Day 38 & 39 (April 27 & 28)

Back to needing a pain killer in the afternoon.  Pain moves from one spot to the next.  Today my foot feels way to big for the cast.  Hope for an improvement tomorrow.

Day 37 (April 26)

Made it through the day without pain killers!  My leg was the best it has been.  Had occasional discomfort but nothing like it has been.  I did take valium today which I think helped.  Just really pleased that I didn't have to take pain meds.  Hope the trend continues!

Two weeks until I get the cast off.  Can't wait.

Day 36 (April 25)

Had a pretty good day.  Took my mother to lunch and propped my leg up while at restaurant.  I took a valium before I left and it seemed to help.  By the time I got home, I did have to take a Norco.

Day 35 (April 24)

Same story as before.  Leg uncomfortable when I first wake up but gets a bit better.  This morning it was burning heel pain.  Was uncomfortable for most of the day though.  By 330 pm, I had to take a norco.  It didn't do much so I took another half a pill at 430.  It helped for a few hours but pretty uncomfortable again.  Left side of foot is really tingling and I'm getting shooting nerve pain.  Heel is still burning a bit.  Feels like my foot is really hot.  Going to try not to take anything.  I feel like I'm moving backwards as far as pain.

Day 34 (April 23)

Leg was a bit sore when I woke up but that seems common.  It calmed down after about 15 minutes.  Was fine for most of the day until about 5:30 pm when I started getting a horrible burning where the modified brostrom procedure was done and shooting pains throughout the ankle.  I really wanted to make it through the day without any pain meds but gave up and took 1.5 Norco.  Hope it kicks in soon as I am really uncomfortable.

Goal for tomorrow is to not take any meds.

Day 33 (April 22)

Woke up in a lot of pain today.  Not sure what is going on.  Called docs office to ask whether I should take the oxy instead of the norco as it doesn't give me the euphoric effect that norco does.  They said they prefer that I take the norco as it is less addictive.  Oh well.  Figured the oxy would be better as it works on pain and that's it, doesn't even seem like a drug.

Did have a new sensation today.  I got up to use restroom and it felt like a spot on the bottom of my foot was wet and cold.  Lasted about 20 seconds and then moved to my toes.  Then back to the bottom of my foot off and on.  Went away for an hour and then came back after I went into my bedroom.  Strange.  I did take norco earlier today.  Not sure if it has anything to do with it.

Day 32 (April 21)

Slept pretty well but woke up pretty groggy from the pills.  Still getting shooting nerve/bone pain in my calf area and on top of my foot.  I've discovered that if I sit with my foot down for a bit, it's not quite as painful when I'm up on crutches afterwards.

Kept having pain today and ended up taking 2 norco at 330 pm.  It is helping so far.  It's been almost 72 hours since I last took a norco so I'm hoping that alternating in the oxy will help me avoid any dependence.

On a side note, I started posting on the healthboards forum and there are some great people on there with advice and feedback about their experience with similar procedures.  As with anything on the internet, have to take it with a grain of salt.  Just nice to know that my pain is actually ahead of schedule compared to others.