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I am at 7 months past surgery now. My old left ankle was so painful! Pain from surgery was less. I did have numbness, which has gotten better and is almost gone. It takes awhile for nerves to regenerate. I have arthritis in my heel still (not part of ankle replacement). I chose not to have my heel fused. That is the only thing causing me swelling and pain today. I wear a compression sock on my left foot and it helps. Doctor says swelling can continue for 1 year after surgery. Swelling from my heel will remain. :-(.
What do you mean by streaking nerve pain? Early on I did get what I called "zaps" of nerve pain, but it did not wake me. If yours is so bad it wakes you, tell your doctor.
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Thanks for getting back to me. I am now a month out of surgery and still very painful but not as bad as when I came home from hospital and have reduced pain medicine.
Your description of “zaps” regarding nerve pain is what I could call mine too. I also have numbness. When I went back to get stitches out, I explained the nerve pain and was prescribed Gabapentin for the nerve pain. It has helped but not gone away but I am now able to sleep better at night. I go back in two weeks to see surgeon and possibly start PT.
I knew this would be a long recovery, just hard to know if my pain etc is normal.
Sorry to hear about your heel pain. Hope it continues to improve along with your ankle. Take care and good luck.