Day 4

I haven't gotten up at 8 in a long time. Groan. Anyways, I noticed a few things while de-mummifying myself. I forgot the foam! How could I forget the foam? So as you know, after the bandage padding material is added, the other stretchy protective legging/wrap thing is put on. On top of that they add this foam material. Muy, muy importante* for compression.

After de-mummification, my lower leg is noticeably smaller and my thigh is noticeably squishier.
On a bad note, my wound bled like crazy and I'm worried the skin around it is getting yeasty. May need some Diflucan soon.

Results of wrapping lower leg for 1 night:
Thigh - Up 4 cm
Mid Calf - Down 3 cm
Ankle - Same as before.
Foot - Same as before.

Today was light on massage and quick on the wraps. They did, however, add something new around my ankle. They called it a "gel pack" and it was supposed to better support the front part of my ankle/leg. It wasn't your typical gel pack and it looked really odd. I have no idea what was inside it and I can't even find a similar picture of it on the net. I'll take my own picture and find out after tomorrow's unwrapping.


*I hope I spelled that right...