3 Weeks Post-op

Hi,

So it's been three weeks since surgery. My podiatrist said I can get my foot wet/shower tomorrow! He also said if I'd only had my Austin osteotomy done (big toe) that I'd be in normal shoes now, but since I had that AND the fifth metatarsal osteotomy done on the same foot, I can't wear normal shoes for at least a couple more weeks. Boooooo.

He definitely tortures me, though! All the bending is very, very painful. I asked if I needed to bend like this all the time to be able to walk again, and he only said, "You have to bend your toe every day." So, I think that means I'd be able to walk, but he just wants all of my range to return. ... Whatever.

I couldn't do the exercises last week because he made a splint with tape that made it almost impossible to move my toe. This week he removed the Ace-like bandage, the tape, the butterfly-like tape strips and actually took out three other stitches we didn't realize were there last week (two near my pinkie toe and one at my big toe). I'm now wearing a white sleeve and a matching mini sleeve/splint over my big toe. He said I don't have to have it on when I shower or do the exercises. He says everything is healing well. I still don't have any discoloration, but I do have some swelling still. I leave my foot up most of the day still. I'm very excited to sleep without anything on my foot tonight! I don't see how I can be normal in terms of healing, though, because even when he was torturing me, I couldn't bend very far at all. I will post a video, and some photos soon.... There is also a spot on my foot I cannot feel. He said that some of the nerves may be dealing with the scar tissue pressing on them there. It's a small spot to the left of my big toe, maybe a square centimeter in size. Overall, I think my foot looks ugly, but the shape is fabulous!

Okay, time to try and get my beagle to eat!

Michelle