That's just swell

One of the dangers post-surgery is swelling. Which apparently isn't bad initialy. It's a body defense mechanism. It's also where leaking fuilds end up going if they don't ooze out of a cut.

The doctor told me that my swelling at this point (6 days after surgery) was because he has my leg wrapped up around the incisions because there had been some bleeding post-operation. And during the operation, I apparently lost a good amount of blood. So at the time of the checkup visit, he assumed it was the bandages preventing the swelling from going down.

This is two days later- and my foot is still swollen. In fact, it swells up and down (but never completely down) based on how I sit. I assume the more vertical I am, the more likely blood is to go down and have trouble coming up past the injuries.


This morning I asked the doctor and he told me a second possibility which we need to look out for are blood clots. He has recommended lots of 'toe presses' and keeping my foot elevated, as well as continuing my daily aspirin dose.