i had a letter from the hospital today
dachshund
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Hi everyone
i wondered if anyone knows what these words mean.
xrays confirm a severely valgus foot with osteo a andtalo-navicular and calcaneocuboid joint degenerative change.
thank you. joan xx
i wondered if anyone knows what these words mean.
xrays confirm a severely valgus foot with osteo a andtalo-navicular and calcaneocuboid joint degenerative change.
thank you. joan xx
take care
joan xx
joan xx
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I think valgus foot refers to flat feet, and the others are osteo/arthritic changes to the tendons and ankle joint linked to the flat footedness.. if you google the words thats what I was able to glean from the info.. I'm sure someone with more info will be along..Our worst times are always our best lessons.0
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the navicular is a bone which has tendons running right next to it, i had an accessory navicular (extra bone) attached to mine. Its the bone just above the arch in your foot. I have pain still in mine an didnt realise you could oa of it.
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Well I recognise some of the words; with, and, joint and change.
Good luck Joan with the op on 6th June.
ElizabethNever be bullied into silence.
Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no ones definition of your life
Define yourself........
Harvey Fierstein0 -
Hi Joan
l reckon this lot are, as ever, about right with all their sleuthing!!!!
Scary when you see it in writing isn't it?
All will go well - they better treat our Joan right or we will be round to sort them out :x
Love
Toni xx0 -
Thank you Tanith Princess Elizabeth Toni.
it would be good if doctors wrote in plain english so we can understand as it is about us.
joan xxtake care
joan xx0 -
dachshund wrote:it would be good if doctors wrote in plain english so we can understand as it is about us.
That's why they don't, Joan.
At a guess, I'd say you've got arthritis. Hopefully they can do something about it.If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
Steven Wright0 -
tkachev wrote:Well I recognise some of the words; with, and, joint and change.
Good luck Joan with the op on 6th June.
Elizabeth
Well done Elizabeth best laugh I've had today and I'm totally with you I have no idea either!
Hope you find out Joan and hope the op goes well.Love, Legs x
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Brilliant answer tkachev, that had me laughing too! Doctors will write to other doctors in doctor language - fair enough. We are not doctors so won't necessarily understand what the heck they are on about - fair enough, but it is amazing just how much doctor language one picks up over the course of time.
As long as your GP understands/interprets correctly, and the surgeon is accurate in what he has says well, dachshund, I guess that is the important thing, yes? Good luck with it all, we are on a countdown to your op I believe - am I right in thinking it's June 6th? DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0 -
Hi Sticky w Linda DD.
Thank you for your answers. i hope everyones had a reasonable day and i hope you all have a good weekend.
joan xxtake care
joan xx0
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