surgery

I had surgery. I’ve been having foot issues for a while but had been putting it off because I heard such horrible things. But… I did it.

The doctor went in and did three things.  The first was shave the bone on the side, like you would do for a bunion.  He also shift my big toe back into it’s proper place and put a pin to keep it there.  And the last thing he did, which was a surprise to both of us, was remove a cap.  Apparently (And I don’t know the specifics, as I was knocked out still when the nurse explained, but more of that later) there’s a cap that goes over the toe and joint area. It should be fluid and moveable, but mine fused to my toe, causing pain each time I walked. Removing that alone would have fixed my problem, but he figured he would do everything he was there for originally.

I was not under general anesthesia, he put a block in at my knee, numbing everything from the knee down.  When I got out of surgery, I was in phase 1 recovery.  I was still sleeping off the valium-like sedative that they gave me. This is where I was a little frustrated.  When I started to wake up, she instantly had me go to the bathroom, get dressed and move to phase 2. Apparently I TALKED with and met with my doctor while I was in phase 1, I have zero recollection of this. I don’t remember hearing anything he said. I felt like they moved me too quickly.

All in all – it’s an OK healing process. I had no idea how difficult it would be to not just be able to get up and walk. After my previous surgeries, I never had a fully immobile body part, so this has been weird.

The first day, I just slept. In turn, I didn’t sleep that night. That made day 2 awful.  I was starting to finally feel the pain after the nerveblocker wore off, and the vicodin was keeping me awake. I had to take a sleep aid to get some sleep and day 3 turned into a much, much better day. I move better on the crutches when I feel well rested.

Husband set me up my own little oasis outside of the bedroom in our spare room so I could at least pretend I was mobile and moving around He put up the TV (that we’ve had for 3 years and never use), storage bins to serve as shelves so I can have everything I need around me and the chair is just below the window, so I can even get a little day light to enjoy!

The fourth day I actually was allowed to put some weight on it. I’m wearing a little boot and moving a bit faster.    But I’m still feeling a lot of pain. And if this is pain I’m supposed to feel, and it’s healing, great, I can deal with that. But if it’s an issue, then It makes me nervous. I see the doctor tomorrow, and will get more details.

In the mean time, look for some Pinterest-inspired craft posts this week

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