I have a 5yo kid and end stage ankle OA. He, and his friends, are very curious about why I use a walking stick sometimes, etc.
I explained to him that I don't have any cartilage left in my ankle, so the bones are bumping together and it hurts.
Next thing I hear him explaining to his friends that his Mum can't walk because she has lost her shark skeleton 🤣🤣
Hi,
I have been diagnosed with post traumatic OA in my ankle. The surgeon has told me that I am not a candidate for TAR and basically my only option surgically speaking is fusion.
I am really concerned about the long term impact of fusion on my other joints and would love to hear from younger people who have had a fusion how things are going 5, 10, 20 years down the track.
Secondly they have recommended I wear hiking boots. I am skeptical about this recommendation because I find anything I try either puts too much pressure on my ankle and hurts, or doesn't provide enough stability. Any recommendations for hiking boots that balance these competing needs?
I have known for ages my ankle would degenerate following serious injury and 5 surgeries nearly 15 years ago. At the time my surgeon gave me a 50% chance the fix would fail and I'd be fused by my 30th birthday. The fix succeeded but I was told it would eventually degenerate and "when it is too painful come back and we will fuse it".
Well I have made it to 42 and the pain is now so bad and gerting worse rapidly. I just got my xrays back and they are plain as day: "severe ankle OA with high grade joint space loss". And though I thought that was what it would say and thought I was prepared, I am so upset and really struggling to cope.
I intend on getting multiple medical opinions as I only want to fuse if and when it is really necessary. But I am feeling just so lost and sad and everything hurts so bad. I don't really have a question I just needed to get that out.
I just went to book online and the booking system is telling me I can walk in. Has anyone done this? Is the wait time reasonable?