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Cheilectomy Day 5

This is the first day off the pain meds. I swapped over to one 200mg ibuprofen in the morning and the evening, supplemented with a 500mg paracetamol during the day. It was fine, but I really needed that ibuprofen when I went to bed tonight!

This is probably due to increased activity - I was moving around a fair bit, and sat on the sofa watching a movie last night with the foot on a stool - and there was less time with the foot raised above heart level.

I can move the toe a bit now, just gently downwards - haven't attempted trying to bend it upwards yet. I do gentle exercises - rotating the ankles on both legs, gently flexing the ankle back and forth, and using a stretchy band on the non-surgical foot to stretch the calf muscles, keeping both legs elevated up a wall and feeling the lovely flow of fresh blood as I lower them down to waist level again. 


It helps to bring a bit of massage to the feet, the ankles, the toes and the calves all benefit from stimulating the blood flow. There's a little bit of bruising to the surgery side ankle where I kicked off when I was being stuck for the surgeon to find the nerve on the day of surgery.



I bruise really easily - and it's normally long-lasting - so this is no surprise. 

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