Post-Op Day #35 - Crash N Burn

Well today wasn't too bad -- the sun was shining(YAHOO) and I had a few things to do today.

My ankle felt pretty good this morning so that was nice! I had to go get a Rx from the pharmacy so I took the wee-chair out for a cruise. :-)
I checked the mail first then head out to Mt Si's pizza to order Adam a sandwich then head to the pharmacy.
There was an issue with the insurance company not wanting to cover my warfarin because they said it was being filled to early but the thing is, the first Rx I had was for 30 (5mg) pills. Well Ive been on atleast 7.5mg - 10mg per day so you can see how 30 pills isnt going to last a month! Anyways the pharmacist was super and called Blue Shield and got it worked out so I could get 60 pills(enough for 10mg/day for a month if needed).

After that I head home for a bit to rest up. I didn't realize how late it was getting and I needed to fax off some info to the Blue Shield in regards to a billing issue for a surgery related issue. I was rushing around here like a chicken with my head cut off because I had 10mins to hobble a block and get it faxed.

I had all my stuff ready and I was reaching for the house keys and totally whipped out! YOUCH! Dang that hurt. Some how I managed to get my leg out of the way so I didn't hit it on anything(PHEW) but I wacked my knee , elbow and arm pretty good. Poor Adam was in the bedroom having a rest and came whizzing out because he heard the big thud and me yelp! HAHA!
I got up, made sure nothing was bleeding(haha) and head out to do the faxing.......such a trooper aren't I(or maybe STUPID, I dont know ---likely BOTH). I got there at 5:59pm, 1 minute till closing! wow, talk about getting down to the wire.

I was exhausted, sore and PO'd at myself for the fall but I hobbled back home and made my way up the stairs to the door. For some reason the stairs felt like they were never going to end -- funny how that happens when you're tired and PO'D! HA HA!


Ive been home for almost 2hrs now and I see bruises coming up(have to be careful on Warfarin), I feel a bit stiff/sore and I noticed my foot has swelled up a bit. It probably got jarred a bit when I fell earlier. Oh well, time to elevate it again and relax!

Oh and its almost time to take my 7.5mg of Warfarin tonight --- Sat/Sun are 10mg. I don't know how they figure this stuff out but I guess there's some sort of formula they're following.


Anyways, thats about it for today. I'm hoping the weather stays decent so I can go visit the ranch plus it'd be great to take the wee-chair out this weekend to one of the parks we like to walk at.


I thought I'd add a couple pictures to show you how purple my foot gets due to the circulation issues from the clots. It looks almost fake!

Thanks for checking up on me