Just has midfoot fusion surgery yesterday!

sailrib
sailrib Member Posts: 327
edited 28. Sep 2011, 08:00 in Living with Arthritis archive
Well i am laying on my bed in hospital with a successful surgery. They went in there to fuse all my midfoot joints but they said the mri scan doesnt show much but when they went in, they found a huge amount of damage,

Im already in less pain even though i have the pain from surgery.

Ive waited so long for this operation but i am so glad ive had it done.

Left is now done, just the recovery, then right foot is being done next year, then i can start living my life and doing my sailing again.

Im one happy 25 year old person apart from not been allowed out of bed!

Thanks everyone for the help and support.
The more i learn the more i can help other people.
:grin:

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  • skezier
    skezier Member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Sailrib,

    Really glad you have less pain and hope you will soon be home.

    hey well done for having it and home will be soon. Cris xx
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    This is good news indeed sailrib, do all the things you are supposed, not so many of things you are not (!) and here's to a rapid recovery. Let us know how you are getting on, yes? DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    :grin: Way Hay! :grin:

    I am so pleased for you Sailrib. :grin: What a positive post. :grin: Now do as you are told and stay in bed. :wink:

    Thanks so much for letting us know. You must be feeling on top of the world at the moment.

    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • traluvie
    traluvie Member Posts: 2,579
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Wishing you a speedy and succesful recovery..
    Thinking of you, let us know how you are getting on..x
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  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,112
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Sailrib
    well done i hope you are home soon.
    i had a mid foot tripple fusion in june is that the same as you had
    i wish you a speedy recovery.
    joan xx
    take care
    joan xx
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Glad to hear sucessful op,get well soon.Mig
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 29,827
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Sailrib

    fantastic news!!!!
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    I am so very pleased for you :grin:

    Love

    toni xx
  • sailrib
    sailrib Member Posts: 327
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well, I am home now. Came home a 2 days ago.

    So happy to be home.

    I had ALL of my midfoot joints bolted together, not too sure if that is called a triple fusion.

    Have to stay off it for 2 months and then partial weight bear after that for a month and then I should be able to walk on it. I think I am in a cast for 3 to 4 months as well.

    Bit of nightmare trying to do things for myself but it is getting easier.

    Had a fall as soon as I got home from hospital due to the dam frame not fitting through my doors as home.
    Ended up a a&e the next day as my toes were white so they had to cut the cast off.

    Now I am back in a cast and have crutches instead of a frame, life is getting easier.

    Next April I shall be having my other foot done as well.

    :grin:
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh dear, that could have been nasty so I am glad to hear that you are sorted on that front. Otherwise you seem to be OK, yes? Don't be too impatient, healing takes time and make sure you carry on doing all that you should exercise-wise (if any) and resting too. I wish you well. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I seem to have come in late to this, sailrib. I was going to congratulate you & give you the high fives when I then read you'd done your best to mess things up!

    I did too about 2 weeks after one of my hips. I intended to cross the room on the computer chair & landed bottom first on the laminate floor. no harm done.

    Yours sounds to be going well anyway and being home is always good. You sound very happy and positive. Long may it continue.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • tkachev
    tkachev Member Posts: 8,332
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I'm really pleased to read this Sailrib. It will be great to get back to sailing again.
    I am due a triple fusion on the left foot. I have no definate date as I am concerned about the non-weight bearing issue with a lazy OH and 3 children(2 with special needs). I'm holding on as long as I can.I am encouraged that you have already noticed less pain.

    Let us know how things progress

    Elizabeth
    Never be bullied into silence.
    Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
    Accept no ones definition of your life

    Define yourself........

    Harvey Fierstein
  • cloud9
    cloud9 Member Posts: 385
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well done Sailrib. Yes it is a triple fusion. I had one last Oct. Keep it well elevated to avoid swelling. Also, keep ahead of any pain. Hope it all continues to go well for you.
    Sue (Cloud9)
  • sailrib
    sailrib Member Posts: 327
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thanks for support People.

    Just one question. Today and today only my toes have become purple but when I put my foot up on a stool, the colour goes. I am also getting pins and needles and have a cast on. My mum says its nothing to worry about but I am not sure?

    :???:
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi sailrib

    I am sorry I seem to have missed this thread.
    Well I just want to say I am pleased that the surgery went well and you started to feel the benefit.
    But....sorry that you ha the fall on your return home and ended up back in a&e. Do be careful annd as dd says be patient, take it easy and with plenty of rest.

    Sorry I cant answer your question, perhaps ringing your doctor would be wise.

    Take care
    Juliepf x
  • tiggernut
    tiggernut Member Posts: 339
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    sailrib wrote:
    Well i am laying on my bed in hospital with a successful surgery. They went in there to fuse all my midfoot joints but they said the mri scan doesnt show much but when they went in, they found a huge amount of damage,

    Im already in less pain even though i have the pain from surgery.

    Ive waited so long for this operation but i am so glad ive had it done.

    Left is now done, just the recovery, then right foot is being done next year, then i can start living my life and doing my sailing again.

    Im one happy 25 year old person apart from not been allowed out of bed!

    Thanks everyone for the help and support.
    The more i learn the more i can help other people.
    :grin:


    Hi
    Glad your op went well and you are in less pain.
    Hopefully you will be up an about soon.
    Take care,
    Anita.
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    If the purple disappears when you out your foot up then that would indicate to me it's a circulation-type thing (but I am not a doc). As you have recently had surgery I think you should get this checked: perhaps a telephone consultation with your GP would be a starting point, but even better would be to go and see him. I hope that everything else is going OK. Take care. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • sailrib
    sailrib Member Posts: 327
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dreamdaisy wrote:
    If the purple disappears when you out your foot up then that would indicate to me it's a circulation-type thing (but I am not a doc). As you have recently had surgery I think you should get this checked: perhaps a telephone consultation with your GP would be a starting point, but even better would be to go and see him. I hope that everything else is going OK. Take care. DD

    Thanks for that. Woke up this morning and it is now not going purple but I have an appointment, just in case there is a problem.