I have been catching up on some backlog of tasks around the house in the last few weekends and was looking forward to starting on the interior of the Mini, beginning with fabricating some custom seat brackets. Unfortunately last weekend, I managed to roll my ankle. I was out of action for the weekend with a severely swollen ankle and after a few more days of consistent soreness I paid a visit to the doctor.... A CT scan later indicated I've manage to fracture and displace a 9mm piece of bone from the Talus (heel) bone in my right ankle. The technical term for what I have is "anterior process calcaneal fracture"
It doesn't look like much of a fracture, but I have to have a cast, then Cam Walker boot on for 6 weeks which means no driving, crutches until I get the boot and then no excess movement. Any progress on the Mini in that time will be rather difficult thanks to my wife who has promised to ban me from workshop for the 6 weeks to ensure it heals properly. Bugger! However, I have convinced her that I can do some wiring loom documentation and work while sitting on the floor at some point. Yay!
It doesn't look like much of a fracture, but I have to have a cast, then Cam Walker boot on for 6 weeks which means no driving, crutches until I get the boot and then no excess movement. Any progress on the Mini in that time will be rather difficult thanks to my wife who has promised to ban me from workshop for the 6 weeks to ensure it heals properly. Bugger! However, I have convinced her that I can do some wiring loom documentation and work while sitting on the floor at some point. Yay!
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