Cheers to the anesthesthetist!

[fabrisse]

Surgery yesterday seems to have gone well. I came out of sedation 45 minutes after I was injected with the surgery having been completed just 5 minutes earlier.

It hurts a lot, and I'm grateful for my friends especially the 2 who are taking care of me.

Much of the last 3 days was spent with mom and dad, but I'll write more on that when I'm using something with a proper keyboard.

One funny-ish story from yesterday: the resident came in and asked me where it hurt. He pressed a couple of places near the side and back of my heel and marked them as I told him where there was pain. The pain wad definitely there, but pretty mild. My doctor came in, looked at my foot, and said "this is all wrong." He pressed dead center on my heel and my eyes nearly crossed with the pain and he re-marked the foot. I think my parents were reassured that I wasn't just being a wimp, although they had gotten to see how badly I limped without the boot on or a cane to help.

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[siderea]

So did they just do the soft tissue work, or did they remove the bone spur too?

ETA: Er, that was graceless of me. Sorry: I plead rampant idiocy. I am so glad to hear from you, and I'm glad it went well, and you have friends looking after you. I hope you are quickly on the mend and the surgery is a raging success.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

They couldn't see the spur and since they were in the neighborhood of a major nerve, they decided not to look for it. I thought that sounded like the better path.

I'll know about the success in increments, with the first one being on 9/30 when I go for the follow up and get casted.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it went well. I look forward to seeing you next week.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

The scooter has the turning radius of a Sherman tank. Feel like grabbing lunch after my follow-up?

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Sure. When's your follow-up?

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

9/30. The appointment is at 11:40 and my haircut is at 2:00.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

So when would you want to meet? Between the follow-up appointment and the haircut, or after the haircut?

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

Either would work. Between might be better for lunch.

[pleasance.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad the surgery went well!!! Hope everything looks up from here.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

I'll settle for being able to walk indoors without a cane by the new year. We drove down to Tappahanok this weekend, and I thought of you when we saw the Richmond signs.