Still a little too early to tell, perhaps, but if I push on the ball of my foot with my thumb it hurts in an old familiar way. (Non-numb area.)
Well, crud.
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Footnotes and Disclaimers, to save some typing.
- Yes, there is still the possibility that my overall pain level will be better than before. In fact, that's probably still likely.
- Yes, I am sure this is not post-op pain masquerading as something else (it's in the wrong place, for one thing, and it's waaaay too familiar).
- Yes, it helps that an outcome of "partial improvement" was pretty much obvious from the start: the blow is softened just a little.
- No, I'm not particularly looking for sympathy -- no obligation to comment -- I'm just disappointed and I don't yet have much energy to face the next steps.
Well, crud.
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Footnotes and Disclaimers, to save some typing.
- Yes, there is still the possibility that my overall pain level will be better than before. In fact, that's probably still likely.
- Yes, I am sure this is not post-op pain masquerading as something else (it's in the wrong place, for one thing, and it's waaaay too familiar).
- Yes, it helps that an outcome of "partial improvement" was pretty much obvious from the start: the blow is softened just a little.
- No, I'm not particularly looking for sympathy -- no obligation to comment -- I'm just disappointed and I don't yet have much energy to face the next steps.