Hi! Without digging through my filing cabinet, I couldn't tell you the exact type, but I know it was the most serious procedure they could do. It was a full ankle fusion, where they removed my entire joint and put a rod in to hold it together, up through my heel. They also had to remove part of the leg bone to use as a bone graft b/c they didn't get enough bone from the bone donor. My surgery was in April 2010. I am walking better than before the surgery, so that is an improvement. I am overweight and out of shape, and I know if I could lose weight I would feel better, but it's hard b/c it is hard for me to walk and do lots of excercises. I tried joining a zumba class that was easy, but there was lots of jumping and I couldn't keep up. Water aerobics does work for me, but again, when there is lots of jumping in the water I can only jump with my left foot b/c I can't bend my right one at all since the ankle fusion, so my left foot takes all the impact and after a week or two I have hurt it (the back tendon).
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Hi! Without digging through my filing cabinet, I couldn't tell you the exact type, but I know it was the most serious procedure they could do. It was a full ankle fusion, where they removed my entire joint and put a rod in to hold it together, up through my heel. They also had to remove part of the leg bone to use as a bone graft b/c they didn't get enough bone from the bone donor. My surgery was in April 2010. I am walking better than before the surgery, so that is an improvement. I am overweight and out of shape, and I know if I could lose weight I would feel better, but it's hard b/c it is hard for me to walk and do lots of excercises. I tried joining a zumba class that was easy, but there was lots of jumping and I couldn't keep up. Water aerobics does work for me, but again, when there is lots of jumping in the water I can only jump with my left foot b/c I can't bend my right one at all since the ankle fusion, so my left foot takes all the impact and after a week or two I have hurt it (the back tendon).
February 3, 2012 - 1:40pmJessica
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