I have been ultra careful since the operation, which was about 9 days ago now - keeping my foot elevated pretty much 24 hours a day, not risking the stairs too much, eating well, no alcohol etc. Today, my daughter managed to lock my wife out of the house whilst I was upstairs. I hauled myself downstairs to let her in, put the crutches on the floor and didn’t see a stray toy car that one of the kids had left on the floor. I hit it with the crutch and it may be lose balance, forcing me to put my bad leg down on the floor. Whilst not being too sore, it feels all tingly up the back of my achilles and I have taken a couple of tablets to see if I can get it to settle down.
Presumably I am not the first person to have done this?? It just shows how easy it could be to go back to square one and I have read other posts about momentary mistakes or ‘over confidence’ that have really set people back.
Back to bed and rest for you. I hope its not serious.
Laurie,
It won’t be the last time either that you do something like that. I have done similar many times over the last few months.
Sometimes we are just too careful. I think you do just need to keep it iced, elevated and rest a bit more.
Hope your daughter wasn’t upset at what happened.
Annie
laurie,
since I’ve been on crutches I’ve inadvertantly put weight down 3 times, all when crutch was put down on liquid on the floor. I had the same twinge of pain but it subsided after an hour or so and with the help of some ibuprofen.
As my motorbike buddies say ” be careful and try and stay ’shiny side up’”.
Keep smiling,
Jon
Feels Ok this morning. I did take a couple of ibuprofen and the tingling as settled. Certainly I didn’t feel any tear or pop so I think it was just a little scare and reminder to be mega careful all the time. Shiny side up definitely best!