Day 5 - Itching

Today I feel like I'm slowly turning round a very small, narrow corner. The pain is a little more bearable, reduced to more of a discomfort when I stand and walk, and only really bothering me if I knock my foot or press it by accident on it's side. I am getting much quicker at heel walking, and so trips to the toilet aren't quite as much trouble - still slow, but then Rome wasn't built in a day was it?

Sadly, the pain today appears to have been replaced by incessant itching! I can feel where the incisions were made and it's almost unbearable, along with the bottoms of my ankles where the bandages go up to. Eek I don't know if I can cope with this for another two and a bit weeks!!

I wish I could get over the lethargy - my husband suggested some things which might keep my mind occupied but I ended up just getting frustrated as I actually have PLENTY to do - I'm just too wiped out to do any of it for more than five minutes.

I popped into the garden again for a couple of minutes while the sun was setting, and heel walked round the side of the house with hubby - that's when it hit me, I suddenly felt my left foot go really hot, looked down and my toes were purple!!! I knew about swelling but this was crazy - I decided to hobble back indoors and could now feel a big hot sack of fluid where the arch of my foot usually is. It was not pleasant and I very quickly got my feet up in the air. Weird that this only occurred on my left foot and not my right one.....! I'd been quite thankful as so far I hadn't really noticed a huge amount of swelling, but clearly I'm not immune.

I'm eating a lot more than normal - I think it's partial boredom, and partial feeling sorry for myself. I'm giving myself the benefit of the doubt just for a short while as I have felt so down and crappy this week that I didn't want to start feeling bad about anything else - but will have to try and combat this and be a bit more sensible in the coming weeks.

I'm pleased that I'm getting used to the injections now. Hubby is still administering them for me, and I'm happy to let him get on with it as it's not something I am really dying to learn to do. It generally doesn't hurt apart from about two minutes after the injection has been taken out it stings a bit. Probably better than developing a DVT I imagine however.

Tonight I am going to attempt (!) to sleep in my bed upstairs, for the first time since before I went into hospital last Friday. I've so far remained on the sofa, as I can sort of wedge myself into position with cushions to protect my feet and keep them up. However I'm finding that I'm waking up with a sore back, and really fancy a change of scenery between the days. I also need to have a shower in the morning, so just saves me my mountainous climb in the morning I guess....