When dealing with pain, it is completely legal to have a pain index greater than 1. As a matter of fact, I have been dealing with a pain index of 12 out of 10. Ten days ago I underwent ankle surgery for a broke ankle, a tri-ligament tear on the outside of my right ankle, a longitudinal tear of my Achilles tendon, tears of the tendons on the inside of my ankle, bone spurs and arthritis, as well as a complete lack of cartilage between my legs/ankle bones. The surgery was on Monday, February 24, 2025, and for about 5 days, I experienced the worst pain I have ever felt, despite the pain medicine. I was in tears, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t get comfortable, and could do very little but just struggle.
I’m not sure what magical happened, but overnight on Saturday, something happened, and suddenly, the pain went from 12 out of 10 down to about 5 out of 10 while medicated, and by Sunday, things were down to about 2 out of 10 medicated. Yesterday, they took off the cast, and I found an ankle full of staples, and everything was still black and blue and swollen, but the doctor was pleased with the healing. This makes me feel a bit better, and as soon as Amazon delivers the cast cover I ordered later today, I will finally be able to shower, and if you know me, I hate to miss my daily (or sometimes twice daily) showers – I think I’ll start feeling more like a real person again, and may want to get out of the house again.
