After a bit of an unsettled night (couldn't sleep, not due to pain but just feeling alert) Nick was up at 9.30 am. Feeling 'not bad' and no pain. Breakfast and a set of physio stretches.
10.30 am. Enjoyed a shower. Dressing half came off, so I re-dressed it. Scar looks worse in the photo than in reality. A little light bleeding but generally healing well and clean, with no bruising...
11.15 am. Out for a walk which seemed fine. Walked about 0.8 km with no pain afterwards. Ice spray and lying on his back. Waiting for his friends to arrive and pretty cheerful. He's starting to wonder when he'll be able to play tennis again.
6 pm. Nick has had a lovely afternoon with his friends. Managed another set of physio stretches followed by an ice pack (1.20 pm), although I found that I had to supervise the stretches as he had a tendency to rush them. And another walk (4 pm) covering 0.6 km followed by an ice-pack.
By the time his friends had left he was very tired and felt a little pain and elected to lie face down with an ice pack on his back. He says his back and buttocks 'just feel really tight' so he's trying some stretches to see if they help.
Stretches helped a little but he also wanted some paracetamol (2 x 500 mg) and also tried going for a brief walk (0.4 km). Says it's not really pain as such, but a sort of strong pins and needles type sensation in his buttocks and leg. Applied more ice spray after the walk and will see how it goes.
8 pm. Pain sensation has gone and he is feeling happier about it all. Lying down reading.
11.30 pm. Well, I'm off to bed. Nick catching up with the football on TV and looking much happier. Not reporting any pain so I'm hopefully that he manages a decent night's sleep.
Overall, an interesting day. I hadn't appreciated how tiring it would be for him to have friends over, but he was so happy to see them I think it was worthwhile.
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