Three days post-op

Today has been a better day. I've finally stopped vomiting and started being able to eat. I gave in to an overwhelming desire for a McDonald's cheeseburger, small fries and a lime milkshake. It was all I had imagined it would be.

I still have a minor headache but nothing like the migraine I had been suffering. I think it is more due to grinding my teeth overnight. I'm doing a lot of sleeping. It's hard work watching netflix and the like.

The best tip I have been given continues to be the hand sanitiser by the toilet. That and having a small footstool there to rest my foot on makes it an easier process. I'm using the elbow crutches to get around upstairs most of the time. If I have to carry anything then I put on the knee crutch. I haven't gone back downstairs again yet, simply because there is really no need and the stairs are a pain to traverse. I might just wait until I actually get an opportunity to leave the house before I head down them.

My mother has offered to drive me to the supermarket later in the week to buy some of the perishable items that I couldn't stock up on like milk. Hopefully I'll manage to have a coffee at the same time.

Pain is not a huge issue. I'm not certain that the tramadol does much but I guess I would notice if I didn't take it. I'm taking four doses of paracetamol to keep a low level of relief ongoing. I took a 800mg Brufen tablet yesterday evening because I was having bad breakthrough pain and it seems to have worked the trick. It's slow release and seems to provide a nice dulling.

My foot is much more mobile than I expected. I can lie it on the heel or over on the side of the foot when it gets sick of that. My quad muscle feels used from lifting the foot up and down and probably from having to hold the foot up while it was wrapped yesterday. I'm using three pillows to support it and that seems sufficient. I sleep with the foot out of covers and it seems warm enough in its shell. I have a bed cradle for keeping sheets off your feet in bed but with the pillows my foot would be above the top of it so it would serve no purpose.

I'm stick rocking my pajamas. They're comfy and the pants legs were wide enough to fit easily over the cast. I'm working up to trying a shower. Probably tomorrow. I've top and tailed with water and wash cloths but, it would be nice to wash properly. Also I had to wash my hair with the sterilising sponge before my op and it hasn't been kind to the texture. It's crying out for conditioning.

My hubby will be back to work tomorrow so I have to make sure that I have everything I need on hand before he goes. I think that I'll be having peanut butter crackers for lunch everyday. I do have some nice drink mixes if I want a hot drink and I've got fruit juice so I'll get vitamins and hydrated. 

So I was prepared for a lot more pain than I'm experiencing. I guess I'm not putting too much pressure on it and maybe when I head out into the big wide world it'll be much worse. I had a lot of pain from the little toe along the side of my foot to my heel prior to the operation and that pain has gone completely. My heel is where there is pain and it often feels more like heat than pain. I am allowed 2 tablets every six hours so the last two times I've just taken one tablet and then taken the second one as needed. This seems to avoid the spacey feeling two gave me.

Hobbling on!