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I have made an appointment to see the doctor tomorrow. I’m still limping six<\/span> five weeks after the accident, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to be healed by now. My foot hurts more than a week ago without me having done anything extreme to aggravate it. A couple of times I’ve even regretted returning the crutches. I do have my mother’s old walking stick I can use. She needed it at times after having her knee-cap removed in her twenties due to a basketball accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updated as I can’t count properly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have made an appointment to see the doctor tomorrow. I’m still limping six five weeks after the accident, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to be healed by now. My foot hurts more than a week ago without me having done anything extreme to aggravate it. 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