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I am literally in the hospital, waiting to be taken to the operating room for the same type of surgery, except on my ankle. I am not encouraged by this. The doc
by gcbirzan 4y ago
I am literally in the hospital, waiting to be taken to the operating room for the same type of surgery, except on my ankle. I am not encouraged by this. The doctor said it will be a painful recovery, but they said that when I was doing physio to recover movement in my knee, and it wasn't so bad.
- MandieD 4y agoGood luck - on subway after getting the pins out of my finger. Extremely local anesthesia hurt WAY more than getting my whole arm numbed when they put the pins in. Feel free to swear a lot.
- gcbirzan 4y agoI had spinal anaesthesia, which is painful, but not very much (however, it does involve a lot of those stupid conversations: don't move! how can I not move, you're sticking a needle in my back, I'll fucking flinch). I've had many local anaesthesias and I don't remember any hurting more than they should, like any shot you get, except it lasts a few seconds and then it's just the weird pressure sensation as they keep pushing whatever the anaesthetic is in. I have two plates and probably 20 screws next to my knee that I should remove at some point, but I wanted to get this one out of the way... Were they bothering you, btw? Anyway, surgery wasn't bad, they even gave me a nerve block that lasted 10 more hours, so about 8 hours of no pain. Now it's not so bad, except if I press on my Achilles' tendon (which they cut to extend it), which sucks, and walking is very hard since blood pools in the foot and it starts hurting after 5ish minutes. All in all, it's painful, but with very low doses of tramadol (and huge of paracetamol), it's bearable.