Bunion Surgery

I’m trying to stay out of my being-stuck-in-the-house funk, but it’s tough. What doesn’t help matters is the fact that we’ve had the biggest heat wave here for centuries, with the temperatures being 40+ celsius for an insane amount of time. Apparently we’re breaking records from the 1960s. It’s hard to not be able to just go out or go swimming or to the lake or jump in a cold shower. I also think I’m gaining weight due to not really being able to exercise. And I was actually losing weight before my surgery!

I’ve been walking around the apartment pretty much all the time without my crutches, but I still use my crutches when I go out. I’ve also been doing some cleaning and organizing, despite the heat. I cleaned my room and organized all my clothes this week. Since then, however, I have not really felt like cleaning all the other things I need to, such as the den and the bathroom. In addition to that, I’ve had a lot of insomnia lately and also some foot pain. Sometimes the foot pain causes me not to be able to sleep at night, and sometimes I just can’t sleep. I try reading before bed, (currently reading The Glass Castle, just as good if not better than The Memory Keeper’s Daughter) but nothing seems to help.

I’m kind of frustrated with my doctors, Dr. L and Dr. M disagreed on many things from the beginning, and now Dr. L tells me I shouldn’t be walking on it, and Dr. M says I should be. They both, however, suggested that I get this particular Air Cast, which I did from Amazon cuz they’re $150 elsewhere, and it does make it easier to walk; the only problem is I can feel it pressing both on my incision and where the pin is. Hopefully once the pin comes out it will hurt less and I can walk in that until I can walk in a normal shoe again.

Doctors can be very frustrating for a patient recovering from surgery. I suppose I could call Dr. M again, although if I do, Dr. L will just tell me something different. Frustrations, frustrations. Enough whining for now.