10 days post surgery
Hey, all. I’m just about 10 days post op from the BEAR Repair. Overall feeling pretty good. Really only taking heavy pain meds at night as I tend to fight the brace in my sleep.
I have two questions, if some of you maybe have some advice for me.
I have been having bad foot pain in the surgery leg. It seems to be from inactivity? It goes way as I crutch around but I’m trying to figure out how to remain comfortable throughout the day. Without this pain, I’d probably be off of pain meds at the present time. PT is set to start tomorrow (late, but the doctor wouldn’t write my PT orders until after post op appointment).
The outside of my brace is set right over where two of my incisions are. This area is struggling, since my legs tend to relax out, with my toes making a “V” shape. I’m worried this is preventing the incisions from healing and it feels like a bruise has formed over the last few days.
If anyone has any advice on how to avoid or remedy or just tell me to suck it up. I’d be happy with any answer that tells me this isn’t really a problem 😂