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Post by bassett on Mar 22, 2017 19:03:01 GMT -7
The bottom of my stump feels tight. Almost like my toes, which I no longer have, are being pushed up and my tendon and calf are tight. It's a strange feeling. Not painful, but ever present. I'm using a heating pad to hopefully lessen the tightness. Anyone else had this?
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Post by cherylm on Mar 23, 2017 3:32:07 GMT -7
It's probably still post-op swelling. Elevating your stump--even if you're just sitting around--might help. So might alternating heat and ice. If you start to feel major pains down there, but there's no other sign of infection, definitely go the "ice" route and prop the stump up so that it's higher than your heart (even when you sleep) until things start feeling less tight.
Have you been given a shrinker yet? I'm assuming you probably still have staples in, so compression with a shrinker may still be a couple of weeks away, but that will also help quite a lot with the tight feeling.
Hang in there!
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Post by bassett on Mar 23, 2017 12:56:46 GMT -7
Relaxed through the night and fine today. No shrimker sick yet, should get one next week for my 1st post op checkup.
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