Fire in my leg!

Thanks for the posts…Motogirl and AnnieH..I appreciate being able to know I’m not alone enduring this unopportuned detour in life.  I went back to the doctor today who told me all looked well, but wanted me off my feet for another week before I could once again wear that fancy robo boot and walk in my post hole all day long!  So I now have to take an additonal 3 days off work..and do you think I mind?..hmmmm..I’ll let you bloggers answer that one. 

I asked the Doctor about the lingering fluidous filling pain I was experiencing and he told me that it was exactly that.  Fluid’s rushing back to the injured area and pressuring nerve endings that are a bit frayed from the surgery.  I told him the pain killers really didnt know about that kind of pain and didnt do anything about it.  To wit, he says I can ALSO take an aleve to help with the inflammation issues…oh joy!  I’ll let you know if that works..Besides this I had the nurse redo my ‘half cast’ as I call it because it seemed to be pinching me in certain places.  I learned that the half cast is a chemically reactive casting material (to water) that after wetted it forms a hard ‘cast like’ or splint like support under my calf and foot to such specified angle of reduction on my achilles.  I also learned that, thats how regular casts are done today with this new chemically reactive casting material..quite cool and neat if you ask me, as opposed to old plaster casting.  Anywho, after this was redone my leg felt more comfortable and ‘fitted’ to which the nurse confirmed my suspicions that the first ‘half cast’ applied right after surgery didnt take into account swelling..thus the tightness and extra uncomfortableness I have been experiencing.  Can we say ‘aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh’ ? 

So here I am agian on the couch, leg up, planning my next hop, hop, hop, to the toilet.   Till next..you all take care..:)