I have been rather remiss about posting recently, mostly because there was nothing worth posting about but partly because I've been incredibly busy at work. However, today I am fresh out of day-surgery (well yesterday I was fresh out, today I actually feel fresh rather than doped up to my eyeballs) to remove my right heel screw and to repin my two problem toes.
As procedures go it was considerably quicker and much less painful than the previous two metal work jobs, probably because I have come out with perhaps less, rather than more, metal work in me than before. According to the lovely Mr Rogers (getting that in there just in case Mr Cooke is reading this) I have a randomized trial of one for my two toes. The second toe (always less of a problem) has a Smart Toe Implant (pop it into google, its the first website that comes up) which is a very cool new piece of kit designed for fixing hammertoes. The third toe was, as always, a problem and despite trying for a fun new implant it was having none of it so has a traditional K-wire like before except without the unfortunate piece of cork sticking out the end of my foot. On top of these I have a large piece of padding absorbing blood quietly oozing from my heel where the BIG screw which was causing me problems, has come out.
Practically, this means that at the moment I am sat with my foot up in bed because it aches quite a lot. I had a number of different stories regarding recovery depending on who I spoke to. Mr Cooke at my appointment last December said 'in and out in a day, rest up for a day and then you'll be about your normal business'. Mr Rogers yesterday said 'rest up for 48 hours and weight bear as you're capable' and the day-surgery nurse Sharon said 'stay in bed for the rest of the week and only walk on it to go to the bathroom'. So at the moment I am torn. I feel I SHOULD be walking on it but have tried and it is extremely painful, mostly the heel-hole area so have decided to combine all three approaches and 1) stay in bed all of today and crawl around the house (no crutches) but put my foot on the floor and put some pressure on it while sitting down, 2) stay home for the rest of the week and work at my kitchen table and 3) perhaps try weight bearing tomorrow when I take the bandages off and change the dressings,
As for right now, I think some elevation, paracetamol and chocolate are required...will update you re walking asap.
