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I have my appointment with an Orthopedic Surgeon on Wed to see if

A.) The diagnoses and plan of action given by the Podiatrist I was referred to is correct and if surgery is the only course of action.

B.) If I am doing further damage by delaying surgery.

C.) If there are any pain treatments I could use while delaying it that would allow me to continue working.

I sell cars at a very busy dealership and am on my feet all day and moving a lot. I can't take anything for pain that would have normal pain killer side effects because I have to drive cars a lot during the day and can't really be popping Vicodin or the like while driving a $60,000 Mercedes or Porsche.

If I have the surgery, I will lose my job (at least temporarily, they would hire me back once I recover.) but I would also lose the 2 biggest selling months of the year and the period where I would earn about 35% of my yearly income.

We have tried cortisone, and immobilization. The podiatrist didn't feel there were physical therapy options that would work because the damage is too extensive. I have "chronic sprained/unstable ankle" and they are talking about using a tendon to reconstruct the ligaments that are pretty much ruined and have a ton of scar tissue.