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I think the itchies on my leg are Shingles.. both sides of my wound. Just at the itchy stage. Ill wait one more day before phoning the Drs. He barely even glanced yesterday. But Im also using Calamine lotion so they weren't clear. I had to Dr Google pictures, cos when I had them last time I couldn't see them very well.  I think if I phone now they will want me to go back. So Ill wait one more day. Early so I could catch the delivery from the chemist tomorrow night.

Doesn't surprise me Im very run down.

I'm at a similar post-surgery stage as you following a knee joint replacement op. I used rose hip oil to aid the healing of the incision which was irritated for a while. My surgeon put that, calf pain and lower leg swelling down to disruption of nerves, lymph drainage and general surgery trauma which he regarded as fairly normal.

So far as foot/calf swelling is concerned the surgeon's recommendation of elevation ("toes higher than your heart" in the words of my orthopaedic nurse sister), and icing (frozen pack wrapped in a towel) this is sound advice for assisting your body to deal with the trauma it has been through. The failure cases my sister has recounted where patients have done too little or too much following surgery are enough to convince me to take the advice of the professionals.