Recovery Journal No. 2
I met with my surgeon yesterday and I will be having surgery within the week. Due to the physical tests, the physical attributes of my injuries and other things going on with my body, I made the decision to have surgery on this. It is called microdiscectomy and I am confident in my surgeon. ISo, my recovery continues.
I do not like getting surgery. the prospect of someone cutting into me and messing around with my insides is kind of disturbing. It took a while to be confident in this decision and the risks are outweighed by the benefits. One thing is certain: the surgery may have nothing to do with the pain of the injuries I have already and I am confortable with that. What the surgery will do is to stop me from losing any other function in my legs, feet, toes or groin areas. I am lucky that the damage is not significant enough that I have fuly lost continence and (I hope) reproductive control.
If all I had were numbness and pain that went away, I would not have even thought about srugery. The big problem is that my foot cannot move in a couple of directions. Further, I cannot feel parts of my leg, so my muscle tone is really bad in one leg. The disc herniation is being held in check for now with exercises and rest, but I won't be able to get anything back on my foot if I cannot move the part of the disc that is crushing my nerves out of the way.
One strange thing that has been happening is that I can feel strange sensations on my "lolo" left foot. I say "lolo" or crazy because it has been giving me crazy, impossible readings. Usually, my toes and he balls of my feet feel twice the size that they are, so putting on shoes, socks or slippers is very deifficult. The other day, my toes felt like they were crossed, the way you cross your fingers when you are going to tell a white lie. I was staring at them and they were not doing that, but I could feel them doing that. Talking with a physical therapist, these are the types of feelings someone who had a limb amputated might feel. So... I am not planning to get this thing amputated. I want to complete a Boston Marathon in my lifetime.
I do not like getting surgery. the prospect of someone cutting into me and messing around with my insides is kind of disturbing. It took a while to be confident in this decision and the risks are outweighed by the benefits. One thing is certain: the surgery may have nothing to do with the pain of the injuries I have already and I am confortable with that. What the surgery will do is to stop me from losing any other function in my legs, feet, toes or groin areas. I am lucky that the damage is not significant enough that I have fuly lost continence and (I hope) reproductive control.
If all I had were numbness and pain that went away, I would not have even thought about srugery. The big problem is that my foot cannot move in a couple of directions. Further, I cannot feel parts of my leg, so my muscle tone is really bad in one leg. The disc herniation is being held in check for now with exercises and rest, but I won't be able to get anything back on my foot if I cannot move the part of the disc that is crushing my nerves out of the way.
One strange thing that has been happening is that I can feel strange sensations on my "lolo" left foot. I say "lolo" or crazy because it has been giving me crazy, impossible readings. Usually, my toes and he balls of my feet feel twice the size that they are, so putting on shoes, socks or slippers is very deifficult. The other day, my toes felt like they were crossed, the way you cross your fingers when you are going to tell a white lie. I was staring at them and they were not doing that, but I could feel them doing that. Talking with a physical therapist, these are the types of feelings someone who had a limb amputated might feel. So... I am not planning to get this thing amputated. I want to complete a Boston Marathon in my lifetime.