Energy level: Normal
Pain level: .5
In my hardware removal pre-operation interview the nurse asked if I had ever had surgery before... hum... wonder how those screws got embedded in my heel?
She did laugh when I pointed out the obvious. Silly pre-op checklist! :)
I have to say, I am a little nervous about this surgery. I wouldn’t be so adamant about getting the screws out if I had been pain free. But the truth is that I walk with a limp and I feel a tiny bit of pain with every step.
Dr. D insists that many people live with screws embedded in their bones for the rest of their lives. This is not the life for me.
Those screws have got to go!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Post Op Day 156 - vacation
Energy level: Low
Pain level: 3
Vacation has meant a break from my normal shoes. It has been just too hot to think of compression socks so I have been “running” around in my Sketcher thongs. It has been heaven not to have an straps on the back of my heel. Things were going so great that I have been tempted to sleep without the splint....
I don’t know why today was any different than the past week, but a sudden fatigue took over my legs today. The odd part is that this fatigue is focused on the area below my calf and above my ankle. In the evening I resort to elevating the leg with as many pillows as I can gather and experience random electric shocks on the sides of the Achilles tendon and on the bottom of the foot. Tylenol brings a bit of relief, enough to sleep.
I really wish the plantar fasciitis would take a vacation.
Pain level: 3
Vacation has meant a break from my normal shoes. It has been just too hot to think of compression socks so I have been “running” around in my Sketcher thongs. It has been heaven not to have an straps on the back of my heel. Things were going so great that I have been tempted to sleep without the splint....
I don’t know why today was any different than the past week, but a sudden fatigue took over my legs today. The odd part is that this fatigue is focused on the area below my calf and above my ankle. In the evening I resort to elevating the leg with as many pillows as I can gather and experience random electric shocks on the sides of the Achilles tendon and on the bottom of the foot. Tylenol brings a bit of relief, enough to sleep.
I really wish the plantar fasciitis would take a vacation.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Post Op Day 149 - 4th of july
Happy 4th of July!
I am celebrating our Independence Day in the lovely country that gave the US our greatest icon - the Statue of Liberty. Now if only this lovely country could give me some drugs to help with the swelling.
: )
There is quite a heat wave here in the South of France and it looks like there is half a soft ball attached to my ankle, not pleasant at all. I am not sure if the stabbing pain along the Achilles tendon is related to the swelling or not. Sitting down for three hour leisurely French lunches doesn’t help either and I am in enough pain to warrant skipping the cheese course to go elevate and ice my swollen foot.
The good news is that the primary objective of this vacation is relaxation with plenty of elevation of the foot!
I am celebrating our Independence Day in the lovely country that gave the US our greatest icon - the Statue of Liberty. Now if only this lovely country could give me some drugs to help with the swelling.
: )
There is quite a heat wave here in the South of France and it looks like there is half a soft ball attached to my ankle, not pleasant at all. I am not sure if the stabbing pain along the Achilles tendon is related to the swelling or not. Sitting down for three hour leisurely French lunches doesn’t help either and I am in enough pain to warrant skipping the cheese course to go elevate and ice my swollen foot.
The good news is that the primary objective of this vacation is relaxation with plenty of elevation of the foot!
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Post Op Day 148 – da plane
Energy level: Normal
Pain level: 1 – 2
Two layers of compression socks kept the swelling down for an 11 plane ride.
However, the South of France is having a heat wave so the socks had to go. After an hour of walking on cobble stone streets my ankle swelled to the size of a softball.
Ice and elevation to the rescue!
Pain level: 1 – 2
Two layers of compression socks kept the swelling down for an 11 plane ride.
However, the South of France is having a heat wave so the socks had to go. After an hour of walking on cobble stone streets my ankle swelled to the size of a softball.
Ice and elevation to the rescue!
WEEK 22 | POST OPERATION
Energy level: Normal
Pain level: 1 - 3
Epiphany: If you feel silly walking in place on a plane, try dancing to your iTunes!
Milestone: First plane trip since surgery
Pain level: 1 - 3
Epiphany: If you feel silly walking in place on a plane, try dancing to your iTunes!
Milestone: First plane trip since surgery
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