Twenty Four Days After Surgery
February 1, 2009 by kris
Kris had her cast removed on Jan. 30th (24 days after surgery.) Attached are six pictures showing the affected areas. and the new walking cast. Kris will write a post telling of this recent doctor visit. Kris’ Dad.
UPDATE!
Hello all. I went to the doctor on Friday the 30th and had my stitches removed. It was pretty painful as my skin started growing over the stitches and had to be dug out. It wasn’t pretty and poor hubby almost fainted. These pics look worse in some ways than my first pics after one week. I posted those a couple of weeks ago. The long incision on the side of my foot doesn’t look as though it will scar well. The doc was again pleased by the results in my recovery thus far and saw fit to put me in a FWB cast for the next three weeks. I hate my new cast and find walking to be cumbersome and painful. My pain is concentrated mainly in my heel where they excised some bone, but also there is some pain along the Achilles incision. Walking with this cast has proved more exhaustive than using my crutches so I take lots of small breaks. Overall, all is going well and I am progressing faster than was expected. Hope you are all well and recovering easily and painlessly. Take care,
Kris
Kris!
OH MY! You did have extensive work done sweetie and yes, I too had that pain concentrated where the bone spur and dead AT around it was debrided. It was a different pain though, I kept thinking about the anchor they put in there, to reattach it. The lengthed AT from the graft I think helped to aid recovery, as I can dorsiflex it better than the other one. But today (almost six months later) I barely feel it that pain! Time truly does heel all wounds.
But if I do have pain, the heel spur area (outside portion of the heel bone) is where it hurts most, in addition to the scar unfortunately.
I think I have more pain in the scar months later due to that darn keloid “fibrous tissue overgrowth occurring in scars”. Usually only the skin layers are affected in this manner” That too however is getting much better. The supportive knee high compression stockings help to keep the scar “flat” but I wish I knew why I got this since it prevents me from running more. Hang in there and thanks for the update!
Nice color of your cast! Now don’t be too quick to push yourself…soak up as much attention from the hubby and fam as you can! walking is incredibly painful at first, especially if you are working things…God doesn’t give us more than we can handle I don’t guess
You have already proven that for sure!
Cheers!
MarilynRD
marilyn,
Yes, it was pretty extensive and would have been more so had I not agreed to a permanent brace. The doctor would otherwise also have preformed ankle fusion surgery which requires a more extensive surgery and recovery. It is good to hear that the pain subsides with time. I know your surgery and recovery was similar to mine so it is comforting to know that this too shall pass. The pics were pretty gruesome to look at. Did you see the first set of pics? They were ugly too but I thought the post stitches pics were worse. I have learned patience if nothing else, but have overdone things more often than I should so I’m trying to slow things down a bit. It turns out I’m not wonder woman afterall! LOL. Thanks for the reply. Maybe we can meet in Philly someday for lunch, once I can walk a bit better. Take care.
Kris
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