There is some improvement

[cjsmith]

After thinking about it, I realize that my day to day life (walking around my office building) IS better now than it was before the surgery. Also, walking a little this morning after dancing last night, I notice I'm not "paying for" last night's dancing with horrendous aches this morning. So there is improvement, even if the pain isn't totally gone.

That might be just because I've had a long break. But it might be actual improvement.

I probably won't be able to run/hike/backpack again unless something else changes; I can't square dance without pain unless something else changes; but it's not AS bad as it was. That's something.

(Wonder if I can find a doctor somewhere who will give up on conservative treatments and do a permanent nerve block. It's been tried but it didn't take, and maybe a second attempt would work.)

Comments

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

I'd just note this and see if it gets better with practice and time (can you practice a little dancing at home)? Or perhaps some shoe tweaking?

I'd think you have a better chance of hiking or backpacking than running simply because you'd be on natural ground and can go at your own pace.

[firecat]

You're not fully healed from the surgery yet, so now is not the time to be gauging the amount of pain you'll be when you're fully healed six months from now.

That said, I'm glad that you could square dance without multiple days of pain!

[abenn.livejournal.com]

Well, glad to hear that there's improvement, anyway. Hope that trend continues.

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Well, yay for progress. Keep in mind that it actually hasn't been all THAT long yet. For my completely unrelated surgery in 1990, it was a year before I got back to zero, and another year before I saw the full results. You may experience quite a lot of improvement yet.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I thought about that, too (dancing being pretty high-impact and your surgery not having been too long ago in the grand scheme of things). Baby steps (no pun intended). :-) *hugs*

[rampling.livejournal.com]

Have you been able to get wider shoes yet? I imagine that too-narrow shoes will keep annoying your feet too.

Meanwhile, more *HUGS* for you.

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

Just echoing the others:
Give it some more time
Try different shoes again, things have changed after surgery
You might want to try the nerve block again, later

All that said, I hope you feel better soon. Constant pain sucks always.