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

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

g'luck!