[House] Foot surgery

Robin Powell (from phone) rlpowell at digitalkingdom.org
Mon Sep 22 15:19:10 PDT 2014


So he was fine with my reasons for wanting to do surgery rather than 8
weeks of the boot.  The surgery after care is 4 days of cast, then 4 weeks
of the boot. During the 4 weeks I can act normally except like no long
hikes and stuff.

However.

For the 4 days after the surgery he wants me in bed with my foot elevated
and iced at all times except for like trips to the bathroom.

That's a pretty monumental disruption for us. If people would rather I do 8
weeks of the boot, I'd certainly understand and would comply. Success rate
for the boot is about 80%, I'm just worried I'd just re-tear the thing.

If I can do the surgery, we need to pick a date. He normally does them on
Thursdays, and then the cast comes off on Monday.
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