Its amazing how much you focus on your pain when you don't have very much else to do. This morning it was all about my toes and how sore they were until I was offered the prospect of my first shower since Thursday (its Sunday in case you weren't keeping up). For the last half an hour or so its all been about mobilizing the wash gear and the fun leg bag to keep my cast dry and the towels and everything else. I have just managed to get back into bed and my foot/lower leg aches like hell but at least I feel clean.
We did a bit of a cast removal this morning for cleaning purposes. The main pain I'm having during cast removal at the moment is caused by the re-routed tibialis posterior tendon. Because this is obviously used to holding my foot upright in position and has been moved around, trying to hold my foot upright in position unaided is a bit of a challenge and makes both the removal site, and the re-attachment site, hurt. Secondary pain is caused by blisters which I'm told I have underneath my 2nd, 3rd and 4th toes. I got some quite impressive ones last time I had this done so their presence doesn't bother me but they are a little irritating!
Blisters on toes 2, 3 and 4. If you're wondering where it is on 2 its basically the WHOLE toe!
Following your story with great interest... from a fellow CMTer xx Sam xx
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