Abbreviated version of annoyingly long back story.
I broke my foot in early September, however after being casted both in a walking cast and non-weight bearing, it was showing no sign of healing. At the beginning of December, I had an op where it was reassembled with a plate and half a dozen screws.
I followed the surgeon's directions to the tee - no weight at all on that foot for 6 weeks, and then 2 weeks ago he gave me the "go ahead" to bear full weight as long as I was in my walking boot again.
I am still behaving myself, but admittedly getting a little tired of this. I saw him again yesterday, and he advised me that there is still no sign of the bone knitting at all. He wants me to continue to walk, but less - although I haven't been doing much over the last two weeks.
He is starting to talk about me requiring more surgery, including a bone graft. Of course, this is not going to happen immediately.
So - here is where it gets complicated. I see the surgeon again in basically two weeks. Two weeks from today, I am due to take a desperately needed weekend trip to see friends I have not seen in years. I have a disabled child, and this will be the first time I have taken time for myself in nearly a decade.
If I go, understandably, there will be a lot of walking. If I don't, it is doubtful that I will have this opportunity again for years.
Of course, I will try to limit myself a bit, but am I foolish to be going at all?
If you were in my shoes (or, more accurately, shoe and walking boot), what would you do?
AIBU?
To "selectively" follow doctor's orders?
CallMeExhausted · 30/01/2015 18:42
Please don't go. A non Union fracture is dangerous and anything you might do to stress the bone may impair healing 
Probably what you're going to do and spend the aftermath being fed up the my foot still isn't right.
If thereâ??s any way you can reschedule the much longed for trip, the sensible hat says try and do that. The other bit of the sensible hat ( too tired for workable metaphors
) suggests contacting the surgeon and falling on their mercy for advice. I really sympathise. Being floored by this sort of thing is wretched.
I guess one thing that is really bothering me is that when I broke it, I had been training to run my first half marathon (a "bucket list" thing).
That is not how I broke it, though. Anyhow, the surgeon told me yesterday that my running days are through. After losing over 13 stone and starting to run (DD and I do races together - I push her wheelchair) this was something I had really developed a love for. Being told I will not be able to continue has been very disappointing.
Perhaps I am having a bit of a tantrum over it.
I can't see him suggesting that I don't travel, but I may end up back on crutches for the trip.
I don't trust myself on a mobility scooter 
Get a mobility scooter if you can for some of it. I borrowed one at a stately home a couple of years ago when I broke my foot - was amazing fun - did slow-motion donuts down the lime-tree path .
Go, but take it easy. So take a couple of books with you and resign yourself to maybe only doing half the active stuff - hang out/go easy walking in the morning and then sending your friends out for the afternoon whilst you rest with a book and a cocktail.
FWIW my broken foot took 4 months to get the sign of from the consultant - and I started running properly after it had healed (never really run before). Am not a great runner but I can pound away a couple of 10Ks per week with no problem. You may get to run again. I shall keep my fingers crossed for you!
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Thumb - I borrowed a scooter at the market when I was still under order not to bear weight - while trying to turn in the aisle, I managed to knock most of the contents off a shelf. I am a hazard 
quietly Yes to eating meat (and please do not try to convince me that meat in my diet is causing issues - humans would not have canines and incisors if we were not intended to eat meat) but no on smoking.
I ran into my GP in the shops a couple of days ago - she saw I was still in the boot and asked me if I was taking NSAIDs as they can slow bone healing. Sadly, can't even blame that.
I am excited that my friends are willing to amend some of the plans to make sure I am included, and am trying to remain optimistic that the consultant will have good news when I see him in 2 weeks.
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