DameBruschetta
Posts: 116
Joined: 1/10/2010
Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady
I'm currently thinking of changing podiatrists. I will keep in mind though that when I do, I should mention the lack of stability and see what he has to say. I will probably be going to see the surgeon again soon though because I have questions about the fact that the swelling still hasn't gone down and I do still get some weird pain that doesn't feel normal to me.
If you don't mind my asking, what did you have done to your ankle? It sounds very much like you had a keloid scar (I don't, just really mean discoloration). How long did the pain and swelling last for you?
I origonally went in for a simple tendon repair for my degenerative tendonitis (peroneal tendon.) What I ended up getting was a repaired peroneal secured with an anchor as well as a reattachment of a torn calcaneofibular ligament which apparently never showed up on 3 MRI's over 3 years (or so they tell me  .)
What kind of swelling is it? Is it localized or the whole foot? I don't know how what you've gone through compares to mine... but I can tell you that my ankle was puffy for ages and while I've never taken photos to compare (so wish I had done that) I think some minor swelling still remained around a year after. While it wasn't the entire foot, for about 6 months my ankle was still swollen enough to make my fibula pretty hard to see. Its also only been the last couple months as well that I can really press on the muscles & the bone and not have pain as well. (I've never treated my scar with anything - even putting on lotion or socks for the first 13-15 months was wince worthy.) I've always associated the pain with the screw in the bone, more the muscle itself (although the pain does radiate into the muscle.) Walking on it, or moving it after the initial healing was never really painful for me though. You've done the physical therapy right? I ended up not having to go, since my muscle strength was really good - but if you still have some instability I would push for more PT time.
My scar went through a ton of stages. Looked like utter crap in the beginning (serious frankenscar) to clearing up to not at all noticeable at about 7 wks (god I wish it was like that again) to progressively getting worse again. It had its keloid-like stages but never really turned into one - honestly with the swelling it was always a bit hard to tell. It still looked pretty angry color wise at 12 months, and a lot less so then now (and more then I thought possible.) If I buckled down and bought mederma I most likely could even get it to the point where you couldn't even see it. (If you'd like to see what it looks like, send me a message on the other side.)
Pre-surgery, custom insoles gave me my life back for a while. My ankle specialist at the time pretty much gave me two options at one point:
A. wear an aircast for the rest of my life (best option)
B. go to a podiatrist and get insoles to help combat the pronation (I have a foot eversion of almost 0 - neither turn outwards at all.)
When I got the insoles the longest I went between major sprains (after booting & physical therapy) was about 6 months. With the insoles I managed to go two whole years - unheard of for me. I went on to loose them and majorly injure myself again but they seriously brought a large amount of my quality of life back (stability and pain wise.) If you have decent health insurance that might put something toward them or can afford them I think they might really help you. Sadly I am on my way to going down this road on the other ankle now, but on the medial side. Had I sucked it up and bought another set of insoles for $350 I most likely wouldn't be in this situation today. You may be better off then me in many respects (I met with a podiatrist once during the whole thing on that particular foot, and just for insoles) but I have seriously messed up my feet from the way I compensated for the ankle issues. The podiatrist I am seeing at the moment is actually surprised my feet aren't worse off then they are, so if your current person hasn't really touched on that and you're already thinking about finding another it might not be a bad idea to try another out. I've irritated other tendons, ligaments and bones because of issues with other tendons and ligaments.. slippery slope.
< Message edited by DameBruschetta -- 6/1/2010 11:47:56 PM >
|
RE: Tattoos to cover scars - 
Profile
. Now he loves it. 
. 
) 
New Messages
No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages
Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages
Locked w/o New Messages
Post New Thread