Two days without the cast. It, so far, feels better than I thought. This evening, the foot felt tired and sore; a bone sore. It wasn't unbearable, but I knew I needed to take it easy for the evening. My husband has been pretty amazing. He's been cooking more than me lately. That gives me a break in the evening when I'm the most tired and the foot needs to just chill.
The back is a different story. The bones/muscles in the lower back, each about 2 inches to the side of the spine are still a big problem. I think this is something that was a little bit of a problem before surgery, but I kept my back really strong with swimming and weights so it wasn't too bad. After 3 months of sitting on my butt and not working out, I'm no longer strong. Since I began walking in the cast, those back muscles have gotten worse and worse. I went to the Chiro yesterday and it was not my usual guy who is always careful. When the new guy adjusted the lower back, my body just screamed and so did I. It hurt so bad! Then I went for a massage and as she was moving down my back on either side of the spine, those muscles seized. I screamed. The poor lady. I was trembling it hurt so bad and did not want her to even touch my back again. She applied heat and worked on the leg for a while and once she got back to the spine, it was relaxed enough that she could gently massage it. Needless to say, I was on pins and needles the whole time so left the office worse off than when I arrived. I came home and took a muscle relaxer and that finally at least calmed things down enough that I could move without worrying that the back was going to seize again.
I have to keep reminding myself of the progress I have made and that I need to be patient. On a really positive note, I walked in our pasture with my shoe (as in no cast) today and I'm pretty sure the foot feels way more stable. That's what I wanted, so let's hope it wasn't just wishful thinking.
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