Pain! Lots...and lots...of pain...
So, there was my other post about my jacked up foot. What follows below is the post-op surgery pics.
This is a picture of the cooling pad that was underneath the previous temporary cast...thingy...to reduce swelling. It's bought and paid for, so woo! Medical grade air conditioner when it gets warmer! ^_^
Cottony wadding stuffs for skin protection against the aforementioned cooling pad.
The doctor cutting off the cotton stuff. I warned both him and the surgeon with bodily harm that they'd better not muck up my $500 tattoo...thankfully, they didn't.
**WARNING!!** If you have rolled anything less than a 10, you have failed your constitution check...>.< [/D&D geek out] *kaff* Right...you've been warned.
Despite how it looks, the doctor said I didn't bleed all that much from the initial incision...
26 STAPLES! *wibble* But...they have to come out to proceed...
Extra juicy close-up. The barf bags are underneath your seats. Use at will.
The smaller white dots are actually pressure blisters, which the doctor said wasn't a huge concern. I'm so old, I've got a foot-beard! -_-;
I actually did bleed red on this one, which was easily taken care of. You know that feeling you get when you lick a 9 volt battery? That's what it felt like when the staples were coming out...*twitch* Wasn't really painful...just...weird.
All of the staples are out. Loverly shade of yellow, huh?
The steri-strips are applied. It reeked of elder-berries! (And by elder-berries, I mean pine oil...weird...)
I took this picture just because it struck me as hilarious with the huge radiology gloves underneath the sign. Though, no matter how often I ask, the technicians won't EVER crank up the Gamma rays so that I Hulk out! *sadface*
The post-op X-ray. 13 screws and a plate in my lower tibia. I now have metal in me, quite literally, from head to toe. Airport metal detectors, beware! MUAHAHHAHA!
Moleskin and cotton stuffs before the cast is put on. I'm part mummy! "Mumm-Ra! The EVAH...LIVINNNGGG! BRAHAHAHAHAAAGHAGAHHHAAAA!! *cough, hack, wheeze*
The nurse applying the cast material...
...and the finished product. Those that are shocked that I picked a black cast, raise your hands.
Welp, there you have it. Another 4 weeks in this monstrosity until I can actually use the leg again, but that's another update from going under the knife.
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