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Um, that I've mentioned about a health update.

So long-time listeners of the show will know that back in April I had some surgery on my ankle.

Potentially I've had a, a, a birth condition which has affected my right ankle and lower leg, essentially my whole leg.

Uh, something I've had to live with for my entire life.

I've had a couple of operations on it as a child, um, to try and reduce some of the damage and give me a little bit more quality of life.

And for the longest time as a teenager into adulthood, I've sort of felt that, well, this is, this is life.

This is how it is.

Um, but, uh, but yeah, it has meant that I've had to work my life around pain and my mobility.

So knowing that I can do X amount of things, but the longer that I'm on my feet, later on the more pain it's gonna be.

And if it's a long, full day of being on my feet, then I know that the following day is probably gonna be a write-off.

I'm probably gonna be barely able to move without excruciating pain.

That's essentially how my life has been for a long time.

Anyway, uh, we eventually went to see some doctors, get some referrals to see if there's anything that can be done.

Got referred to a specialist hospital, or two hospitals, having to work in conjunction with each other because I'm quite a unique case, and the condition that I have is fairly rare.

And, uh, we had did an operation earlier this April after being on the waiting list for- 13 months or so, which typically the operation occurred while my wife was then heavily pregnant.

Um, so of course, while recovering from the operation, uh, was when, um, childbirth would happen.

So we've discussed that on this show before, but that's, that was all the fun and games of life.

Uh, so yeah, back in April, we had the surgery done.

Um, yeah, I mean, it's, the recovery pretty much sucked, let's be honest.

Um, I had to be bed bound for at least a month because they also took bone from my hip, so it meant sitting up was incredibly painful, and I had to keep my leg elevated above heart level like ninety percent of the time.

Otherwise, my foot would just balloon with swelling.

So yeah, being pretty much bed bound sucked.

Um, and then, yeah, so on and so forth.

So the recovery was meant to be one month bed bound, another month partial weight bearing, third month full weight bearing.

After the three months, just wear like a boot for two to six weeks, and then you can come out of it, go into trainers, carry on as normal.