I put off the fusion for years because I was so afraid of it. Now I wish I had done it years before because it gave me a whole new "active" part of my life. I too, had such severe pain that it limited my activities of daily living. Once the healing was done, I had a pain free life and I just couldn't believe it was possible. Of course, there are some adjustments to be made, but that was nothing compared to being rid of the constant, pain, swelling, and throbbing. Go for it girl, you won't be sorry. One word of advice though, see if you can find a doctor who does it arthoscopically, rather than the traditional way. Recovery is sooooooo much faster and less pain. I was up and walking very fast, compared to 3-6 months with the traditional procedure. I'm guessing my no weight bearing experience to be about 3 weeks only. (I'm having trouble remembering since it was done in 1998)
Keep me posted.
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I put off the fusion for years because I was so afraid of it. Now I wish I had done it years before because it gave me a whole new "active" part of my life. I too, had such severe pain that it limited my activities of daily living. Once the healing was done, I had a pain free life and I just couldn't believe it was possible. Of course, there are some adjustments to be made, but that was nothing compared to being rid of the constant, pain, swelling, and throbbing. Go for it girl, you won't be sorry. One word of advice though, see if you can find a doctor who does it arthoscopically, rather than the traditional way. Recovery is sooooooo much faster and less pain. I was up and walking very fast, compared to 3-6 months with the traditional procedure. I'm guessing my no weight bearing experience to be about 3 weeks only. (I'm having trouble remembering since it was done in 1998)
Keep me posted.
Shirley
July 5, 2008 - 7:04amThis Comment
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