Ode To An Ice Machine

The ice and compression machine was picked up today as the prescription for it, even as it is not a covered expense, was for only three weeks. It was worth every penny of its uncovered out of pocket rental expense.

To say it was great is an understatement.

No need to constantly freeze ice packs, time their use or have to take either them or compression socks on and off all night.  Instead it pumped water through the black wrap and also would do compressions for it, while the separate calf compression units wrapped around the calf muscles and inflated and deflated at intervals to prevent clotting.

So instead of running to and from the freezer and running a timer. this machine did it all by itself.  The attached remote was also easy to grab and use rather than having to reach the machine.

Only downside was I could not remove those leg wraps by myself and thus needed help taking them off after each use. Also the ice wrap (the black item above) could have been a bit larger to fully cover around the entire leg, and the velcro on it stuck to everything including itself and was generally a pain to use, but overall it worked great.

Kinda noisy, but after awhile it became just some background white noise during rest periods.

Rather sad to see it go, as it really made these first three weeks of recovery much more pleasant. Farewell trusty ice machine, you will be missed.

Now on to using an ice gel pack for occasional relief.