TRIPLE ARTHRODESIS (FUSION) OF ANKLE

dachshund

Hi Cacyhi.
i will be there for you. i had a middle foot fusion on the 6 june my foot was in plaster for 12 weeks i still cannot walk to far as it still swells and aches i spend a lot of time with it up.
i have a mobility scoota and a wheelchair i found if you do to much standing and walking it swells and ache's more.
i love this forum as there is always kind helpfull people on here to answer any questions.
take care. joan xx

traluvie

Hi. just read your post and wanted to welcome you to the forum..
I see you have met a few of us already and i hope you are feeling a bit better..
To go into remission for 8 yrs must have been lovely, such a shame it has hit you with a vengeance now..
I hope today goes well..let us know how you get on.

cacyhi

Im so emotional I dont know what to say!!! Cloud 9 - funny that's just about how I feel right now ..... Just came back from the hospital - I have always been spiritual but I realy could feel you all with me as I was talking to the doctor and let me tell you he was not happy and he was so unsympathetic and he made me feel so s**t for not being able to cope!!! But, I would not give in and I told him he had to find a solution!!!!. I was really lucky that I did not have to wait long to see him. the solution - they cut off my plaster cast and came and looked at it and I said why does my whole foot feel dead - is it nerve damage ? and he looked at me and said it was probably because of pressure of the cast and it should not feel like that! First victory. Second, he said my leg was incredibly thin and had I lost weight ? and I said probably a stone in the last 2 months (Im about 120lb now) What they then did was put on another plaster cast with loads of padding underneath ( and yes the plastroom techs are wonderful, wonderful people) then they have cut a strip away about 1 1/2 in wide down the centre running along my shin bone and cut it out to the outside of my foot to stop it pressing on the wound on the top of the ankle which is very tender still. It feels like heaven - I am starting to get feeling back into my smallest 3 toes and the ankle still feels really well supported just not crushed!!! I know it will take a few days to settle down but I am so gratful to have my own custom built back slab. Thank you all for your support. Today is my birthday and joining this forum and changing the cast today have been my best presents ever!!!!!

bertyboy

Happy birthday to you x
so pleased you have come back in more comfort than you went , it will all make a difference now well done for not giving in xx

dorcas

Happy Birthday! and well done for sticking to your guns and being seen today.

It sounds as though you are already feeling the benefits of the half slab plaster.
I'm so glad for you. :!:

Enjoy the rest of your special day.

Iris xx

traluvie

Happy Birthday..
I am so happy it went well for you today and that you are now more comfortable..It is so important that they listen to us and i'm glad with a little persistence they did..
You take care..

cloud9

Well done!! And Happy Birthday. I'm happy it all worked out for you xx

[Deleted User]

Happy Birthday to you

From Jean and the Moderating team

(AC)

ironic

Hi Carol,
Sorry I am late coming into this, but I just wanted to say welcome to the forum and most of all well done you for standing firm with the doctor. We know our own bodies and are more than aware when things are not right.

I hope you will be able to have a more comfortable night tonight and catch up on some sleep.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Lv, I x

cacyhi

Hello today to all my new forum friends. I realise from reading lots of other posts how impatient i am. I think the reason is because since I went in remission about 8 years ago, I have been trying to pack in all the years I "missed" and have literally been living my life at double a normal pace ( which is why I probably ruined my ankle/back finally anyway! I find have found it virtually impossible to stop and enjoy the moment - relaxation? what is that? I have just been living in denial that it would all catch up with me, I really should have been more easier on my body not harder. I never sit down in the evenings even though my three boys are all grown up and only the 14 year old at home now ( plus hubby and jack russell) One deciding reason for doing the op was that I could not bear the thought of never walking my dog again!

The new custom back slab is a great improvement on the previous cast but I think I am going to go back tomorrow ( as the techician said may be the case) they have not cut enough out of the centre to avoid my shin bone half way down my leg on one side and its digging in! I dont expect perfection but if one more visit could make it more comfortable for the next 5 weeks ---- why not???? I think my hubby may leave me when I tell him in the morning.

If anyone wants to talk about the psychological effects of having had RA since being a young age (21) and raising kids and my battle with depression I would be happy to do so over private messaging. At the moment, this is what I am coping with - not the actual operation so much physically. this is why i have already found this forum and AMAZING community helping me so much. Love to all fellow fighters today x

julie47

Hi carol

Welcome to the forum. I thought I had posted on here but looking back....no I haven't. Happy Birthday for yesterday too.

I am so pleased that you now have a different cast on your foot and that now you can feel your toes. Hope when you go back tomorrow they make it even more comfortable. I think this is the right thing to do if you have to wear it another 6 weeks.

Take care
Juliepf x

cacyhi

Thanks for everyone who wished me well yesterday and sent Birthday wishes xx

cacyhi

Hi Juliepf

I am sure they all think im a total psycho at the hospital by now - I know my husband does ( ha ha ) and Im being to wonder if I do acutally have some kind of "cast phobia" you know - feeling trapped or something. I dont know what your experience is but I think Ive got a thing about the feel of the cast around the back of my ankle - then again, that is where all the weight of a leg cast is. I think its because I am so thin and bony and I have pressure urticaria ( you dont want to know what my immune system does to me with 2 mutant antibodies and 1 missing). God I am just a complete mess at the moment.
I want to feel comfortable coz I want to get back to work part time as I know this will be good for me mentally. Its 7 weeks since my op (and it feels like 7 months) ImI being really unrealistic to expect to be comfortable enough to sit in a wheelchair with my leg down for some of the time ????

Ironic - thank you for your good wishes and very happy to meet you.

LASTEC1

cacyhi wrote:

Hello, I live in London and have just joined the forum today.
I am really interested to talk to anyone who has had a triple ankle fusion as I have just had one 7 weeks ago (due to adult flat foot and rheumatoid arthritis). I dont know how these forums actually work, but I hope someone will reply!!!

Hello there, I had my left ankle fused last Friday 25th November and am enjoying my first day at home. I am in no pain and have a number of pillows which keep my ankle elevated. I am very impatient and the next few months couldn't come quick enough!