Thanks for the sympathy, guys, but it was mostly just me whining. The brace will be a good thing when I get it. It's leather, but molded and hard so it will completely immobilize my ankle so that I'll actually be able to do some things I can't right now. I used to love to go walking for hours in the local nature preserve. Haven't been able to do that for at least five years, and I might be able to again. Right now, if things are acting up, I can pretty much get to work and that's it. I'm hurting, and not even able to do things around the house. This should give me a lot of relief, and should keep a two or three-day pain from becoming a month or more long pain. Here's a pic, though mine, the one with only the laces, is a nice shade of pink, and they give a percentage of the purchase to breast cancer research.
Arizona AFO Ankle Braces are 90 percent effective at treating Posterior Tibialis Tendon Dysfunction
As far as the poundage loss goes, that's also a good thing. If I lose 30, I'll be 130, which is a good, healthy weight for a 5'5" woman with a bum ankle. I've also lost a lot of muscle in that calf, so if I'm going to get a very expensive, custom brace, really looking at long-term benefit, dropping the weight and working on building up the muscle as much as possible while doing so, is a good plan before the mold is made. I don't want to be doing this every few months and it's good motivation to do what I keep kinda getting around to doing off and on anyway.
Anyway, I'm over the whining, and am feeling pretty good about it. Hopefully, in about three months, I'll be ready. It's good to have a goal.
Dan, sorry to hear about the forced vacation. Even if the worst happens, since you never really have any kind of vacation, maybe take a real one and enjoy as much as you can.
