Foot/ankle surgery

[Mudranger1]

Anyone ever had their ankle fused together? Just sitting here bored 24 hours later. Lol only 3 more months til walking again

 

[MThuntr]

nope i hope i never have to

 

[belshawelk]

Yep mine is. I used to race motorcycles competitively. I was actually very good. I was mid season and had the points lead. I crashed and broke my ankle but in my ignorant youthful mind I convinced myself I had to keep racing to win the season title. I made a splint out of plastic and duct taped around my ankle. Found a pair of racing boots that i could open up all the way down the side. Being a dumb tough farm kind I just dealt with it and finished the season ( dint win ay more races but was able to win the title as I keep up in the top.

Anyways..... fast forward 20 years i stated walking with a really bad limp. I ended up collapsing my ankle and everything basically turned to mush inside. I had surgery called a sub-talar fusion.They did a bone graph taking bone from my hip and putting it in my ankle to build it back up. The put a couple screws in it to hold it all together. My ankle know only moved up and down with no lateral movement.

Fast forward a few more years along with a really bad broken finger that I never got fixed and is now fused to where I cant bend it bad arthritis set in. It so bad that I have to take medicine to be able to function ( Enbrel) which was sent by God for stupid people like me who don't take care of themselves. Tougher than are are smart.

by the way the bone graph hurt worse than the ankle surgery cause you cant move your hip for a couple weeks.

So yep.......... I feel ya.............

 

[kansasdad]

Were you awake and alert in the OR? The compressed nitrogen drills used in surgery remind me of a busy mechanics shop with pounding mallets, drivers whirring in the adjacent fixit bay.

Quite the nice bit of hardware you are sporting. Be sure to follow protocol that I presume includes no NSAID's for the next multiple weeks to allow speediest bone healing.

 

[PA deer hunter]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

 

[JohnCushman]

Damn dude!!

 

[huronmtns]

Were you awake and alert in the OR? The compressed nitrogen drills used in surgery remind me of a busy mechanics shop with pounding mallets, drivers whirring in the adjacent fixit bay.

Surgeons are using some battery powered drills now days. At least in spine!

 

[Mudranger1]

Anyways..... fast forward 20 years i stated walking with a really bad limp. I ended up collapsing my ankle and everything basically turned to mush inside. I had surgery called a sub-talar fusion.They did a bone graph taking bone from my hip and putting it in my ankle to build it back up. The put a couple screws in it to hold it all together. My ankle know only moved up and down with no lateral movement.

by the way the bone graph hurt worse than the ankle surgery cause you cant move your hip for a couple weeks.

So yep.......... I feel ya.............

Sounds about like what I had done minus the bone graph part. Drawing a blank on what he used. Funny you mention the too tough part. first exray I had with him he asked if I had hurt my ankle pretty bad at some point. I was like no telling. i had previously broken it at some point and never had it fixed.

 

[Mudranger1]

Were you awake and alert in the OR? The compressed nitrogen drills used in surgery remind me of a busy mechanics shop with pounding mallets, drivers whirring in the adjacent fixit bay.

Quite the nice bit of hardware you are sporting. Be sure to follow protocol that I presume includes no NSAID's for the next multiple weeks to allow speediest bone healing.

Hell no I wasn't awake lol. You know I've never had any kind of nerves for the couple surgeries I've had but the 24 hours after preop appt I was a wreck. I'll try to follow all protocols until Turkey season gets here

 

[Brian in Montana]

Man, that x-ray made me cringe. I've had some ankle injuries but certainly not to that extent. Be super diligent with rehab and PT.

Speedy recovery, bro.