Surgery Progress Nov. 7th, 2012

     Hello friends and family. I am four weeks post-op, and a couple of weeks ago I imagined this post as one with lots of exciting news to share. I almost didn't post this week, because unfortunately, I feel that I have nothing very exciting to share. My last week has been filled with lots of pain and disappointment. Mostly due to my foot and leg. It has been almost two weeks since the pain set in, and it seems like nothing is letting up. After two weeks I feel worn down and exhausted, the pain keeps me up at night and I am getting by with very little sleep. I'll will try to put into words the pain I am experiencing. The top of my foot and the outside of my calf still feels numb. My foot throbs with a deep ache continuously, it feels like all the little bones on the top of my foot and in my toes are broken. When I shower, the water falling onto the top of my foot feels like shards of glass. Blankets and sheets running across my foot feels like something is slicing right through the top. I walk around holding my pajama bottoms and pants leg up, because I can't stand it resting and rubbing across the top of my foot. A silly fluffy stuffed animal that was accidentally set on my foot, felt like a thousand needles piercing through. So crazy, and so not normal. Because it is my right leg I am unable to drive, this has been the most frustrating part. I want nothing more then to wake up and have everything back to normal with my leg and foot. Something to look forward to, is I have a neurologist appointment tomorrow. I hope we get to the bottom of the type of damage my peroneal nerve has, so we can get started on a treatment plan. I am ready to move forward and put this all behind me, I hope I get some relief soon.

     As far as my PN pain goes, I can happily say that I have gone more then a week without any burning. Just one of the many issues I can check off the list. It's a start, and I'll take it! I'm not very comfortable with sitting yet. I'd say that 75% of the numbness is gone in the in-betweens, but everything feels very raw and sore. Too sensitive to sit quite yet, I'm sure with a little more time the soreness will calm down enough to where I will feel ready to give sitting a try. I will be able to start physical therapy in two weeks, and oddly, I am counting down for this to begin. Not because it's fun, because there is nothing fun about physical therapy, but because it puts me on the road to recovery, and I am anxious to get to the end of that road.

     Sorry I have very little progress to share at this point, I hope things will soon get better. I look forward to the day when I can share my successful outcome. I still think with time I will be in a much better place, and will soon be living a life free of pain.