Jun 20 2008
First Appt. after Surgery…2 weeks post-op
Well, Wednesday, June 18th was my first visit back to the doctor’s office since surgery. I was 2 weeks post-op and fortuneately everything went as they had explained. I saw the Physician’s Assistant, in the cast room. I was anxious just hoping everything would look good. I just wanted to hear the words, “Everything looks great”. Dave, has a super bubbly personality and is very up-beat– very funny guy….well, anyway he started sawing away at the cast, which was a wierd feeling, and off it came. As he pulled the cast away from my leg I could see a dark coloring inside the back portion of the cast….it was black. The first thought I had was, “uh - oh, is that normal?” So I immediately asked Dave, “how does it look?” His reply was, “I don’t know; I haven’t seen it yet.” I was just so anxious, but my dear husband who immediately bent down to check out the leg said, “It looks really good!”, and he was smiling. I felt relieved, as I couldn’t bring myself to trying to look…It just felt very, very tight. Dave had me lay on the table, face-down, to take out the staples and stiches. He had me taking deep breaths, and boy did I need them. 11 staples and 8 stiches hurt like hell while he was taking them out!!!! I know I have a very low tolerance for pain, but I had been hoping for less pain :) Yeah, right….. Then some hydrogen peroxide and back on with another cast after moving the foot up a little bit. Dave said that everything was looking good. …. Yay!!!! I was sooooooo relieved. I then asked him “since the incision is closed, does that mean it won’t get infected?” PA’s reply, “Anything can still get infected…sorry I don’t have a magic wand.” I guess I asked a stupid question, but I felt it couldn’t hurt to ask…..:) Dave wants me moving my toes alot for the next couple weeks and my next visit will be July 1st….My husband took a picture of my incision before Dave took out the staples/stiches, I just haven’t been able to post as I’m getting error message when I try…..It’s about 6 inches long. Dave’s parting words to me were, “Stay out of trouble….” I thought to myself, “how much trouble could I get in laying around all day?” 
Well, as I continue on this slow road to recovery, I am so grateful for all of you and your stories and comments. I read everything on this site and feel like we are family, although we haven’t met….This situation we are all in doesn’t seem so lonely…. thanks dennis and thanks to all of you for sharing and for your support.
Marianne
great news marianne, glad you’re ok and progressing well. must be a good feeling to have seen incision, after 2 wks of not knowing. keep wiggling those toes, offdibb
Congrats on a second cast! Glad everything is healing up well for you. Keep on crutchin!
damacar
hi marianne , good news . im off to my 2 wk check up on tues . i have a nurse calling every other day to change my dressing (have cam boot ) they say its healing well ,got 20 staples to remove….. think ill take some pain killers before i go…….keep in touch my a.h buddy xxx
Marianne-The Colostrum supplement I have is a GNC based product from the Preventive Nutrition Label. It is in pill form with yellow lettering, blue bottle and red lid. The effects from it-All I know is that I have not gotten sick since I started taking it and it seems to help in the healing of my injury and just overall healing. Like I said I read about it on the internet and Im sure that it couldn’t hurt, so I tried it. I also have atleast 80 grams of protein drinks a day with a good multi-vitamin. Good Luck, hopefully it will work for you also.