ASHLEY--FIND THE BEST ORTHO SPECIALIZING IN HEEL/ANKLE SURGERY YOU CAN FIND. I SHATTERED MY CALCANEOUS ABOUT ONE YR. AGO REQUIRING 11 SCREWS ONE AND ONE THIRD INCH LONG, FEW SMALLER ONES, TITANIUM PLATE AND 3 PIECES OF CADAVER BONE. SEE HELTHBOARDS.COM FOR GOOD FORUM ON THIS PROBLEM. LOTS OF HEALIN HEELIES OUT THERE. MY PLATE COULD BE REMOVED BUT NECESITATES THE SAME 8-10 INCH INCISION AND I FOUGHT OFF THREE SERIOUS INFECTIONS IN HEALING LAST TIME SO IT'S STAYING. LOOKING AT XRAYS, THE SCREWS ARE NOW MY HEEL--LOOKS LIKE HARDWARE STORE SO THERE FOR GOOD. WAS RIDING HORSES IN TWO MOS AND WALKING IN 4 MOS--VERY FAST COMPARED TO MOST BUT HAVE MAJOR SETBACKS ASLO. A 2-5 YR PROCESS. I WALK W/O LIMP B/C I CHANGED HOW I WALK, NO LONGER ON MY TOES AS BIG TOE BASICALLY IMMOBILE, A PROBLEM FOR MANY. HAVE DAYS WHEN NERVES STILL SHOOT LIKE THEY DID 6-8 MOS AGO BUT IT GETS BETTER WITH TIME. MY ACHILLES TENDON TENDS TO SWELL TO INCH + WIDE SETTING OFF NERVES. HEEL,AS MOST RARELY HURTS. YOUR HEEL HOWEVER HAS MORE TO DO WITH MOVEMENT AND FLEXIBILTY OF FOOT THAN YOUR ANKLE AS SUCH--SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN HAD I NOT BEEN ON TOP OF 12-14 LADDER WHEN I DESCENDED "HARD OR FAST WAY" OUT AT OUR RANCH. HAVE HAD MANY INJURIES INCLUDING BREAKING NECK TWICE, HAVE SHOULDER BEYOND REPLACEMENT SURGERY AND NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED HOW INSIDIOUS THIS INJURY CAN BE. GET BEST DOC AND BEST PT AND DO ALL YOU CAN YOURSELF TO START ROM (RANGE OF MOTION)--PAIN OFTEN WILL BE IN INSIDE ANKLE AREA WHERE FLUIDS BUILD UP CAUSING PAIN. MANY HAVE TO SUBTALER JOINT FUSED TO ALLEVIATE THIS--YOU WANT TO AVOID IF POSSIBLE TO KEEP AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE. I GOT ON STATIONARY BIKE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE--HAD NEXT TO BED AND HAD RECLINING TYPE WHERE LEGS NOT DANGLING AS SWELLING IS PERSISTANT FOR SOME TIME. WENT TO MY MTN BIKE FOR EARLY AM RIDES TO START DAY AS SOON AS ABLE. SHORT RIDES, JUST TO LOOSEN UP THINGS--SET THE TONE FOR THE DAY FOR ME. AT YOUR AGE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK W/O A LIMP BUT MUST ACCEPT WILL NEVER HAVE THE FLEX. OF A NORMAL FOOT AS THIS IS NOT MERELY A BROKEN ANKLE, MUCH WORSE. EACH STEP FORWARD AT TIMES BRING YOU BACK TO BED WITH FOOT ELEVATED FOR DAY OR TWO IT SEEMS BUT MUST MOVE FWD.EVEN IF HAVE SOME BAD DAYS. NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE I AM GOING ON A DIFFERENT NET SERVICE BUT HAVE MY DOMAIN ADDRESS AT RANCH IN USE AT ALL TIMES NOW IF THIS DIRECWAY NO LONGER WORKS AND YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. MARTYHANSEN@KAESENFARMS.COM
TAKE A PEEK AT HEALTHBOARDS--WEALTH OF INFO AND SOME FUN FOLKS TOO. HAPPY HEELIN'--MARTY
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