Hi guys,
It's been a roller coaster for sure and pain is not the huge aspect, just the discomfort of the connective tissue pulling and spasming. I can stand, and did the day after surgery. I can walk with a cane or without a cane, but my husband insists I need the can and so does the Dr.
I had to be re-hospitalized with a serious infection, but it wasn't one of the super staff infections and it cleared and continues to clear with IV antibiotics, which is now killing my digestive system.
Basically out of the woods, but not fully. Now the rehab, which I'm very happy to do. If anyone out there is allergic to cheap jewelry in their ears tell your surgeon. The staples which I thought should be surgical steel turn out to be alloy metals and this is what gave way and opportunity to a deeper infection, but all my staples did get infected and very swollen first. They're out now and the scar looks minimal, for the size they made it.
I cannot wait to play in the dirt, but Mark did infer he is going to buy me body armor with internal air conditioning, and impermeable ro any organisms of any sort, managed by hosing down with lysol before removing the armor. I do like the air conditioned part!
Victoria