Entering the coach on one foot.

[Tntman]

I am learning that getting into my Class A with five steps is very hard after having your right foot rebuilt. Times like this, I think about my old trailors with three steps to get in. With the temperature in the fortieS, my rear gets cold backing into the coach. So glad that I only have the five stairs. Gotta enter this way for a minimum of five more weeks.

[Tntman]

OP is not driving. Will be at RV park until released by doc. It is a pain, but if all the pain I had goes away, well worth it. Thanks for the well wishes.

[Executive45]

Easy fix...:B....Dennis

[Old-Biscuit]

Had right foot rebuilt/fused....twice. Many years ago.
Pay attention to Doctors Orders about 'no load' bearing.
And start that PT when he allows...first wiggling of toes then more movement.
Best thing is when you get rid of cast and go to the boot....WooHoo!

Come Feb I am having left ankle/foot fused.....

Best wishes, speedy recovery and a long time of benefit from the surgery!

[Tom_Barb]

Believe how lucky you are you got feet, and they will get better.

[DrewE]

path1 wrote:
OP doesn't say if he is driving or somebody else. OP does say right foot. If OP is driving must be painful to mash brake and gas pedal.

There's no law against using one's left foot for the gas and brake. I do that sporadically on longer trips to avoid getting cramps, etc. when it's impractical to use the cruise control.

Of course, when there's a clutch pedal added, it is quite necessary to use both feet (at least with my level of coordination, or lack thereof).

[path1]

OP doesn't say if he is driving or somebody else. OP does say right foot. If OP is driving must be painful to mash brake and gas pedal.

[LadyRVer]

path1, I was thinking the same thing. Isn't there some kind of portable ramp like they ave for pets that are disabled? I do not personally know the pain, but I did have the experience of trying to help a disabled husband into the motorhome when he had problems. Was not easy. He at least had 2 feet/legs, just no strength to make it in.

[accsys]

path1 wrote:
Interesting post...we are stuck home this year because wife is in wheel chair and can't get in.
I was hoping somebody had some type of ramp or something they made to share.

You may want to check Coach Lift out.

[path1]

Should be covered in extended warranty plan from Dr:) (lol)

Interesting post...we are stuck home this year because wife is in wheel chair and can't get in.
I was hoping somebody had some type of ramp or something they made to share.

[Lwiddis]

I’m headed down the same road as the Dutchman. “It’s a sign of the times...” Petula Clark song.

[Bill_Satellite]

My wife shattered her right foot while in Las Vegas in Dec. a few years back. The surgery took place 2 weeks later and they said they would keep her overnight. After it was all done they said things went really well and I could take her home tonight. NOOOOOOOOO...... I live in a motorhome, it has steps, she's still 1/2 drugged up and how am I supposed to get her from the car into the coach? We don't know (or care) but we will certainly help you get her into the front seat of that big van you are driving! If I had a video of the effort once we got home I would like be a You Tube superstar by now but the good news is that we did make it safely home. Another 3 months and she was able to walk down the steps with out the butt to step to step to step routine to get in and out!

[naturist]

Take care of that foot so it heals up better than ever. It's a major pain in the butt (don't laugh so hard), but by the end of the 5 weeks, you'll either have figured out how to do it, crutches be damned, or you'll have a freeze-proof butt.

[GPWayne]

Sorry to hear of your pain.

But look at it this way. Follow the Doctor's orders......In a few weeks you'll be running up those steps like a kid.

DW has been there and done that.

[DutchmenSport]

Wow! Good luck!

A couple years ago we were camping in Southern Missouri and the neighbor camper was a woman and a man in a wheel chair. The man came and went from the motor home quite a bit, but he always got in and out by sitting down on the steps and sliding up one step at a time on his butt. If the feet are incapacitated, I don't know of any other way to do it. I had a right knee replacement last July, but could lift with the other leg one step at a time, until the replacement knee leg strengthened. It sure wasn't fun. Hang in there through, and follow Dr's instructions, and you'll get through it! Good luck!