Last week, my surgeon encouraged me to start wiggling and flexing my toes in my cast.
So when I try to lift my toes using traditional thinking, I can curl them down but not up. It was very frustruating.
Today, I consciously thought: pull foot inward using PTT. Wait for it -- YES!! I can flex my entire front foot including my toes upward! I haven't been able to do this in years! Wow -- this is very exciting for me!!!
I should add for the record, my PTT was transfered to the top of my foot, drilled through bone (3rd cuniform I think?), then anchored on the bottom to help with foot drop.
__________________ Jan 18, 2013: PTT transfer, peroneal longus to brevis tendon transfer, calcaneal osteotomy with medial slide, plantar fascia release
__________________ 10/2001 Left kneecap tightened and LR
06/2003 Modified Brostrom on right ankle
10/2012 Biopsies under general
12/2012 Arthroscopy, impingement removed with Brostrom-Evans procedure
I just showed my husband my new trick and he was slightly horrified, haha.
__________________ Jan 18, 2013: PTT transfer, peroneal longus to brevis tendon transfer, calcaneal osteotomy with medial slide, plantar fascia release
Yay!!! Feels good to see progress!!! Remember....EDGE....EACH DAY GETS EASIER!!!! There will be bumps in the recovery road but forge ahead & don't get discouraged.....remember the excitement of this day!!
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FDL to PTT transfer, calcaneal osteotomy with medial slide & lateral column lengthening, gastrocnemius recession, first TMT arthrodesis, bone graft from calcaneus to first TMT joint.....Oofda!
I love all the accomplishments that people who haven't been through this just don't get. This is such a long road and knowing there are these accomplishments along the way make it so much easier to get through. When I tell my husband something new I can do he tries to be excited for me but I can tell he just doesn't really get how great it is!
I think it is difficult for someone to understand if they haven't been in our situation. That's why these threads are so helpful, because we understand each other.
:-D :-D. Good to hear you are getting positive results!! That sounds like quite the procedure!
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FDL to PTT transfer, calcaneal osteotomy with medial slide & lateral column lengthening, gastrocnemius recession, first TMT arthrodesis, bone graft from calcaneus to first TMT joint.....Oofda!
Power out here . So far one foot of snow, expecting 3. Generator going strong . Installed after Sandy. Best thing we ever did! Hope you are all well. Didn't want to be without power in this condition. One thing to be recovering, but no heat? No way!
damn about the power out still love to look out at blizzards raging though here we dont really get snow and have a totall temp of 38 degrees for today with it being 32 degrees at the moment lol way too hot
Generators can be a life saver when the power goes out. Glad to hear you are able to keep warm. I heard CT and MA were going to get hit hard. I'm upstate NY and it looks like we are only going to get a few inches. I wish it were more. Our local economy depends on snowmobilers and ice fishing although my preference is a nice fire in a warm house.
Stay warm and safe, neighbors to the north. What a storm!!!
__________________ Jan 18, 2013: PTT transfer, peroneal longus to brevis tendon transfer, calcaneal osteotomy with medial slide, plantar fascia release
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