Last post Tue, Jul 01 2008 3:48 PM by Becky. 52 replies.
No, I haven't. I was wondering about him myself. Hope he lets us know what's going on.
Hi everyone!! Thank you for your interest in my desision.. I had to bring my computer in to get serviced so I have been internet poor for the last 10 days or so. As for my desision, Nothing has been 100% decided yet. I am still waiting on my ct scan( waiting is hard here, long waiting lists..) My ciro's opinion is to never have it fussed.. He say's if that was my only option to just stay with the pain and try to deal with it. So my dision is about 98% to go with the amputation. A local farmer that had cancer in his talus and tried to have it repaired ended up having an amputation, has been giving me alot of help and is great to talk to, Very informative. He went home after 3 day's ( probably a little soon he said..) with 0 pain and no extra meds at all. In less than a year he is back to chasing his cows...
Any way I may have mentioned him already so I will move on and try to keep all of you informed a little beter from now on. I wasn't sure if anyone was still interested in my progress, Now I know better. Have a beautiful day,God bless , Eltigra
For any one keeping track of my situation I finally have a ct booked for June 10th and an apointment with my surgen after that on the same day. This will be the desision day....
hi eltigra, i was away when you joined. nice to meet you and good luck at your appt. welcome!
eltigra306: For any one keeping track of my situation I finally have a ct booked for June 10th and an apointment with my surgen after that on the same day. This will be the desision day....
Okay, be sure to let us know. Hang in there. Thoughts and prayers.
Becky
Hi Eltigra, god luck on the 10th. I am having my aka on the 2nd July after having had a knee fusion last November. Fingers crossed eh (but not legs ha ha) Jill
eltigra306:did you ever regret or get depressed about the fact that your leg was gone? Regardless of the pain.
did you ever regret or get depressed about the fact that your leg was gone? Regardless of the pain.
i am a right below elbow amputee and just because of the absolute horror that preceded the amputation and that stopped since then, i should have a party every day. but i sometimes just miss my hand, sometimes i feel overwhelmed with the whole thing, sometimes the question "why me?" comes up, and sometimes i wish none of all of this had ever happened. but that was never a choice - the choice was between more pain and more surgeries or some degree of pain and loss of hand and wrist and no further surgeries. that is - and should be - a very personal decision.
overall, i am far better off than before. the phantom sensations are strong, at times painful - and i don't think much of them because compared to the pain i had before, these are by far the lesser evil. i take no medication and sleep well. compared with NO PAIN however, i would understand anyone who fell into a depression just because of that.
Soo, My names Aaron and i'm in the same situation Eltigra... I was in a bad motorbike accident that snapped my Talus in half and left my foot half way up my right leg exposing the remaining piece of the Talus and some of the Tibia. I've had 4 surgeries now over the last 2 years and now they want to do a fusion. I'm 22 and love sports and being active is something I greatly miss. I'm starting to think about cutting out the middle man here and go straight to amputation now, but very worried if i'm not strong enough to handle it and what will become of my relationship with my girlfriend. To all the ppl out there who have gone with BKA, whats it like, do you have remorse about the decisions you made, or do you truly feel you did the right thing in the end?? I not one to care if ppl stare, i'll give them something to stare it, i'm just worried though. I'm sorry for posting this on someones else's thread too but i though it was along the same lines. Thanks Aaron P.S Good luck Eltigra
You didn't mention your other leg function? Do you have a good leg to stand on? I had exposed bone above the ankle that had two failed attempts to cover it in 6 weeks. Then they wanted to shorten the bone, but I opted for amputation against their recommendation, but I had insurance and amputation is so final and they didn't like that. I felt like a test subject and deduced I'm not a good subject for this. I'm not sorry I did either, I just feel lucky I got one complete leg on the left, although damaged too. Check out the Olympics and the runners with prosthetics. I wonder if they will actually compete and be contenders? Good luck with your decision.........
Alan
Well luckly for myself i still have my left leg, strong as ever too :-P I'm just so frustrated that if i get it fused, it'll just lead to more and more complications do the line and have to come off anyways. I have read every thread on this topic, all 3 pages and hear nothing realy that great about ankle fusion. That makes me think that life could be better with a fake foot, i'd be able to run again. (realy miss being able to run) I don't know in the end what i'm goign to do and i still don't know if the doctors will even do it now. I heard that doctors generally don't do that if a patient requests it but i know i'd be better off in the end. Does anyone know the price for a prosthetic foot these days and how long it takes to have one made up.??
I have responded here before, see my last post please. This is an up date, I have now started walsking on my prosthesis without as much of a limp as I had with the fusion, I am in the early days so I am looking forward to no limp. Here are a few of the things that I enjoy doing now that I am not fused:
Well i got the news today from the doctor, wasn't good. He told me that my ankle is going to continue to fall apart and collapse even more if i don't do something soon. I mentioned i want to cut out the middle man and go straight for an amputation but he suggests i goto the U of A or down to Calgary to see ppl from both sides of the fence and talk to them before i decide. I guess i'll see what happens.
Aaron,
are you in Edmonton? Send me a private message if you are. I can't seem to send you one.
Mel
Not sure if you got my message or not, but no, i'm in Grande Prairie Mel.
hi aaron, it is nice to meet you and sorry to hear what you are going through. i am a right aka and if you hve to have to have surgery you can emil me anytime with questions or to talk ok? take care and welcome!
