Day One. 6 PM.

I'm feeling like I'm not in a "fog" as much and, fortunately, not in a lot of pain. I took half a pain pill and 1 Advil after lunch. That made me sleep for a while. I still feel a little weird but not nearly as much. I'll probably eat soon and take a pain pill before I go to bed. I don't want a repeat of last night. I can put weight on my heel and walk without the "shoe". It's a little different to put weight on my heel with the shoe on. It's like the ACE bandage rubs a little bit on either the bandage over the stitches or over the stitches themselves. So, I sort of don't want to move it too much. I wish there had been a sheet of instruction for what to do with my foot. Like, wiggle your toes as much as possible, or manually bend your toes back and forth, or put increasingly more weight on your foot (heel or front of foot) as the day goes on. I'd like a schedule to follow instead of just, "see how you feel" to determine how much you can do. I don't know if it's bad for my foot if I put too much weight on it or what! Walking with the crutches is so much easier than I thought it would be. It's like, since I HAVE to walk with them, it feels better. I've been letting my left foot touch the floor when walking with them instead of holding it up. So, there's just a little bit of weight.