Hindfoot Triple Fusion
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I've been told I need this on my right ankle. I'm doing some research on it, but there doesn't seem to be a lot out there about the patient experience of it.
Anyone here had it and can share their experiences?
?Anyone able to share experiences of being non-weight bearing for six weeks - I live on my own, and despite the help from friends, I just can't see how on earth I can manage that.
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cheryl96314 beth2509
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beth2509 cheryl96314
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Thanks Cheryl, that's helpful. Unfortunately I don't have an apartment - it's a house with stairs and steps up to both front and back door - and no room for ramps. I have looked at the scooters and also the crutches, and will get in - these would defintely help be get around the house. It's all the steps that I am most worried about.
?The inability to drive etc doesn't worry me - this, unfortunately, isn't my first spin around the block, so to speak. I am currently on a hip replacement (four weeks next Tuesday - so can't drive for another two weeks); and the ankle in question broke in May, so I had six week unable to drive in the summer. I have also just bought a mobility scooter - I had been borrowing a friends to walk my dog, and decided that if I am looking forward to possibly another year of these limitations I needed my own. The waiting lists in the UK appear to be scary - I'm contacting various places, but at present I am looking at 9 months!
?Given the number of things I had "to keep me busy" after the hip replacement, which I didn't need because it went really easily, I have enough for another surgery and possibly a third one - although I'm not looking for yet another! Like you, I work, and so the idea of being confined and not busy was actually impossible to conceive.
ihavenonickname beth2509
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BUT now you have two choices I did not have, both are hands free.
Knee scooter or iWalk2
either will make it a piece of cake.
Yes I drove, with my left foot.
beth2509 ihavenonickname
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Hi again nick
?I've had a look at those and given my house I think I may have to look at a combination approach. Although I probably need to find out if I can test the iWalk - reading up on the website it is hard to work out how suitable it would be for me as it says it may not suit older people (I'm 59); and you need good stability to start off with (don't know about that - I used to have, but with the ankle and the back and the hip over the last year, I simply don't know that I have any more).
?I have a manual car - I need both feet to drive. So that will be out.
ihavenonickname beth2509
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