mar  149lbs
20Mar  154lbs
21Mar  159lbs
22Mar  164lbs
23Mar  169lbs
24Mar  175lbs
25Mar  180lbs
26Mar  185lbs

Now all I have to do is adjust my diet so that 185lbs actually is full weight bearing on 26 March. All this sitting about and eating is not good for my waistline.