The recovery has been OK bad days when i started walking. Well actually my first day out I flew to Florida for my dad's memorial service , it was one week after surgery. It is much easier to recover from than back surgery , that is for sure.
Today at 2 weeks i can wear shoes again, at least whatever i can actually put on comfortably!!! I do volunteer work on Tuesday eve's at my endocrinologists clinic otherwise i would just stay off it.
Oh and being the clutz that i am, i walked into a door with my baby toe on the good foot and broke it too!!! That at times hurt more than the surgical foot!!!
I meant to mention as far as your percocet not working, at one point I had to start taking 20 mg as one dose. In the hospital they always give me 5mg after the pain pump is disconnected. It does absolutely nothing., I try to explain that i have built up a tolerance and it never works. I still am just miserable. One time i stuffed some in my eyeglass case so i could feel better and self medicate!!!
judy
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2007 ACDF 4-7
2008 hip , knee scope, hip replacement
2009 thoracic T-5 thru T-11fusion
2009 VATS T7-8, posterior only T11-12. removal of thoracic hard wear
2010 lung surgery
2010 T2-L2 kyphosis correction
2010 Kyphoplasty T-3, T-4
2011 Cervical osteotomy ,revision C4-T5
2011 Foot surgery
2011 Revision fusion T7 thru L4/laminectomy
2012 Hammertoe correction left foot
2012 Revision fusion T-12 thru L5
2012 Revision fusion L4-L5
Last edited by jsewell; 04-03-2012 at 09:22 PM.
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