I got up this morning and after my first day of PWB, the only part of my foot that hurt was the toes. I actually tend to think that pain was due more to the pins coming out and the semi-aggressive massage the physical therapist and I did yesterday. I've done the range of motion things twice so far today and it can be uncomfortable, but seems to help. I'm figuring out the scar massage thing and am able to identify the parts of the scars that need the most work because they are pretty inflexible. Walking is a bit uncoordinated, but I figure that will get better. It's hard to remember that I can actually put weight on the foot and I find myself hopping around and then, in mid stride remembering and almost tripping because I abruptly try to put the foot down, but my body doesn't quite "get it" in that split second.
I almost took a pain pill this AM for the toes but decided to try Tylenol and it seemed to do the trick. Hopefully that will continue - mainly because I hate pain! I'm going to try to walk to the back side of our pasture today. If I can do that, I can go to the end of our road tomorrow! So silly, this from the woman that walks 2 miles at 6 AM (dark, rain, whatever) every single morning. I guess I need to say "walked." Whatever, my dogs will just be glad I'm going past the deck with them. Last time I tried it my crutch ended up falling through into a mole hole and I almost went over. Hopefully the use of my foot can prevent that this time(:
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