I have problems with using the toilet because I broke my arm and ankle . I had to put a bedside toilet and with my good foot just pivot. It’s not easy but doable. Wiping isn’t as easy but I’m getting it done 😂 I have to laugh to keep from crying.

This is probably one of the most difficult tasks to do when non weightbearing, and no one ever really gives you tips on how to go about it.
I had a triple fusion in my left foot five years ago, and am into week three of a double fusion on my right. I never really had any tips from the doctors office on how to do anything. Thank goodness for YouTube vids, and I studied ahead of time!
I would rate this task as most difficult, bathing a distant second, and stairs third, as long as they are stairs at my house, where I have all the tools I need to accomplish it.
Thanks for all the information!

Invaluable is the raised toilet seat with arms. I had panic attacks at the thought of using the commode without this chair. The chair allows me to totally stay  off my foot. I am an overweight 58 year old and this chair is a lifesaver. Skip a walker. I injured my good knee practicing at the medical supply store where I was trying to use a walker. Also helpful is wearing a dress or skirt vs pants. Lastly for showering buy a shower chair (with an extra knee pad) and don't sit on it, but kneel the injured foot on the chair while showering.

One you didn't mention, which may be unorthodox but it's worked REALLY well for me. A shower chair. Well, shower stool in my case. No, not to sit on outside the shower. When my shower chair (stool) wasn't being used inside the shower, I'd put it directly in front of my toilet. It would be about a foot in front of my toilet due to limited space in the bathroom. I'd use it to place one hand flat on the top and use the bathtub rim (the tub/shower combo is directly to the left of the toilet in our bathroom) with my other hand and push up from there. Once I was up, I'd pivot to put my knee on top of the shower stool. This would allow me to "stand" to pull up my pants. I'd also use it to pull down my pants when I was non-weight bearing.

Also, I'd use the shower chair to put my knee on when I needed to stand in front of the sink/vanity in the bathroom to brush my hair and teeth, or do any other self-care things that wouldn't be possible without it. It made it much more comfortable for me to do these things, which would have gone neglected had I not had the shower chair. It's been one of most versatile tools in my bathroom since I had my surgery (about 7 weeks before I wrote this comment).

For all the ladies out there with any kind of knee or ankle injury or surgery..please go for short knee length dress only during the 6 weeks of non-weight bearing phase ..

I bought the higher toilet seat and the flip-away handles after severely spraining my ankle. I wasn't sure about the high price, but oh my god -- it's WORTH IT!!! I'll be saving both after my recovery for friends/relatives if they are ever non-weight-bearing because it made such a difference. Thank you so so much.

I will be having a bunions to my in 5 days, glad I found this video….So helpful, thanks.

Thank you for this video.  I am new to your channel.  On Jan 26 I was hit by a car while crossing the street and new to the whole  being "disabled".

If I am understanding the situation correctly you are a PT/OT professional who was making helpful videos about being disabled as a professional who has learned what it is like to be disabled from classes and observing other but with no personal experince as you were completely abled bodied.  And that you now have your own temporary disablity, and are now making videos with not just the professional training, but the first hand perspective.

Forgive me if this is TMI:Thank

While I would never wish foot sugery on anyone.  And I am sure you were already an empathic and outstanding therapist before this happened.  I am confident that your personal pain will/has made you a vastly superior therapist because of this.  You can only learn so much second hand.   The most responsive CNA at the rehab facility I am at is a guy who spent 3 weeks in a hospital bed and has first hand experience with the frustation of hitting the call button and nobody coming or someone telling him they will be with him to help in "5 minutes" and then disappearing for an hour.  While I don't wish pain on anyone, there is a part of me that recognizes that pain you are feeling now, will result in hundreds or thousands of others having less pain because your first hand experiences.  There is a part of me that is glad this happened to you and makes me wish every CNA, nurse and therapist went through what you are going through.  I doubt the people who told me that I needed to be more patient because they were busy when I called the front desk to complain that  after waiting a  half hour hitting the call button because I needed help getting to the toilet and then another half hour hitting the button because I needed to cleaned up and nobody has responded has ever spent a half hour lying in their own poop.  

On a more practical note: The one aspect of toileting where being female is an advantage is wiping while remaining seated.  I never even considered wiping while seated before this video,  dispite the fact that every female who has peed in the toliet in my presence does wipe while seated, by putting there hand down the front.  (small sample size)  I immeadetely realized that such a method would not work for me as my anatomy is in the way.  However,  by standing up and sitting back down so that I am forward of my normal seated postion I can reach around from the back and wipe while seated. This great because wiping while standing on one leg is one of the times i feel the most unsafe.  I can't use the toilet in the more forward postion because although poop would still fall into the toilet in such a position if I was to pee in that postion all of it would wind up on the floor.  I hope this insight is useful to you for helping other males who are looking to toilet more safely.  

Thank you for the video.  I wish you a speedy recovery.  My sincere hope is that you are able to combine your profesional knowlege as profesional with your personal experince as a pacient to advance the care for all your pacients and  youtube watchers and I as best I can tell you already are doing that.  While in meetings with other professionals please use your experience as a pacient to make sure the voice of pacients are also in the discussion. Thank you.

Great video. No one thinks much about these things until they’re faced with the situation. I like the walker trick. I’ll probably try it at some point.

Thank you so much!!!!! I am an overweight 51 yr old about to have a root torn meniscus repair this week, and it on my right knee, dominate side.   I live in a one bedroom with a tiny bathroom.  I will be using a potty chair 😢.  I am grateful for your video!!!   Thank you so much for the tips.  Wiping will be another thing!  😂.  God bleas you and keep you always!!

I’m having Achilles surgery in 8 weeks. Thank you for the ideas.

I'm so happy that I found this.  How would I use a knee scooter?

This is an excellent video.  I am having surgery soon, and was really worried how I was going to do this .  Thank You !

It’s soo difficult. Luckily I was physically fit after my foot injury. It’s put a massive strain on the good leg hip and knee I fear tjisvwull cause problems in the long term. We have no downstairs w.c so multiple trips on my butt up and down stairs have hurt my shoulders and upper arms. I wish I had not bothered to go upstairs at all and used a bucket or commode ans slept downstairs. This is the worst part of my life so far and a lot has happened!!!!

Your videos are great and helpful.   Fractured my hip last year and a lumbar disc about six weeks ago.  I'm not using walking aids now although I have them all.  But, I have a problem bending forward as well as lowering myself.  But my bathroom is such that I have a cabinet on two sides of me and works well for me.  I have also worked diligently to build up my upper body strength and have been since my hip injury and honestly I'm so surprised I been able to do so.  I highly recommend for anyone injured, it helps tremendously to be able to transfer yourself.  Thanks for the video !

a toilet seat riser with handles made things a lot easier for me!

I have spent days researching various options to get arms for my comfort 19” toilet with very limited space either side. Nothing fitted. Or if it did, the seat was then too high.
Then up popped this video, showing how to use a piece of equipment I already have - the walker! GENIUS! Thank you!

When I renovated my bathroom, I had them install a toilet paper holder that’s also a grab bar.  My toilet is not next to a sink, and I suspected it would come in handy one day.  It’s very pretty, and of course it’s installed into the studs.  I think I purchased it from Wayfair.

Wiping is the hard part.

Thanks so much-
I feel we each need to practice what works best for us and the most
important piece is to protect the injured leg