Cartiva implant
Fifi
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Hi, I’ve been told I’m an ideal candidate for a cartiva implant in my big toe joint. I really need to keep movement in my toe as I am a primary school teacher and I am constantly moving and often spend time on my knees or the floor. I am also still fairly young and want to continue to wear high heels (I know it’s a bit vain). Can anybody tell me if they have had this surgery and how it’s been? Thank you
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Hi Fifi, welcome to the forum!
I am sorry to hear you have been having difficult time but it’s good to see you are working with your medical team to consider potential treatment options.
As this is a rather specialist area, I recommend making an appointment with your doctor to talk through your concerns and gain a better understanding of the likely outcomes from the surgery. Having said that, this forum is a great place to learn from the experiences of our members and the advice they share will no doubt help you prepare a list of questions to speak to your doctor about.
In the meantime, I have provided a foot & ankle fact sheet from the Versus Arthritis website. It doesn’t contain any information on cartiva implants specifically but you may find some of tips useful.
https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/osteoarthritis-oa-of-the-foot-and-ankle/
Please join in any of the forums where you feel comfortable and let us know how you get on.
Best Wishes,
Alice0 -
Hi. Please forgive me for being brief. I've just waved my family goodbye after feeding them and I'm shattered
I've never heard anyone mention this on these forums so I did a search and only one other person has ever mentioned it. Her op wasn't successful.
So I had a Google and this was the result from the reliable NCBI site https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31195830 . Personally I'd give it a wide berth.If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
Steven Wright0
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