Yes, there was pain. It was no fun the first week/10 days, but after I got the post-surgical cast off, it got a bit better. In fact, I observed that while I was indeed in post-surgical pain, the arthritis pain was gone. Surely that was the first noticeable good sign!
I took my meds religiously and minimized my suffering as much as possible by not allowing the meds to wear off. Only trick is not to lose track of the dosing. But hey, that was the only thing I really had to keep track of at the time, right? I kept my leg up as much as possible and kept Blue Ice handy. I also learned to choke down as small can of prune juice every morning, which made it much easier with the BMs, as pain meds tend to clog a body up in short order. Advice about prune juice would include mixing it with pomegranate or cranberry juice to make it (almost) palatable...otherwise it tastes pretty much like dirt.
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