After almost 4 months of waiting for the bone to fill in, today I got the fixator off. Since my husband switched jobs and we got new insurance I had the doctor remove the pins at his office. I took 2 Percocets about 45 minutes before he started the process of removing the fixator but I think it wasn't necessary. I was pretty nervous but the worst part was getting the local anesthesia shot. He gave me shots on the foot. Then my foot was numb almost immediately and the whole thing last about 5 minutes. I didn't feel any pain just a little pull when he took the K-wire out. I bled just a little bit. Here is a video of the doctor removing the pins. He gave me a surgical boot and told me to use it for 3 weeks.
I went home and I was sleepy because of the Percocet. At night I was feeling well and we went out to dinner with some friends.
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