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Posted: 5/2/2024 8:33:33 PM EDT
I know this is where I'm headed. Osteoarthritis in the foot. Shit's worn out.  Can't walk without big prednisone doses. MRI Wednesday, doc Thursday. Figure ins will make me try injections first. What am I looking at here? |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 8:41:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: tveddy]
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6 weeks nonweightbearing followed 4-6 weeks in a walking boot.
Buy a knee scooter and a shower bag Eta and dont get surgery within 3 months of an injection |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 8:48:43 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Waldo: I know this is where I'm headed. Osteoarthritis in the foot. Shit's worn out. Can't walk without big prednisone doses. MRI Wednesday, doc Thursday. Figure ins will make me try injections first. What am I looking at here? Which bone? One could be 8 weeks, another could be many months. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 8:49:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tveddy: 6 weeks nonweightbearing followed 4-6 weeks in a walking boot. Buy a knee scooter and a shower bag Eta and dont get surgery within 3 months of an injection Thanks. I'll keep that 3 month thing in mind. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 8:51:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AFARR: Which bone? One could be 8 weeks, another could be many months. IDK, all the big ones above my arch. I'm not a doc and I'm a week out from the MRI. All I know is that was the preliminary diagnosis.
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Posted: 5/2/2024 8:59:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Waldo: IDK, all the big ones above my arch. I'm not a doc and I'm a week out from the MRI. All I know is that was the preliminary diagnosis.Triple Arthrodesis sound right? Pan Talar fusion? Long recovery. Plan on being Non weight bearing for a while. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:02:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: osprey21]
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FWIW... I've had two 'triple arthrodesis' surgeries - 12 weeks* no weight bearing both times.
*the 2nd one got infected which added an additional 8wks to recovery AND I nearly lost my left foot - pics of said foot available upon request. 
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:03:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AFARR: Triple Arthrodesis sound right? Pan Talar fusion? Long recovery. Plan on being Non weight bearing for a while. IDK what any of that means. But I can tell you a chain saw and a prosthetic foot has been considered. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:05:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By osprey21: FWIW... I've had two 'triple arthrodesis' surgeries - 12 weeks* no weight bearing both times. *the 2nd one got infected which added an additional 8wks to recovery AND I nearly lost my left foot - pics of said foot available upon request. I don't want to see that.
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:06:33 PM EDT
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Dreading the day mine has to happen. Injured myself at 17 and left with arthrosis of the subtalor joint and doc said hopefully I'm lucky and the pain never gets too bad but I might need a fusion one day.
Tldr tag for interest. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:10:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 07yzryder: Dreading the day mine has to happen. Injured myself at 17 and left with arthrosis of the subtalor joint and doc said hopefully I'm lucky and the pain never gets too bad but I might need a fusion one day. Tldr tag for interest. I'd get the fucking thing cut off like you get rid of a bad tooth. But with my luck I'd have phantom nerve pain like some amputees end up with. It's that fucking bad. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:26:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tveddy: 6 weeks nonweightbearing followed 4-6 weeks in a walking boot. Buy a knee scooter and a shower bag Eta and dont get surgery within 3 months of an injection Excellent advice. I’ve had multiple surgeries on both ankles/tibias with plates and grafts the past 3 years having similar recovery times. Not ashamed to admit I had knee scooters inside and outside the house plus walkers upstairs and downstairs. Made it a lot easier on my opposite foot, my arms and my wife. Get one of those wedge pillows for raising your feet. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:36:04 PM EDT
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  If it's those bones. Could be done with plates or some other fixation. Definitely on the 12+ week non weight bearing end of things, then protected (Cam Walker) weight bearing once the healing is good enough. Knee scooters are good. Follow all post op instructions! |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:48:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AFARR: https://drwolgin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Triple-arth-schematic.jpg https://drwolgin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Triple-arth-xr-lat.jpg If it's those bones. Could be done with plates or some other fixation. Definitely on the 12+ week non weight bearing end of things, then protected (Cam Walker) weight bearing once the healing is good enough. Knee scooters are good. Follow all post op instructions! More like this (at least to me). 
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:50:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Waldo: I don't want to see that. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Waldo: Originally Posted By osprey21: FWIW... I've had two 'triple arthrodesis' surgeries - 12 weeks* no weight bearing both times. *the 2nd one got infected which added an additional 8wks to recovery AND I nearly lost my left foot - pics of said foot available upon request. I don't want to see that. Hell I do! |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:55:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Abearir: Hell I do! I wonder how much $$ youtube would pay me for cutting it off with a chainsaw. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:55:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Waldo: I don't want to see that. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Waldo: Originally Posted By osprey21: FWIW... I've had two 'triple arthrodesis' surgeries - 12 weeks* no weight bearing both times. *the 2nd one got infected which added an additional 8wks to recovery AND I nearly lost my left foot - pics of said foot available upon request. I don't want to see that. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:55:54 PM EDT
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Ugh. TalarNavicular surgery is common, but yikes. I haven't had it, but the one I'm very familiar with first surgery failed (1 screw backed out, 2 failed) and it took another try. 4 years before all was done, and the foots still not "right". I'm not sure I'd go for the pegleg route though even knowing what I know.
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:57:51 PM EDT
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Buy the knee scooter - you can get one off Amazon cheaper than you'll wind up with rent from a Home Medical place. Buy the nice cover for it too.
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Posted: 5/2/2024 10:06:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: John-in-austin]
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Not exactly your problem, but I have had 5 ankle/foot surgeries. (Foot crushed.) fused ALL the things, tendon repair, etc.
The LEAST time I spent in a boot or cast was 3 weeks. (Screw removal) The first time was a series of non and weight bearing fixtures and was almost 4 months. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 10:12:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By John-in-austin: Not exactly your problem, but I have had 5 ankle/foot surgeries. (Foot crushed.) fused ALL the things, tendon repair, etc. The LEAST time I spent in a boot or cast was 6 weeks. Yeah, I don't doubt it. I've already resigned myself to being fucked for a good while. Not that I'm not already fucked by the prednisone. Miracle drug, until the inevitable side effects hit you. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 10:15:06 PM EDT
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Multiple foot surgeries here too. I'd add that you should consider getting a shower chair. It's better than a 5 gal orange bucket.
You should also consider a pair of forearm crutches for the times you can't use a knee scooter. They're a bit more stable then the underarm ones. Listen to what others have said and don't fuck up your recovery. If you smoke cigarettes, plan on quitting before surgery. Quitting smoking is far easier than dealing with a nonunion. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 10:16:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: veritas8985]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Waldo: Yeah, I don't doubt it. I've already resigned myself to being fucked for a good while. Not that I'm not already fucked by the prednisone. Miracle drug, until the inevitable side effects hit you. Is a replacement not an option for you? ETA: Not a prosthetic, but a joint replacement. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 10:22:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Waldo]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By veritas8985: Is a replacement not an option for you? ETA: Not a prosthetic, but a joint replacement. I haven't gotten to that point of conversation with the ortho yet since I'm still waiting on an MRI. All I got so far is that it's fucked up.  Last doc I saw was at the Cleveland Clinic. Here, take all of these pills and see the Ortho. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 10:32:48 PM EDT
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I’ve got 15 screws in my talus bones already. Something like this may be in my future as an old man.
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Posted: 5/2/2024 10:34:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/3/2024 6:20:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Waldo: More like this (at least to me). https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/422/Triple-arth-schematic-3204125.jpg Maybe Lapidus fusion or Lis Franc repair (neither has as much recovery as some of the other surgeries. Still NWB for a while). |
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