Update on My foot…

For those that didn’t know, I had surgery. Here is a quick recap. I had foot and calf surgery on September 30th. It wasn’t necessarily a planned event, although we weren’t surprised it was recommended. I have had severe pain in my right foot for close to three years now. I have tried everything from manipulations, to cortizone shots to chiropractics. The procedures would work, but only for a short time. So…When I went in to the doc on September 21st, he scheduled me for surgery on the 30th. It was very fast…but we took it! What I had was a Morton’s neuroma…so they removed that. The way I understand it was they took a nerve out of my foot because a “ball” had been created in it and it was being pressed between my toes making it painful with every step. Second they took a tendon out of my calf. The reason for this is to relieve some of the pressure on my foot by letting my foot extend more. At least, that is how I understand it 🙂

So…I had to wear this lovely boot for two weeks. The second picture is Mike’s attempt at wrapping my foot with a blanket and ice underneath. I was not allowed to take the boot off for two weeks, so we got creative.
The boot came off two weeks later. I went in to the doc to get the staples and stitches out. Thankfully my friend Sarah came too because I got so queezy seeing all that I almost passed out. She was my chauffeur and then my kid watcher at that point. (Oh ya…I couldn’t drive for the two weeks I had that cast on too…that was torture! Those who know me know I need to get out!) 🙂 Once the boot got off I had a rude awakening coming. I couldn’t believe how quickly I lost muscle in not only my calf but my thigh too. It was unbelievable. I only had the walking cast on for two weeks, so I can’t imagine what happens when people have to have full casts on for any longer than that. It was crazy! Here are a couple pics of what it looked like the night I got my cast off (two weeks after surgery).
I am finally starting to get around without a limp….yay!! Today was the first day the swelling has gone down too. Things are looking much better. I’m very thankful I did the surgery when I did and there wasn’t hardly any pain (Praise the Lord for that!) He was definitely with me through it all. Thanks for all the prayer too!