Right Leg First
Oct. 3rd, 2019 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grayestofghostsMy chronic compartment syndrome was to the point where I got surgery. Well, I got the first one today. They have to do it one leg at a time, about a month apart.
I was confused because I thought they were going to do typical pressure testing but apparently with my description and MRI results my doc thought that it was an obvious/severe enough case to just get right to cutting. Lucky me!
Lucky me in that I don’t have to mess with the dressing until I actually go back to see him, too. It’s kind of huge because there are three different incisions. But it’s been 9-10 hours since and it doesn’t really hurt, I have more of a headache from anesthesia. I got percocet for the pain but may not end up using any. I’m not sure if the numbing stuff from surgery just hasn’t worn off yet (they said it would in 5 hours) or I just have a really skewed perception of leg pain from this. I’ll probably be in agony tomorrow. We will see.
I was confused because I thought they were going to do typical pressure testing but apparently with my description and MRI results my doc thought that it was an obvious/severe enough case to just get right to cutting. Lucky me!
Lucky me in that I don’t have to mess with the dressing until I actually go back to see him, too. It’s kind of huge because there are three different incisions. But it’s been 9-10 hours since and it doesn’t really hurt, I have more of a headache from anesthesia. I got percocet for the pain but may not end up using any. I’m not sure if the numbing stuff from surgery just hasn’t worn off yet (they said it would in 5 hours) or I just have a really skewed perception of leg pain from this. I’ll probably be in agony tomorrow. We will see.
