Post #2515654
2026-05-11 09:37 UTC
@tempusfelix@wehavecookies.social
As far as I know there was no obvious dammage once the cast was removed. The foot seemed fine, it still had several broken bones with pins in them (this was after a major surgery, it was a very bad set of broken bones) but it wasn't like the foot was blue or numb or anything.
I think it may have just been a pinched nerve.
But good lord that pain.
It was so intense, just in your face blocking out everything else, impossible to ignore or escape, or get used to.
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@futurebird@sauropods.win 2026-05-11 09:41
@tempusfelix@wehavecookies.social I did have a deeper point here! We think about the "level" of pain, but the duration and how it ebs also matter. Low grade pain that never stops could be more disruptive than intense pain that mostly goes away. Pain is a signal from the body. Pain is not the natural result of damage to the body, it's how we know to protect our body from damage and it helps us to stay still and allow for healing. Pain may force us to rest, stay still, or "do something" about injury.