I am about two months and two weeks out from my MIS bunion surgery on my right foot, and earlier today, I had…

I am about two months and two weeks out from my MIS bunion surgery on my right foot, and earlier today, I had my consultation to go through this crazy dance again on my left foot. Luckily, it's with the same surgeon, who was able to set the date for the left and assess my right foot. I am making good progress. But because Temu doesn’t sell magical lamps that come with blue comedic genies, these are the 3 post-op challenges that I wasn’t quite able to follow to the letter the first time... 20+ hours of leg elevation. The idea of lying around with my legs elevated all day is nice in theory, but when you have young children with no mercy, I’ve got more chance of making it somewhere over the rainbow where happy little bluebirds fly... But I did my best. Sleeping on my back (with elevated legs) I just couldn’t do it, and if I did, I'd snore so loud Mrs. Pie would draft the divorce papers. So, I had to do some weird front/side version with pillows. Some nights it worked well. Other times...not so much. Doing too much too soon? I’m all for sitting down all day and watching my guilty pleasure"Is It Cake" on Netflix; however, it is difficult not doing anything, so I had to learn the hard way in relation to putting as much effort into rest and recovery as I did into activity. The moral of the story? Listen to the wisdom of Aretha and give "respect" to the process. Rest, relax, recover and repeat. Take good care of yourselves my friends.