Pre-op report

[unixronin]

Three things to note:

First, surgery is scheduled to remove the bone spur on my toe on Wednesday November 2 at 1300E.

Second, Dr. Kaufman's opinion is that the restricted motion in my left ankle is due to traumatic arthritis in two of the joints within the ankle, and that -- as I'd thought from the start -- it's not an achilles-tendon issue, there is bone-on-bone blockage.

Third, although such issues are normally addressed by fusion of the ankle, I came up with an idea for how we might be able to correct the problem or at least improve the situation by moving what range of motion I have into a more useful range, and Dr. Kaufman believes it may work.  It's going to take some farily in-depth study to see if it's feasible though, and if we try it, I expect I'll be non-weight-bearing on that leg for probably six to eight weeks.

Comments

[motomuffin.livejournal.com]

Hooray for getting rid of bone-spurs! (I've got a big one in my ankle that'll be getting gone as soon as riding season is over... which may be months from now...)

Best of luck!

Bummer about back-on-crutches though. :(

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Crutches. Bah. You've just reminded me that I don't know whether my specially-modified crutches are actually here or still in North Carolina. I was on them so much I had to pad the handles with gel pads and neoprene foam to avoid carpal tunnel problems.

I just called cymrullewes' in-laws (or, now, out-laws) in North Carolina, and they're going to check tomorrow morning and ship them to us if they're still there.