I shouldn't a done that... re my foot problems,
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Shiro, did the surgeon say whether or not he'd have to detach the achilles tendon? Apparently, that will determine whether you will have the very long recovery or a much shorter one.
did the surgeon say whether or not he'd have to detach the achilles tendon? Apparently, that will determine whether you will have the very long recovery or a much shorter one.
Yes, the surgery that has been proposed (same by two different doctors) is to detach the achilles, remove the haglund's deformity that's at the top (ish) of the heel and also remove the enthesophyte (bone spur) that has formed right where the achilles attaches to the heel.
Which is why I'm suspicious of their recovery estimates and directives about length of time totally NWB -- IOW, I think they're underestimating it. And I'm worried about the cascading health ramifications of prolonged NWB, and I think they are underestimating that as well, and it's super frustrating.
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But I should add that I feel like I'm getting a lot better and I'm wondering if I can stick with my "wait and see" approach. The problem with that is, I can't really do the surgery any time except in the summer, so not doing it this summer means I won't do it until next summer....
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Foot surgery can be odd. Last May I had a large benign myopericytoma (say that three times fast) taken off the top of my right foot. It had been there for several years so was very tangled in nerves and blood vessels. It healed OK although I still have a little nerve pain at the incision site from time to time. the odd thing is ever since then I've had a slight limp on my right side that comes and goes. No one can figure out quite how that happened.
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I clicked something to reply and got SK's first post to edit. I was able to add a question mark, think I could have changed or deleted her post.
Is it possible you clicked on the Quote button (") on her post? That would copy her post into your reply, and you would be able to edit her quoted post that's embedded in your reply. But it wouldn't allow you to edit her actual post.
I can set up a test user with no superpowers for myself and check it out when I have time...or if someone else wants to try to edit another member's post, maybe you can report back your results...
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Foot surgery can be odd. Last May I had a large benign myopericytoma (say that three times fast) taken off the top of my right foot. It had been there for several years so was very tangled in nerves and blood vessels. It healed OK although I still have a little nerve pain at the incision site from time to time. the odd thing is ever since then I've had a slight limp on my right side that comes and goes. No one can figure out quite how that happened.
I still have a little nerve pain at the incision site from time to time.... the odd thing is ever since then I've had a slight limp
I'm sorry you're still dealing with it, although thankfully it was benign and sounds like the removal went well.
Here's another thing I wanted to vent about..... sorry!
So, I asked both foot surgeons if there was anything I should be doing in preparation for the surgery. Both said no.
Well, reading that FB support group, a lot of people talk about how hard it is to be non-weight-bearing on one leg and having to rely completely on the other leg. One lady was talking about how she has a very hard time getting up and down to go to the toilet.
And another person pointed out that this should have been mentioned as part of "prehab" -- that anything you can do in advance to strengthen the non-surgical leg will be incredibly helpful.
In most cases, this surgery is elective -- which is not to say that it's not medically necessary, but just that there's some flexibility in the timing and most people have the surgery after months (or years) of trying other treatments which didn't work.
Given that, having patients do prehab exercises as part of their pre-op preparation seems like a no brainer. But no one has mentioned it to me.
As it happens, I can't do a single leg sit-stand without using one of my arms. But I'm trying to build up my muscles to get there.
I would be a lot less cranky if an actual doctor discussed this with me, rather than me having to hear about it on Facebook!
/vent
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Janet had been doing Pilates for a couple years before her hip replacement. It helped a LOT in her recovery. I think prehabbing is very smart.
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No, she had retired a few years earlier. But she made it upstairs the first night and was the poster girl for active rehab. She exceeded their milestones at every turn. hopefully all the weightlifting and cardio I've been doing for a few years will help me if it comes to that. So far I have one bone on bone knee, but it doesn't bother me so there must be some cartilage left. Hips and shoulders are fine.
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No, she had retired a few years earlier. But she made it upstairs the first night and was the poster girl for active rehab. She exceeded their milestones at every turn. hopefully all the weightlifting and cardio I've been doing for a few years will help me if it comes to that. So far I have one bone on bone knee, but it doesn't bother me so there must be some cartilage left. Hips and shoulders are fine.
But she made it upstairs the first night and was the poster girl for active rehab. She exceeded their milestones at every turn.
That's great!
hopefully all the weightlifting and cardio I've been doing for a few years will help me if it comes to that
I am sure it will! I have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both knees, and I did get a shot in one knee last June. But the big thing that has helped me is all the PT and strength building I've been doing. It's been quite slow, but I've noticed a real change, esp. recently.
That's why I'm holding out hope that I can avoid this foot surgery!
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Urg. This reminds me of memory, not a pleasant one, I'm afraid.
RM was partying with a friend in a remote location on Maui north of Lahaina.
He fell off a 7' bridge and snapped both bones in two of his right leg below the knee.
So he makes it to where we were staying by managing to get in the car and drive it there.
He told me he broke leg and I had to drive him to the hospital. So I did...
They did emergency surgery putting the leg back together with a titanium rod and screws.
I had to care for him because he was on unemployment at the time and had no insurance.
I read a letter the hospital gave him telling him he need immediate transport to a "licenced nursing care facility."
This happened in the first couple years we lived there and had a terrible effect on him. I won't lie. It put a lot on me too.
Then his various insurance companies refused to pay for a knee replacement using the excuse that he was "too young" (his age was irrelevant to the medical need). His doctors told him he could "get a desk job."
His career involved standing all day.
He finally had a knee replacement after we moved back to Florida.
Sometimes "the medical system" is egregiously inadequate.
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@Mik And I bet any surgeon, if asked about prehabbing, would say "oh absolutely, do that."
So, it should be something they tell you about....
I understand hip replacements are quite difficult, was she working at the time?
I understand hip replacements are quite difficult
Actually not that difficult, especially if you have the anterior procedure. Mr wtg walked up a full flight of stairs at the hospital less than 12 hours after surgery.
TKR, OTOH, was a whole different story...
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But she made it upstairs the first night and was the poster girl for active rehab. She exceeded their milestones at every turn.
That's great!
hopefully all the weightlifting and cardio I've been doing for a few years will help me if it comes to that
I am sure it will! I have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both knees, and I did get a shot in one knee last June. But the big thing that has helped me is all the PT and strength building I've been doing. It's been quite slow, but I've noticed a real change, esp. recently.
That's why I'm holding out hope that I can avoid this foot surgery!
I have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both knees,
There may be hope.
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I think this is a different line of research happening at Stanford.
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I'm probably going to have injection treatment for at least one knee. They've both been painful for many years and the left one is especially bad.
It's the fact there's something wrong with my hip that worries me most. My right side starting chronically hurting about two years ago.
There's no question in my mind now that something's wrong. I won't know more until imaging but my skeleton is not in alignment.
I'd definitely rather attack these issues with intensive physical therapy.
It's not news this kind of medical process takes time.
I brought up my knee pain with my PCP and he declined to give me a referral for even an X-ray.
He was acting on automatic pilot. That was clear.
I could have and could force the issue. But, then, I haven't presented the hip issue. His response in denying me a knee X-ray was absurd, and I have to choose my battles.
Frankly, I'm keeping part of my inheritance after buying a home and car and putting part of it in my Trust.
I'm going to ask my trustee, SIL, friend to use her Power of Attorney to pay to have the hip situation evaluated and to make it possible to start physical therapy.
I don't mean to sound like a brat but I don't have time to waste on this one.
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