Recovery - Day 3
It's not going as swiftly as I had hoped. I suppose I thought I'd be up dancing by now. Life's not like that is it. The fact of the matter is that this foot is a big huge pain, literally. I wake up every couple of hours with shooting pains in the toes that is worse than any pain I have ever had. Even the hip replacement wasn't that painful post surgery.
In desperation I phoned the wonderful anonymous Telehealth people we have here in Ontario for advice. I was told that the wires touch on nerves that cause the pain and to just medicate. Problem is that the pain meds given to me make me deathly ill. I can't take percocet without puking my guts out. I have some tylenol 3 that I'm taking but it isn't really strong enough. They put me to sleep for a couple of hours and then I'm watching the clock waiting for the next dose. I'm told when the wires come out next week it should get easier.
Tomorrow we are supposed to go to a friends cottage for 3 days. This was arranged long ago and I'm quite frankly dreading the trip. It's a three hour car trip and I'll be in the back seat with my foot propped on pillows. Once we get there of course it will be lovely. I'll be catered to and spoiled the whole time we are there. It is a lovely, remote spot in northern Ontario with a gorgeous lake view. The weather is supposed to be in the 30's so that will make it even nicer. I think a change of walls and view might be good for me. In spite of how lovely this room is and how beautiful the view of my yard, I'm getting tired. I just want this week to pass quickly, get the wires out of my toes, my cast changed and off these drugs.
There won't be any posts since there is absolutely no Internet were we are going. Back Thursday...
posted by Rositta @ Saturday, June 20, 2009
9 Comments:
Wow. Just got caught up reading about your foot. Yikes, wires coming out of your toes!!!! Looks extremely painful. Hopefully your visit to your friends cottage (after the long drive)will help with your healing.
honey i am wishing you a lovely pain free trip...
smiles, bee
xoxoxoxoxoxxoxo
Oh, dear! This doesn't sound so swift. I'm sorry you're feeling poorly. I hope it gets better soon.
Hugs.
Oh dear Rositta, that looks a very nasty procedure. I hope you will be feeling at least a little better very soon. Six weeks is a long time.
Take care.
There are many other pain meds rather than Percocet....like Tramacet, or Dilaudid or meds for nerve pain like Gabapentin or Lyrica using a pain medication in combination with a medicaiton for nerve pain works great. We give that to most ortho patients in the recovery room. Is it a K-Wire you have sticking out of your foot?
I suggest going to your doctor and insiting he change your medication, there are so many other options out there....good luck...and keep that foot up as much as possible.
Hope you have a pleasant trip and stay. Hopefully it will help you take your mind off the pain, even though when it's really bad it's practically impossible.
I've heard that feet give terrible pain, there's a lot of bones in such a small place, isn't it?
Wishing you a swift recovery.
By the time you read this I hope you have had a lovely visit to your friends' place, and that the pain eased off at least a little.
Thank you all for your comments. I'm back, I'm better, no more pain meds since 2 days already just some advil for swelling. Yes, Smalltown, it is a k wire, three of them and I'm already worried how they are coming out. There's also a titanium plate holding the other bones together. Thanks again
Rositta, I'm so sorry I haven't been around for all that's gone on with you. I promise to keep better tabs now. I've missed a lot it seems.
I did hear you on a comment you made -you are still my special friend out there. Thank you for that. I'll be back to see how you are doing. (((hugs)))
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