After 2 days at work….. foot looks worse than it feels???
I just completed my first two days back at work. I work 12 hr shifts. On Thursday I was in my walking boot and today I was in my new work boots that I purchased last week. The boots come 8" up on my leg, just under my calf muscle for extra ankle support. I do work corrections, but my Sergeant is being accommodating and allowing me unofficial light duty (desk duty) for the first few weeks back. Out of 12 hrs, I am seated and not moving for probably 10 hrs.
Foot is swollen despite icing and elevation. It is sore but not painful, it looks worse than it is. I can actually walk better and faster when im barefoot in my house that I can with any shoes on. Is that normal? Also, when walking, either barefoot or with shoes/ boots, the only discomfort I have is in the calf muscle, not at the incision point or near the scar…I attribute this to the calf muscle being weak and rebuilding or trying to rebuild itself?
Any thoughts on why I am walking better barefoot, ? and is the excessive (but not painful) swelling normal? Im at 7 weeks and 3 days post op.
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Both far from unique. And some folks here loved compression socks or tubes to control the swelling (though me not so much). Swelling produces familiar symptoms all by itself!