Slightly better then day 1
Slept little better, still got up in middle of night to take a pain reliever, and then was better. Kept foot on a pillow in bed seemed to help.
But when you get up to go to the bathroom, you feel the blood rush to the foot and it gets pretty tight, thus the reason and recommendation of keeping the foot elevated, especially for the first few days.
Occasionally there is slight tingling and pricking in the big toe at times, when resting, watching more TV or working on the computer.
Hobbling on heal was down to a pain level of around 3, versus 4-5 day before. So that is a good direction. Other then that, today was very similar to yesterday.
I had a double chielectomy (both feet). I am in day 2 now. The blood flow pain/pressure you mention is no joke! Getting out of bed/couch and having that feeling is discouraging. But so far, my experience seems to be just like yours. I am very thankful for this blog! Pain while just laying here with the 5mg oxy in my system is about a 3. Getting up is lots worse. When the oxy wears off it’s pretty unpleasant. Trying to stay positive.
I’m at Day 2 of recovery, having had this same surgery on my other foot 4 years ago (almost to the day). I didn’t use the pain killers they gave me last time or this time, as I don’t do well with pain killers. 2 Tylenol alternating with 2 Advil the night after surgery, but nothing since. Iced on and off and kept it elevated. Can walk around on my heel pretty well today with no throbbing. Saved my shower cover from last time (ordered from Amazon) which slides over bandages or cast and does a really good job of keeping it dry.
Thanks for the shower cover tip. I will order one for my upcoming surgery!
Wow, I have no pain – just a slightly annoying itching at the incision site. Nurse told me to stop Percocet and just use Motrin. The bandages got wet in the shower – the garbage bag did not work. After changing the initial bandage (which was blood / fluid soaked through anyway,) the itching went away.