I was kind of shocked by the look of my foot when he unwrapped it yesterday. My foot was puffy and swollen. My nails were stained yellow from the antiseptic and all of the toes on my foot except the big toe were still bruised looking (they were black for a few days after the surgery). He had written “yes” and some other stuff on my foot. Awful as it looks, I haven’t had much in the way of pain.
This is my first experience with being cut open. The doc put me clear out for the surgery - I slept through the whole thing. He also did a nerve block that kept me completely pain-free for 2 days.