I am laying here in bed trying to figure out what the future holds for me driving wise having wrecked my right leg seven weeks ago. One of the thoughts I am having is wondering about the cost of converting my 2005 Plus 4 to an automatic, if indeed such an option is even available. Would it be cost effective or cheaper to go out and buy a factory made automatic car? Your thoughts are greatly anticipated and appreciated.
Of course my recovery may not require this but I will never have complete movement of my foot in the future.
Sorry to hear about this but I well know the feeling. I messed up my right leg following a motorcycle accident in 2006, when a car headlamp broke, entered my leathers and slit my leg from knee to ankle together with tendons, nerves, etc. A couple of ops followed over the next three days.
When I got out of plaster, I had to wear a calliper boot for some weeks and when finally shedding that, found that my ankle only had about 1mm of movement.
However, I was given a physio workout to follow every day for a couple of hours at my local hospital. It was so very painful to start with but after a month or so, I was virtually back to normal movement, though still a numb feeling down the leg to this day. Upshot is, that when I was ready for discharge, my physio examiner said that the damaged leg was now stronger than the undamaged one!
We are all different, but there is hope. Good luck and keep your spirits up.
