December 4 - day of surgery
Hi again and thanks to Michelle who wrote a comment with acute accuracy about the nature of our condition and the length of this upcoming recovery.
I had to be at the hospital at 6am. Cedars Sinai at the edge of Beverly Hills. They tried to do a neural block. It didn’t take. So the general and I spent some time together and for that I’m hoarse with a sore throat all day, including right now. It’s 6:50pm. I was home by 1:00 pm. Here’s the good news: General anesthesia still in my system and dilaudid has me not feeling my foot nor the incision. That’s supposed to be gone tomorrow.
It was right here that I stopped writing and came back to it now. It’s now 1am and I have a whole new take on this.
The Dilaudid is wearing off. The pain in my foot is exploding. This too will pass but I think this is the beginning of a few day process. Think ball peen hammer forcibly hitting my heel. it works for me. What a change in the last 6 hours. That’s it for now.
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Hi Adam, the pain is excessive after surgery, take the pain killers on time to prevent it from getting bad. I didn’t during the first day after and it’s not worth it, just take the pain killers. It will die down after a few days and then you can switch to lesser pain killers and after a week or so you should be much better and able to take less. Good luck and wishing you a healthy recovery!
Have a good , painless day.
Agreed re staying ahead of the pain with painkillers. My pain subsided pretty quickly, and by day four I was completely off of them. Good luck to you in your recovery!
Hi Adam! Hope the pain is getting better today. I had some mlld pain when I got home too after the general started wearing off. Completely agree with everyone else - I scheduled my meds quite regularly and that seemed to help. Good luck on your road to recovery! We are pretty much on the same schedule
Thanks for all your comments. And hi Quichi. Nice surprise to find u here.
Much love,
Adam
Hope you’re feeling stronger and better every day. Lulu, Ann and I send all our best wishes.