yes, i agree
it takes a while to recover from, which is the biggest negative to achilles surgery, but if he would have had it a year or more ago, he'd be much better now
Quick question: did you have the Achilles Tendon lengthening surgery? If not, how would you prevent ballerina foot? I'm now at about 4 cm of lengthening, I'm going probably for 6.5 or 7 cm, and I'd really like to avoid such surgery..
Lumiere
Seems that internal femurs are way better surgery to take on. Less compliactions and more aestethic than long tibias.
What is the best doctor for itnernal femurs and what is the cost Thanks !!! XO
Quote from: crimsontide on May 12, 2015, 12:18:19 PMthe achilles area just takes time... a long time
im guessing when you walk that your achilles starts to feel incredibly tight?
i would just rest until the area feels okay. i think the achilles tightness is very common. it sucks , but i think the only way it goes away is with time and walking
The tightness is still there, but it's gotten better. The main issue I have now from the sprain is that I get very sore near the left ankle joint on my left leg. If I touch it it feels like I have a bad bruise.
Quote from: lumiere on May 13, 2015, 04:27:45 PMQuick question: did you have the Achilles Tendon lengthening surgery? If not, how would you prevent ballerina foot? I'm now at about 4 cm of lengthening, I'm going probably for 6.5 or 7 cm, and I'd really like to avoid such surgery..
Lumiere
My surgeon told me he didn't think achilles lengthening was necessary and that over time with stretching I'd be okay. He doesn't really like to perform achilles lengthening unless he finds it absolutely necessary. His lengthening limit is 6 cm so that's probably why he doesn't have to do it as much. If I did 7 cm I feel like I probably would have needed it.
Best thing to do is constantly do your ankle stretching exercises and stand as much as you can. Wear your straps to keep your feet neutral as much as you can, too. You might end up with equinus anyway though and if it's severe enough your doctor might recommend the tendon lengthening anyway. He does that for a lot of his lengthening patients, right?
Quote from: Slim_tim on May 13, 2015, 09:30:21 PMSeems that internal femurs are way better surgery to take on. Less compliactions and more aestethic than long tibias.
What is the best doctor for itnernal femurs and what is the cost Thanks !!! XO
How is this troll still on the forum?
Keep up the good work. You're well on your way. Hope everything feels great once those frames come off.
Hopefully will see pics of you after frame removal and have a nice time bro ....
Update: 5/19/2015
Went to the ortho today and for the first time used my walker to get around the building instead of my wheelchair, so everyone was a bit surprised to see me standing up. I took x-rays and waited a bit for my ortho, who showed me what the x-rays looked like and revealed that my left fibula is finally fully connected. The consolidation looks good on the left leg and he said he'd even be confident removing the frame now. The right leg has good consolidation on the tibia, but on the fibula he said it doesn't look like it will consolidate fully. The regenerate was really good up to a certain point, but then the regenerate narrowed and it looks like it will only connect at a very narrow point, kind of like the narrow middle portion of an hourglass. He said it's not a big deal though because the fibula isn't responsible for the weight bearing.
He's interested in doing a two-stage frame removal and thinks I should see him at the end of June to get my left frame removed and then keep the right frame on for another month or so before I go back to him to remove that one. I need to see what my co-pay for surgery will be though, because if it's really pricey then he's just going to remove them both at the same time when he feels the right leg is ready.
His assistants removed all my dressings and we saw that on some of my pinsites I have granulation tissue forming. They look like blood pockets. He was also concerned about the amount of drainage coming out of the pinsites on both legs, so he took a sample from each leg and he's going to have them tested to make sure I don't have any antibiotic-resistant bacteria. He's concerned about me getting a bone infection later so he prescribed me a really strong antibiotic that I'm going to pick up tomorrow.
Right now my frame removal surgery is tentatively scheduled for June 29.
Dude screw a two stage removal. Just do one surgery to get it both removed and you will get it over with. Might as well just leave the left one on a little longer until the right one catches up.
Hey Kilo is there any reasons as to why your fibula won't fully consolidate?
What was your rate of lengthening btw.
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