recovering from 2nd PTTD Surgert... - Foot Problems Message Board

kristim06 · 01-20-2009, 09:58 AM

How quickly you forget what you went through on the first foot. Today I find myself 6 weeks post op and in a walking boot beginning my walking again and I find myself very nervous and overly cautious. How long did everyone else here need the crutches as training wheels once you were able to start walking in the boot?

Kristin

hurts2walk · 01-20-2009, 06:26 PM

I was not crutch free until 9 weeks. I had a hard time with the first steps and I took my time. I will be having surgery on my second foot too. Some say it's better cause you know what to expect but I am sure there are things you "forget" and things that can be different the second time around. Hang in there.

emmie54 · 01-20-2009, 08:44 PM

I was PWB with 2 crutches for a week then with one crutch for a week so was totally "crutchless" by the end of eight weeks but still used a cane now and then on days when I felt kind of shaky or weak.

uff da · 01-21-2009, 02:04 PM

Hi
I took a lot longer to be totally crutch-free all the time. My heel and outside of my foot are having that over-sympathetic nervous response-shooting pain. Having not felt the surgery or this stupid nerve thing, it took me a while to accept that my foot was fine and could/would support me. The tingly-shooting pain was pretty intense. I would fall back on crutches whenever it got to much- or if I had to walk long distances in a short amount of time at work. I was finally coming to work without crutches for back-up at about week 11. I still have the stupid nerve thing, although it is much better. May recovery come quickly.

emmie54 · 01-22-2009, 12:29 AM

uff da. I work out of my home or I would not have been able to be without mine either so don't feel like a weenie!