[House] Foot surgery

[RJ Johnson]

How soon can you schedule the surgery?

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Robin Powell (from phone) <
rlpowell at digitalkingdom.org> wrote:

> 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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