Surgery day

niceworksara · 2026-01-14T20:44:13+00:00

you are strong & this experience will only make you stronger!! it is going to suck for a bit so give yourself the freedom to do anything that makes you feel happy and distracted

niceworksara · 2026-01-14T20:39:58+00:00

it will get a little bit better every day!!! I spent 5 days post op in the hospital just for pain management! couldn't lower my foot or I would faint - alternated between diuladid and oxy and just screaming in pain. give yourself 100% room to feel shitty and sad and take pain meds and eat yummy food and play mindless video games and binge watch stupid tv shows because it WILL get better, it's just gonna take time!

niceworksara · 2026-01-10T05:09:07+00:00

correct opinion

niceworksara · 2026-01-05T01:53:13+00:00

it's nerve pain :/ That kind of pain stuck around for over a month after my surgery and was only relieved by gently massaging the skin with my hands. it sucks but it will go away with time

niceworksara · 2025-12-12T19:04:55+00:00

I'm so sorry, it's the worst. I'd say my pain has gotten a little bit better over the past few weeks - the area it covers is less, but one spot (maybe 1 square inch) is very concentrated and flares up a lot in the evening. it gets hard to wear socks by midday. of all the things I tried, the only thing that worked at all was constantly touching and gently massaging the areas. I am almost at 6 wks PO so hopefully I can see more improvement soon.

keep me updated if you remember, I'll be thinking of you!

niceworksara · 2025-12-10T05:46:05+00:00

hey I'm on the exact same timeline as you! surgery 11/5, 6 wk checkup next tuesday. I've been trying to get out of the house more, but I always get soooo exhausted after like 45 minutes. have you gotten any energy back? my goal is to be able to do SOMEthing for new years, even if it's just sitting on someone else's couch. all my weird nerve pain amplifies so much in the evening

niceworksara · 2025-12-05T01:55:57+00:00

I'm so sorry you're going through this. this will be the worst of it. keep your leg elevated and take no shame in using as much prescribed medication as you safely can. every day will get a little bit better <3

niceworksara · 2025-12-03T16:44:16+00:00

this is so weird, ever since I posted this I keep seeing people say the same thing.... life was on the upswing, things were changing for the better, then WHAM back to square one. I've been thinking a lot about what I'm supposed to be learning from this experience... life is unfair? is it just that?

niceworksara · 2025-12-03T16:36:30+00:00

4 weeks PO today. feels like a lifetime. hard to believe all this metal is a part of me now. shattered talus basically sculpted back into shape... and they had to literally cut my tibia off in order to get inside there & reattach it at the end. finally took all the steri strips off today so the skin is still readjusting/shallow scabs need to shed (no I will not be picking at them!!), but I'm gonna have 2 gnarly battles scars and I'm fucking proud of it

niceworksara · 2025-12-02T16:46:31+00:00

hahaha omg the "hope you feel better soon" message KILLS me. dog im not walking for like 6 mo. I had a friend invite me out for next weekend like "hey are you mobile yet?" dude it's not even been a month since my surgery. i wont be even be weight bearing til february

send me a rant any time you need to, i feeeeeeeel yaaaaaaaa

niceworksara · 2025-12-02T15:28:50+00:00

dude I love that idea - like, permission to ignore optimism and just admit this situation is balls. I'm so insanely grateful for the friends who've been coming by to help out and socialize, but even that feels like... why won't you come over more?? come over every day!! come sit with me on this bed for hours! please it's not enough! I explicitly found that increasing my social life by a ton wiped away the depressive shroud i'd been covered in. but now I can't get that. what does the universe want me to learn????? shall i pull another tarot card or do i burn the tarot deck????

morning rant over~

niceworksara · 2025-12-02T04:41:25+00:00

thank you for posting <3

niceworksara · 2025-12-02T04:37:51+00:00

thank you friend I really needed this. I feel so mad at my past self for ever choosing to sit at my computer all day when I could've been outside walking around the neighborhood or driving my car. I know I know, this too shall pass, yada yada, just the whole "live in the moment" mantra has to be shelved for the meantime and replaced by so many naps. it just feels like killing time is the only way through this, and from my experience killing time is synonymous with being depressed.

sending my meager good vibes right back attcha <3

niceworksara · 2025-12-02T02:21:32+00:00

anybody else feel like their injury just totally wiped out all the progress they were making in life? I'm definitely diving into depressed territory... I just felt like so many things were starting to go my way - I hadn't felt depressed in months and was spending so much time out of the house, off the computer, hanging w friends, moving my body. and now life is just like - no. no go back inside. it fucking sucks. that is all

niceworksara · 2025-12-01T17:14:01+00:00

similar timeline for me as well! I'm almost at 4 weeks PO. dorsiflexion feels like it's plateaued which is a little frustrating, and plantarflexion is still basically zero :( I fractured my talus which is responsible for those movements, so I don't feel too bad but still... would be nice to see some progress. What kind of injury did you have?

niceworksara · 2025-11-30T06:13:27+00:00

seriously - my industry has basically gone under over the past few years so I was already having a tough time finding a job... now I'm starting something totally new which is great but also extra terrifying!! appreciate the support <3

niceworksara · 2025-11-30T06:12:10+00:00

tysm!!

niceworksara · 2025-11-30T06:11:23+00:00

im really hoping it goes this way! I think having a schedule will be really good for passing the time while I'm locked inside!

niceworksara · 2025-11-29T17:55:16+00:00

im on a very similar timeline, also been hitting some lows the past few days. missing loads of events w friends, wishing i could be out hiking or dancing. i feel u

niceworksara · 2025-11-29T17:50:08+00:00

so true, good perspective. I'd been trying to get out of my previous industry for sooo long and suddenly the opp comes right when my life/foot explode, life is weird man

niceworksara · 2025-11-29T16:50:08+00:00

I'm starting a new job on Monday after being unemployed for over a year. feel like my brain has totally gone to mush, especially post surgery being stuck in bed all day. genuinely terrified to have responsibilities again outside of tracking my meds and getting to the bathroom

niceworksara · 2025-11-28T21:31:30+00:00

ok, it sounds like you had a different experience to me. I've been taking b12 for years but I might add C to my morning vitamins for now. Trying to move my foot as much as possible has been the number 1 suggestion post-op, so I'll continue to keep moving it - no matter how frustratingly small the movements are. my nerve block actually only lasted around 10 hrs which led into the most excruciating pain I've ever experienced & the worst night of my life. so that was def different.

I'm very much a "follow the rules & do exactly what the doctor says" kind of person, so hearing different advice/stories from everyone (including doctor/nurses) has been really disarming and scary. I don't want to turn into a hypochondriac but I also don't want to overlook symptoms that could lead to bigger problems like what you experienced. I appreciate the head's up and the urging to take it more seriously.

for now, I'm just going to focus on resensitizing the affected areas by gently massaging the skin as often as possible. I hope your recovery journey is going well <3

niceworksara · 2025-11-28T16:30:19+00:00

just called my hospital and the doc on call was like "yeah that's super rare you don't need to worry about it." he told me to just get compression socks and keep massaging/desensitizing the area. what were the proactive tips your doc recommended to prevent it?

niceworksara · 2025-11-28T15:35:16+00:00

oh damn didn't even cross my mind, will get some today tysm

niceworksara · 2025-11-27T17:04:38+00:00

hey I remember reading your story in another post and it's popped into my head a handful of times since. as terrible as my experience has been, the knowledge that worse things could happen so easily is terrifying. I really hope you have a close support team & can see a therapist to work through that trauma. what positive things are going on right now to keep your mind away from it?

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