And now a word from my socks.

[wombat_socho]

I picked up my support stockings from UPS last night and put them on this morning after my shower. It was a bit of a struggle with the right one's zipper, but OMG was it ever worth it. It'll probably take a couple of days for the swelling to go down and the drainage to dry up and heal over, but that's fine - I can be patient. There's really nothing I can do to hurry things along in any case. In the meantime, my legs feel 3000% better.