The anesthetic wore off about 11:30 last night. I’d gone to have a rest and then I went to sleep around 9:30, and I woke about 11:30 when Andrew came to bed. I could feel that the anesthetic was starting to go, so I just quickly took a couple of the strong pain relievers I have (I was clever enough to take a bottle of water with me when I went to bed) and went back to sleep.

When I woke up at 7:30 or so, the toe was pretty uncomfortable, feels like a burning sensation, but it’s not horrible. It’s not actually worse than the infection was, and for that I didn’t have the strong pain relievers, just over-the-counter stuff. I had some more pain relievers and have found that so long as there’s no pressure on the toe from standing or walking, it’s actually not painful at all. I am walking with a limp, and I went out today in my pink, wool-lined sheepskin slippers (and yes, they definitely look like slippers), but with the noticible limp I figured if anyone noticed my shoes, they’d just see the limp and figure out I had something wrong with my foot (or not; I actually don’t care all that much).

Now it’s 10:30 and I feel pretty okay. I was lightheaded and very tired last night, but today it’s not too bad at all. Tomorrow I go back to have the bandage taken off and so the doctor can look over the wound and make sure it’s healing and such, and after that, it’s just a matter of waiting for it to heal.

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