ouch!!!

so, i had my foot fixed yesterday. some cosmic joke had me on crutches the first day of our big storm and traveling at 6 a.m. to the hospital. the surgery went well. the gas passer was funny - i made sure to tell him no ng tube because of bypass surgery, he said - what's that? so i explained to him that i had lost 170 lbs. he said - ooooh, you don't look so bad now. at that point i laughed out loud. you know, the kind of laugh where everyone in the vicinity looks up to see what's so funny. the surgeon had not yet read my mri, said something about it being monday morning and that he was out of it. (that didn't make me feel too secure). so i told him to go have his coffee - i could wait til he woke up. he laughed with me and said he'd already had caffeine and i'd be fine. i fit into a normal sized gown. i got to be on a regular sized or table . and i can actually handle the crutches ok I DON'T WANT TO. but i can when i have to. my foot is throbbing about two beats faster than my heart so i guess i'll go take some more vicodin. good stuff. so that's my story for monday. i'm off this week, back to work next monday. and will get a cast on my foot this friday. WOOHOO. have a good one dorthe

wow...sounds like a good time there dorthe! doctor's have a way of making you feel really calm don't they! i'm glad things went well for you with the surgery though and i hope you recover quickly and all this fixes your problem. i know when i had surgery on both my legs i was hoping to not have to use crutches too...and i didn't thank goodness!! glad you're doing ok...live it up on the vicodin while you can!!! Steph

thanks steph. how did you get by without crutches? i'm concerned about re-injuring the rotator cuffs but don't know how to get around it - no pun intended. i'll try to enjoy the vicodin. it's definitely a way to morph my world. have a great week, steph hugs dorthe

well i had them do one leg at a time. i really was in no pain with the surgeries. i just had to stay off my legs for a couple days and no exercise for a couple weeks with each one. no problems.....