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Sue
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Well its done and I am sat at home with a foot bandaged to twice its size, with a husband at my beck and call, but no crutches, instead I have a wheelie zimmer and I am not allowed to walk at all today apart from hobbling to the bathroom . No crutches to bang on the floor to attract attention or to scoop up the odd paper or magazine. However I tthough perhaps an old shopping bag on the front of my'trolley' would enable me to collect books, drawing paper pencils etc from the various rooms in the house.
OW!!!! I think the numbing injection just wore off, where are the painkillers!!!!
OW! must keep the foot moving however.
Now where was I. My novel is the most boring ever, I really shouldn;t have finished the one about Josephine and Bonaparte last night, so I thought I would kill half an hour on the old lap top. I feel afternoon TV and a sleep coming on . It was a 6.30 a.m alarm call this morning. I didn't know there were two 6.30s in the day!!
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Grockle
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Posted - 29/10/2010 : 13:08
what ya done then Sue
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moh
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Posted - 29/10/2010 : 13:11
On the right road now Sue
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Sue
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Posted - 29/10/2010 : 13:42
Ah now . First of all I developed serious osteo arthritis in my big toe brought on by pregnancy 35 years ago. I have been refusing a replacement joint for 10 years . Then last summer i was on my hols in Oregon and we walked down an old volcanic valley to an active vent ( FABULOUS) and tripped over a lump of lava. Ouch I said (or words to that effect!!) Some months later my toe went crooked and bent upwards and it was discovered I had damaged a tendon ( they thought it was tendinitid for months) and had a broken bone in my foot . We had to wait till the bone healed. Then the consultant said he would straighten the toe and put a pin in it . SO I bravely said can you do the replacement joint at the same time
After the op he showed me that I could now move my big toe, first time in many a long year, and the other toe is now flat . Recovery will be about 4 weeks plus.
Will I have the right big toe done he said. mmm perhaps under a general and not a local. Mind you i was allowed to read my book al the way through . Shame it was so boring
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Posted - 29/10/2010 : 15:34
No one should wish their time away but as Moh says, your'e on the right road now Sue. Gentle excercise when you can and feel able. Always worked for my dad when he had his hips and knees replaced. All the best for a speedy recovery.
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Posted - 29/10/2010 : 15:43
Here's to a speedy recovery, and a better book!
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Stanley
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Posted - 30/10/2010 : 06:49
As I said before, Mary had both toes done to correct the joint and I know how much pain you are getting. Try not to overdo the pain killers and remember whay I said about a very boring sensible pair of oversized shoes with cushion soles. I do feel for you, it's painful but if you follow the same trajectory as Mary it does improve quite quickly and in six months you'll have a perfectly formed new toe. Hope it goes well. Not surprising it hurts actually when you think they have cut a wedge of bone out to get you straight again.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 30/10/2010 : 09:42
Ouch!! Enjoy your afternoon naps for the next few days Sue, and keep up those exercises. 'Cheers' to a speedy recovery.
Edited by - Cathy on 30/10/2010 09:44:28 AM
All thru the fields and meadows gay .... Enjoy
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Posted - 30/10/2010 : 10:59
Thanks all. Pain less this morning. As for the wedge of bone Stanley. also a whole joint removed and repalced. It took ages to'hack off' the bone. The surgeon said i had drunk a lot of milk as a child!!!
And I already have the sjoes Stanley , been wearing them for ages. It'll be nice to wear something else
Today i shall knit, I think, and watch the builders altering the house across the road. the trouble is i need a peep hole in the shrubs in fron of our window!!!
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Posted - 30/10/2010 : 11:29
I didn't tell you about the operation . No not all the details!!. I had about 6 injections in my foot from all angles. Extremely painful, but then all was numb and we were away. I was allowed to read my book, as the nurse said i could get quite bored in an hour or so with nothing to do ( unfortunately the book was boring too !!) Anyway. I was asked if I minded two students watching. 'No thats fine ', I said
So there we all were, nurses, surgeon , students and of course me, (hiding behind a large green sheet). I could hear the conversations and I was being given a commentary on the precedings at my foot end. It was just as the surgeon got out the large chiselling drill to carve away the bone when I was aware out of the corner of my eye of one of the students falling backwards like a plank in a dead faint. Hmm, I thought, you think you've got problems, you should try it from my angle!
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Posted - 30/10/2010 : 11:49
All sounds a bit surreal Sue, but after having been thru a major operation while wide awake (and watching all procedures in a mirror) I can relate very well. Am I mistaken, but it sounds to me like you are still a little 'high' at the moment? (Enjoy the view :) )
Edited by - Cathy on 30/10/2010 11:51:29 AM
All thru the fields and meadows gay .... Enjoy
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Posted - 30/10/2010 : 12:30
Not high, but rather bored. I too had a major op conscious, but with an epidural. I have to say it was less traumatic than this one, and the after effects less painful
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moh
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Posted - 30/10/2010 : 15:20
High fashion shoes!!
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Sue
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Posted - 30/10/2010 : 15:24
mmm, I understand wedge sandals are in fashion again
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Posted - 31/10/2010 : 00:50
Very impressive, my dear.
This new joint that was installed....artificial or from what source did it come?
(I had a tendon put in my knee about 15 years ago and my surgeon refused to tell me where it came from...not that I really care...it works perfectly and my knee feels like a brand new one even after all this time.)
Lets hope this is an end to all your health probs for a while. I'm beginning to think you are the unluckiest individual I know!
I think that is why they gave you the wheelie frame instead of a pair of crutches. They wanted to make it impossible for you to fall over, or injure yourself by bashing against anything.
get your people to phone my people and we will do lunch...MAZ |
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Posted - 31/10/2010 : 10:37
Maz, it is an artificial joint . As for the health problems I think the back leg and hip problems have always originated from the toe joint causing a poor gait ( and tripping over large stones!!!)
I asked the GP to refer me after my back op, to sort out out the foot problems so that it would help solve my back problem or at least stop them getting any worse. I think long term I am now on the way up, and so looking forward to wearing shoes other than trainers with a thick insole. I have never worn high/heeled shoes except for posh events where one tends to sit anyway. But at least now I will be able to get a neater looking shoe, after nearly 5 years of trainers and 20 years of shoe buying despair. Mind you spreading arthritis in the joints is a natural consequence of age.
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Not crutches but a wheelie zimmer
