Today's largest struggle has generally been about not being able to do things, but more than that, it's about not being able to do things the way I would do them. I generally do most of the housekeeping at home. Me and my husband have always had pre-agreed roles, i.e I do the cooking, and he clears up and does the dishes afterwards. He's being brilliant and has taken to working from home this week to help me with everything, but it still is hard not being able to do things and have everything the way I would have it. I'm seriously going to have to let go of this over the coming weeks/months or it's going to drag me down.
I joined a fab health forum patient.info today which has a section on it for bunions, including bunion surgery recovery, so I have asked about the heel walking scenario and whether other people have struggled with it too. This is the main area of the surgery that I am finding difficult and is bringing me down. I find it so uncomfortable and stressful having to heel walk. I worry every single time that I am damaging my feet in some way and that the screws are going to pop out or get dislodged, and that it won't have worked and I'll require further surgery. I'm a natural worrier anyway, have had some anxiety issues, and I think my mind is just looking for something to fixate on to worry about. Anyway the forum was great and lots of other people seemed to have similar concerns and difficulties with the heel walking, so that's reassuring at the least.
Thankfully when I get back to the sofa and have my feet in the air it all tends to calm down - but then it does make me awfully sleepy and lethargic. Can't seem to win!
Starting to feel quite stiff by lunchtime - who'd have thought that sitting around could bring such troubles, so I managed to lower myself onto the floor lying down, with my feet up on the sofa and do a few Pilates moves. I could manage a shoulder bridge and some arm rotations, slightly adapted of course to make sure no weight was pressed on my feet. One thing that has been a godsend are my trigger point balls - these are great for sticking anywhere where there is a sore or stiff muscle and it just relieves a lot of tension. While I was lying on the floor I placed these under my shoulders and rotated my arms - it was heaven!!
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| These trigger point balls are a lifesaver! |
I managed to make myself a cup of tea today which I was rather proud of too. Still pretty unsteady on my crutches so need to watch this as it would be awful if I damaged myself in any way.
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