Surgery, screws & drugs, Oh my!

So surgery Friday...not a fun day. Nothing to eat or drink after midnight, then wait until 3pm for surgery. The lack of food didn't bother me (and was probably good for my waistline, maybe I should do that more often!) but not being allowed to drink anything until after 5 o'clock at night?! That sucked!

The doc had told me in his office on Thursday that the bones in my ankle had shifted enough that he needed to fix it. So I asked if he would be putting in a pin or what. He answered, "A plate and a couple of screws." A couple? How many does that mean to you? 2, maybe 3? NOPE! 5!!! I now have a plate & 5 screws in my leg!


The nurses did tell me that the drugs they would give me before surgery act not only as a sleeping pill, and pain pill, but also as a memory eraser. They were right. The last thing I remember is the nurse telling my dad it was time for "la-la juice" and he needed to leave. Then, apparently about an hour later, I was waking up with my dad & a male nurse standing next to my bed talking. I did have some sort of a reaction to the anesthesia, because after I came to, all could do was scratch. I itched so bad all over & the nurse kept telling me to quit, I was leaving marks all over myself. At that point I didn't even care!



Now, two days later...still in pain & pain meds aren't making much difference. They told my dad at the surgery center that my doc would call on Monday, but they don't have the best track record with returning my calls, so I think I'll be calling them first thing tomorrow morning. Before Surgery, but after finding out the ankle was broken, my doc prescribed Vicodin. It made me a little sleepy, but didn't do a lot to take the pain away. After surgery they sent me home with a prescription for Percocet, which we filled on the way home. It makes me loopy and very sleepy but only dulls the pain when I take TWO pills! I can't go back to work on Tuesday still taking pecocet two at a time! Hopefully when I talk to the doctor's office tomorrow they will have good news for me. Maybe I can get into a removable boot cast, and they can give me some meds that will work better without knocking me out...wish me luck all my friends out there in blog world!