Going back to work has been interesting for the foot. So far, what I do to my foot at home (cleaning, shopping, puttering, etc.) has been much harder on it than work. Of course, I haven't been doing much besides computer stuff so far at work. I do still have a hard time with stairs.
Since I last posted, I have been feeling pain on the inside of my foot where I did before surgery. I contacted the surgeon's office and they said as long as I haven't been jumping, running or anything else on it that is strenuous, it is highly unlikely that I have torn it again. They said most likely it is physical therapy. I am at the stage where she is giving me strengthening exercises and getting right into waking up those tendons. So, it could be that.
I've also been getting a "walking on shards of glass" feeling under my foot in the middle toward the inside. My PT said I really need arch support and gave me orthodics to pop into my shoes. They took the shards of glass feeling away, and I wore them successfully for over a week. Then, one day, the bottom outside of my foot started hurting REALLY bad, so I have taken them out of my shoes.
I skipped my exercises yesterday to give myself a break and found that my foot hurt MUCH worse not having stretched and warmed it up before taking shopping and cleaning around the house. Interesting.
I have an appointment with the surgeon in mid-October. He said to bring my orthodics and he will see if I need another pair of custom ones to support my other foot. I REALLY don't want to have to do this surgery on my right foot, but it caves in badly. So far, no pain in it. I hope that will prevent it. Interestingly, he said NOT to wear my orthodic in my reconstructed foot. I wonder if the orthodics the PT gave me are OK or not? Until then, I will ice, elevate and rest as much as I can, though it is getting harder and harder to carve out any time for rest.
