Ankle fusion or replacment

sarajscott

hi all , I’m new to this group and have suffered for arthritis in my feet for 15 years, I’m now 57 , hairdresser and down to 2 alternate days to rest in between … I’m also playing golf and walking dog . I’ve been told in need potential 4 operations on my feet .

the right foot a partial fusion and big toe cleaned out

Left leg full fusion or replacement and big toe cleaned out!

I manage at the moment with ibroprophen and radion B … but have lost lots of fitness and strength due to pain and lack of mobility, also confidence …

At the moment I’m on the waiting list , but have no idea which operation I should do first !
also I would like to hear from people with ankle replace t and how did it go, recover length and long term affects of how they are doing ….

Thankyou sara

Ellen

Good morning @sarajscott welcome to the online community.

This question does come up quite regularly not frequently but regularly so I did you a quick search so you could read relevant posts:

https://community.versusarthritis.org/search?domain=all_content&query=ankle%20fusion&scope=site&source=community

@wendybird posted recently about ankle fusion so maybe you could support one another.

As for the question of which surgery to do first I would personally take the advice of your consultant they will have seen all of this before hopefully they can help you decide what to prioritise.

I imagine you have been given information about ankle fusion/foot surgery, but I am just popping this in in case it's of use:

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/treatments/surgery/foot-and-ankle-surgery/

My best wishes Sara I do hope you'll decide to keep posting and let us know how you get on.

Ellen.