Well, this morning didn't fair quite so well. I woke up around 2:30am, which was well within the dosage for the Motrin that I took (took it at midnight), and I felt that familiar stinging pain. It basically started in the right side of the ankle (probably where the portal was), but then a warm feeling resonates down to my toes. It wasn't terrible...I'd rate it at about a 4, but more due to the shocking nature of the pain. It went away quickly though
I didn't take another motrin, as the bottle was unfortunately out..so I just went back to sleep and woke up again at 6:30am I felt another sharp sting...same area, but the warm feeling was a bit more of a burning feeling. It wasn't agonizing or anything, but still very uncomfortable. Still about a 4...while the sting eventually died down, the burning sensation just died down to a warm sensation, and then eventually just dissipated.
It seems these pains get kicked off when my cast gets bumped in a certain way that ends up bumping the ankle on the inside. The other thing is that I'm not feeling these pains when I'm moving my foot around in the cast..so it's got to be either randomly happening or just in a very specific spot.
I'm trying to hold myself from freaking out (as you've noticed I often do). The only thing that I read on the internet about this (as related to ankle arthroscopy) is that there's a "small" chance for nerve damage. Nobody says anything about whether at least some nerve pains are a normal part of the healing process for the first few days. I guess I can't imagine the nerve not doing some weird things considering it's moved around and stretched during the surgery. So, being that it's only 5 days out of surgery, I'm trying to keep perspective.
I guess that's why I'm writing this thing...in case anything else goes through the same experience and has similar issues or concerns.
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