Well, today started out pretty decently. I woke up to no pain or tingles. I took my normal dosage of oxy in the middle of the night and when I woke up. My ankle felt cool and not heated at all. It was actually to the point that I wasn't really hesitant to get up from bed because the stings weren't even around.
I actually laid in bed for about a hour after I woke up. Of course, getting up, I can feel a bit of the warmth still rush to my feet. I'm guessing that's the blood just rushing down. So, I don't feel very confident crutching around too long. First thing I did was go and wash up. Since I was feeling a little more human this morning, I figure I would go all out.
Today, I actually decided to skip the pain meds and for the most part I don't think anything flared up. I did feel the tingles im the top of my foot every now and then. I only rarely felt the heat wave in the cast. The only time I felt it was if I got up. One thing I notice, is that when I do get up and I feel the rush of heat come down, I see that my toes start getting more and more red. I'm not sure if this is due to some constriction in the cast, but I still do have a sneaking suspicion of it.
So for most of the day, I was relatively comfortable. I also kep radiating the cast, and didn't feel any of the sharp twinges that I had before.
Of course this was too good to be true for the whole day. I should be so lucky...I think by around 7pm, the tingling started getting a little more constant. On top of that, I really felt some significant flashes of heat in the cast in general..that I I feel like I have some sore spots on the skin that the cast is rubbing on. I almost think that when the heat waves come, I feel like my leg is sweating in the cast. Then the sweat makes the skin irritated when it rubs against the inside of the cast. Argh. I really wish I could just take this stupid thing off, but I'm trying to be a good patient. How do people do this for months?
I guess the consistency is that the all the weird tingles and heat seems to always come toward the evening. So before I go to bed tonight, I, gonna take some oxy and then maybe take the, consistently tomorrow. (why do I tempt fate like this?).
Just a few observations:
If I elevate too high for long periods of time I start feeling tingles
If I stand up, my toes start turning red and I start feeling tingles
My compromise is to elevate with maybe two pillows
I notice that I can sit for short periods of time without the tingles starting (maybe 15 minutes)
I hate this cast...splint.
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