Post-Op Day # 55 - Fresh Air & Horses

Yesterday I went to the barn around 1pm and watched everyone ride! The weather was nice and cool, a nice break from the hot days earlier this week.

It was fun to watch the lessons and hang out with my barn friends.........I miss being there and riding but always nice to visit!

All the fresh air is great for me plus I do get to hobble around a bit so I get some exercise too.

I think I was there till about 6pm then head to North Bend to pick up a cold drink.......mmm iced chai latte, dang it was good!

I got home and elevated the foot for a bit while laying down -- I used to nap all the time when I first had my surgery but now my body has more energy so I don't need to nap as much while is nice. Don't get me wrong, naps are soooooooooo nice! :-)

I took my 7.5mg of Warfarin @ 8pm then we decided to go to the North Bend grill for a steak dinner. Mmmm hmmmm! It was so good, I've never had a bad meal there in the past 2.5yrs that we've lived in this area.

We came back home and I was zonked, most likely all the fresh air earlier in the day and then a big meal. haha! I should have went for a walk around the block in the wee-chair but was too tired.

Yesterday I was also having bad headaches which I rarely get so I was a bit worried about that plus my right eye was feeling sore. I have this feeling the ulcers(from previous case of shingles) in my eye might be flared up again........ack, got to get it checked out because I might need to take my medicated drops again. haha, just what I need, more things to deal with right now.

I'll keep you posted on that situation, fingers crossed its not that, maybe some allergies or something.

Thats about it for yesterday

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Post-Op Day #7 - One Week

Well today is exactly a week since I had my surgery and things are going well. Thankfully today I didn't have the sweats or feel weak but I was really tired.

I slept well last night, though experienced some weird sensations in my foot around 11pm when I took my nightly dose of Neurontin(aka Gabapentin). I take 2700mg of Neurontin per day(900mg 3x's), that is a high dosage but it's needed or I'm in a lot of pain.

It's a medication I've been on for over a year to deal with Post Herpectic Neuralgia; basically like having Shingles(I've had them 4 times, chicken pox 2x's - NOT FUN) without the physical outbreak of blisters on the skin but all of the severe pain. It's makes daily function very hard if you're not enough medication.

The medication helps the brain and the nerves in the skin send the proper signals, somewhere along the way something isn't doing its job right(nerve damage) so I'm getting severe pain when I really shouldn't be.

I could feel the Neurontin activating the nerves in my foot. WOW, what a crazy sensation to say the least.
It felt like small electrical sparks were going on in my foot, I could feel them shooting around my foot, especially the bottom.
This went on for about 15minutes and then everything settled down. PHEW!

It makes sense because the nerves in my foot are all messed up from the TTS and surgery; the medication was trying to do it's job, help them function properly.

It'll be interesting to see how often I experience this, I mean if it happens once, it's bound to happen again.
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Dr's actually Rx this medication for issues like TTS so guess I'm good to go! HA HA!


My ankle felt good today, a very small amount of pain on and off but nothing that needed any medication for, not even an Advil! :-)
I tried to give my toes a massage a few times throughout the day to help get the circulation.
My foot tends to get cold quickly if I'm on my feet too much or have the leg down.
I've tried to adjust my bandage a few times to loosen it a bit and that helped a bit.

I think a lot of it is just part of the healing process so I'm not too worried about it. I have most of the feeling in the toes, a few places can be a bit tingly/numb but that is normal with this type of surgery.


I spent most of the day on the couch with my leg elevated while I finished reading my book (Prime by Dr. Pepper Schwartz - an interesting read to say the least HAHA!) or sleeping.
I didn't have much energy to do anything else which totally sucked because it's been SUNNY ALL DAY! Oh my, could SPRING actually be here? Umm ya, I'm not going to be placing any bets on that! HA HA!

I can probably fit in a quick ride around the block in the wheelchair before it gets too late, the sunset will be awesome tonight!!!

I hope I have more energy tomorrow because I'd like to go to the ranch for a visit.
My friend and riding partner Helene is going to the ranch in the morning so I might go -- If I'm up to it. Fingers crossed, it'd be nice to see everyone again and maybe groom Karma.

Adam just asked if I want to go for a ride around the block so I better hop my way to the door! haha! I can't wait to get some fresh air and spend some time with my wonderful hubby. <3

I can't beleive it's been a week already! I have my Post-Op appointment with Dr Chi in 6 days(April 21st) so I'm anxious to hear how much damage he found and to get the stitches out. :-)

Thanks for checking up on me :-)