LOL I'm unique in my area. Anyone else have this?
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I went to see the surgeon on Monday after a referral from a specialist. I had a MRI scan done a few weeks earlier as I'd been having injections to manage achilles tendonitis in both ankles and this just about kept the pain away. Anyway I had a fall and tore my achilles Utter agony), hence the MRI.
Well the surgeon say's he's never seen anyone like my problems....lol. I have a rupture at my ankle and a complete tear where my muscle joins the tendon causing a 2cm gap. The surgeon ended up calling in 2 colleagues to come and see me as he was amazed and perplexed.
All 3 have said the want to be in the O R when I get my date as my op will be bespoke and they want to learn from it.
They are taking a tendon from my toe and getting another 1 from somewhere else (I didn't ask where) as they need a longer bit, They are going to have to do a bridging bit between both bits.
I'm happy the 3 surgeons will be there but I'm also not happy as they think It'll be 50-50 if It works as they don't really know what they'll be faced with.
Anyone else been different?
How long did you have off work after normal repair surgery please?
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patti123 denise130366
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Any way to find someone, as a second opinion, who has seen and worked on someone with this situation before? I hope they can figure it out if they haven't dealt with this before. You can't be the only one ever I would think. Where are you located? In the US?
denise130366 patti123
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Hello Patti123. I live in the UK. The surgeons said they were going to go away and do some reasearch.
patti123 denise130366
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Wishing you the best of luck. It must be very scary when they say they haven't seen anyone with this before in your area. I hope someone can help you who has experience with this. I am sure you are not alone. I hope someone here can help you.