Feets getting better by the day

[cjsmith]

Full day so far in "normal shoes". With Pat's pair and the ones I found yesterday evening (6EE, still too long and a tinch narrow but I was in a hurry), I have not had to resort to my post-op shoes once today. I did bring them to work just in case, but I haven't needed them. Yay!

I walk less well now. I was getting FAST in the post-op shoes, and switching to "normal shoes" has set me back -- my speed is back to what it was several days or a week ago. I suspect a lot of that is a get-used-to-it thing.

According to my doctor this indicates I'm ready to use a brake pedal. THANK GOODNESS, 'cause the errands to do are piling up. (F'rex, get the car smog-checked and reregistered. Tougher to do once it's lapsed... which will be the day after tomorrow.)

All sign of bruising is gone. The skin color's a teensy bit different inside the Neutral Zone, which might be simply because it's a Neutral Zone. The boundary between the area I can feel and the area I can't seems way oversensitive to me. I suspect that'll fade with time. Phantom sensations continue to occur randomly.

Next appointment Friday. I hope she takes off the tape and tells me I can quit wrapping with Coban. It's time-consuming in the morning! Plus, hey, I WANNA SEE. :-)

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[mactavish.livejournal.com]

My thumb scar is still hypersensitive a full three months after my cut. I've got feeling back above it (it took maybe 6 weeks to come back) but it's still tingly when I stroke it, like it's been "asleep." The scar itself? Ow. I rub it sometimes according to proper scar massage techniques as taught by chaiya (who's trained) but it hurts, even, to do that. The surface is tender, and the underlying tissue is still sore. I have no idea how long that will take to fix itself.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I bet this stuff will take a looooong time, for both of us. Fortunately, I know people do adapt after neuroma surgery. They say the phantom sensations will fade over a matter of months. You're dealing with nerve regeneration, as opposed to shriveling up, and I wouldn't be surprised if that takes longer. (A LJ-friend of mine just had ulnar nerve surgery and that's what the doc said her tingling sensations were: nerve regeneration. They seem confident that it will all heal up.)