On Friday morning I woke up with a completely recovered left leg and foot, no more numbness and no more tingling. Unfortunately, my right foot and leg is still very numb, along the top of the foot and the outside of my calf, and all around my ankle. Every day since surgery I have had a physical therapist come to my room and do electric shock therapy for twenty five minutes. We have seen very little improvement, my husband also works on the exercises with me that the physical therapist taught him. When Prof. Erdogru came by to visit this morning he was very disappointed in the progress of my leg. He wants us to come back on Monday and meet with the neurologist for an EMG test, and to set up a plan for when we return to the US. He has been very apologetic to me for this complication, he is very sincere, he still thinks I will have a full recovery with my leg.
As far as my pain goes, I am starting to get back some sensation in my pelvic area, however my in-betweens are still very numb. On Friday I started having a lot of burning sensation return, after a couple hours, I couldn't deal with the sensation any longer, I really needed some ice. Kris really didn't think we would be successful at getting any, so, before we left our room, I looked ice up on google translate, the word came up buz, that's easy, I can say that. So we walked down to the nurses station and I ask for ice. They give me a puzzled look, so I say buz (it sounds like buzz) she looks at me a second and says, "oh buz" (booze) she goes to gets some ice, and I get reacquainted with my good old friend "Ice" once again. I am so thankful for ice, it offers me some much needed relief when my pain is unbearable. I continue to stay very uncomfortable the rest of the day. When I woke up today, I felt a little better, but as my day has gone on, I am dealing with high levels of pain once again. My nerve went through a lot of trauma during surgery, I think with time it will calm down, and I will than have a better idea of my outcome with this surgery.
In my defense, as far as the "big ole" mattress topper goes, let me explain. My only relief from pain comes from laying down. At the Memorial Guest House their mattress was extremely hard, and super uncomfortable. For the first time since living with this condition, laying down at the Memorial Guest House actually caused more pain in my in- betweens, even Kris complained about his back. So when we arrived at our hotel today and the bed was just as hard, or maybe harder, than the Memorial Guest House, I honestly didn't know how I was going to get through the next five days. I am already super uncomfortable from surgery alone. Our options, switch hotels, and hope they have a softer bed, or try and figure out a way to make this bed more comfortable. I really like my new mattress topper, comfort is key when healing and recovering. I think Kris may be a little jealous too, he already called my side of the bed for naps. (Ya right! In his Dreams) For now, I am loving this. Thank you Kris, for realizing how important my comfort is right now, and going along with my crazy hair brain idea, and last, for carrying that "big ole" mattress topper around the mall, and all the way back to the hotel. I love You... Who knows? Maybe I'll share! (After all, you have been stuck in that fold out chair at the hospital for the last few days.)
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