Foot Surgery follow-up

If all goes well, I should be able to walk without crutches and drive after 4 weeks of recovery.

On week 2.5, the doctor was not happy with the way my incision is healing.  He prescribed antibiotic and said that usually he would allow me to put 50lbs of weight on the foot, but now I should wait.  This puts me at a best case of 5 weeks of recovery time if all goes well from here.



On week 3.5, the doctor was less happy and now thinks I may be having a reaction to the sutures.  He took a sample to send for a culture, just in case it is a weird infection that did not respond to the antibiotic, but it will be a few weeks before we get results back.  He cleaned up the wound, removed dead skin and remaining sticky bandages and showed me how to clean it.  I am to clean it twice a day, but 24 hours after the visit, I have yet to get a ride to the drug store to get the betadine.

This puts me another week behind. That's six weeks if all goes well.

Foot Surgery Blues week 1:

I planned for this for surgery.  I added things to my Netflix queue, did my holiday shopping, and bought some fabric for some fun projects. I know I won't be able to drive for 4-12 weeks. I thought I could get a lot of baking and sewing done.

Here is the spur before surgery:

 

Here is what I didn't expect:

1. The pain.  It hurts.  It hurts the most going up/down steps. It hurts less when I'm sitting on the couch with my foot elevated on ice. Which is what the Doc said to do. It's hard to bake or sew in this position.  Pain meds are good but only if you are willing to give up certain other bodily functions.  I can't imagine being away from my ice for longer than a couple hours so I'm stuck on the couch.

2. Crutches are a pain.  I am not so coordinated. I cannot put any weight on my right foot if I want things to heal. I face-planted twice on my first day.  You know how easy it is to get up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night - well try it on crutches in the dark. Why do they put light switches across th room anyway?  On the bright side - I may also end up with a super muscular left leg.

3. It is hard to carry stuff. I need to fill my fancy air cast thingy with ice twice a day.  I can't carry this thing while on crutches.  What happens when everybody goes to work/school and I have no ice? Or coffee?    Waaahhhhh.

4. I have to share my couch and pillows with the dog.  I am not a dog person. The dog farts and jerks in her sleep.  On the other side of the foot is The dog who is afraid of my crutches. My kinda dog.

5. While I'm having a pity party, please add filling bird feeders and bringing in those holiday shopping deliveries to the list of things I can't do right now. :(

This can only get easier - right?