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Msg. 13345 of 60008 |
While I still have 5 months of recovery ahead, My immediate complications as a result of that surgery have had my, my wife, and family doc's undivided attention for a few weeks.. I made some headway these past couple of days after a visit to the Vascular Surgeon, who is maybe a decade behind me in age, but well seasoned with expeience.. First thing out of his mouth was "are you wearing any compression socks? He wrote out specs on a Rx Paper and told us to take this to the local nearby compounding pharmacy who also has all the things for people with problems.. I got a new pair of compression socks taht are NOT TOO TIGHT but very snug and they work . Now all the aches and pains from the right leg are gone... Sweling is now gone and I have gotten fluid to get out of my foot and leg by constant elevation.. That exacerbates the hernia with the bending so I only do this occasionally.. Walking is getting better and I can wear my Brooks running shoes again which help..
STabilize the right knee with a Support that squeezes it gently and helps it stay in alignment... HUGE difference in walk with no knee pain ... So now I have to keep an eye on the hernia. It lets me know it is there and I am tired of being stuck with needles and I.V.'s so am not loking forward to either the CT Scan with contrast OR the following outpatient surgery.... I wonder how long that surgical repair will hurt anyway I move??? Yeah, I am just "pained out" and beaten down.. But I have made some good progress in past couple days and happy about that. I also am NO LONGER taking any narcotic pain meds because I do not need to... I took some ALEVE this morning for the ankle/foot tendon inflammation in right leg and the hernia.. I will stick to that... In late sixties I do not bounce back as quickly as I did ten years ago especially on a six month recovery major surgery.. I am tired and can;t be up very long as I wear out quickly.. THIS BOARD is my only source of enjoyment and distraction . I am in my Bible other times when laying in recliner... SO good to be here.. Glad to see everyone and be able to talk a little.. Now if I can just magically make that hernia disappear........ Pooffffff. |
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