post surg update

...it's the last day of the (nonwalking) boot. HOORAY!

four to five more weeks of crutches, if i calculate right.
four to five weeks in a cast- i'm hoping for a fun zebra print, as my roomie told me they have that at Children's hospital, but if they don't,i'll take a fun color. i've always wanted a cast when i was little- weirdly enough- so i feel a bit of pressure to get the 'right' one. i really hope they have zebra.

after that cast comes off, i get to drive.... i get to walk... i get to see the hairy, scary, skinny ol' man leg my right limb has become. i can cut my toenails. i can SEE my toenails. i get a walking boot for 6 ish more weeks, and i'll be on the downhill slope of the hard part of recovery... or so i hope!

it hasn't been as bad as i had anticipated. the pain, when there is some, is so much less then i ever had before surgery that i feel extremely happy with my decision. of course, i haven't put any pressure on my foot, so i don't know what that will feel like, but the absent feeling of aching bones and nails being hammered into my feet is not missed. at all. for the past four days or so, it's felt like a constant current of electricity is being pumped into my foot. this is kind of entertaining during the day, as it gets more intense when i wiggle my toes or move my foot. however, at night, when the electricity doesn't turn off and the pins and needles just keep me awake, it's much less entertaining. maybe even annoying.

due to the electric foot, and the lack of physical activity, i am hardly tired these days... even though i'm not sleeping great, i go to bed late (midnight last night, 1:30am on sunday!) and still manage to get up and have a decent, if not great, day. it's a new feeling to not flop into bed at the end of the day, physically exhausted, and be asleep before my head hits the pillow. i don't know what to do with myself as i lay there, in the dark, willing the electric foot to turn off and my sleep to turn on.

i have been to the gym 4 times so far, and worked out at my house a few others. i am trying this week to make it an every other day committment, and get back into the habit of making time for it. that should not be a problem, since when i come home from work there are no dogs to walk, no miles to run, no driving to do. just knitting and tv and reading. i think at the end of these next few weeks my house may be full of scarves and unfinished knitting projects. and i'll be fully caught up on any show i've ever wanted to be caught up on. i'm thinking of starting to watch 'flash foward'... any thoughts?

so last day in the boot: i am going to celebrate with a staff meeting (yay), a good day at work catching up, and a good night of good girlfriends and two episodes of American Idol, including the Denver auditions... (double yay!). I may even start another scarf.