by maryw » Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:30 am
Here is Mary, the subject of dogplodder's report! It will certainly be a lasting reminder of a great sunny day out on the hill which went a bit pear-shaped towards the end! Thank you for the good wishes for my recovery, I have been out of the plaster cast for three weeks now, walking on one or two crutches (two outdoors in public in case I wobble and fall over!!). Mostly stiffness remaining in the ankle, not pain, but improving with physio exercises, and I walk regularly on level-ish surfaces at a speed of around one mile per hour, so not up to hillwalking for a while yet - but one day I'll be back! Raigmore physio may as well give me a season ticket, as I have been on their books since January, moving seamlessly from treatment for a fractured upper arm (fall from bike on black ice on Christmas Day, trying to get to my care home job!) to treatment for ankle fracture, I must have met half the physio staff one way or another on the ward, in outpatients, hydrotherapy pool etc, but all very good! I discovered Inverness Coastguard have a Facebook page, and was able to leave a message of appreciation for the helicopter team, which I'm assured would be passed on to them - they were very professional, caring and efficient throughout. Though I hope not to meet them in a professional capacity again any time soon, or ever....