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Posted on: Thu, May 15 2008 2:28 PM

Posted by: eltigra306 Posts: 21

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....

Posted on: Fri, May 16 2008 1:36 AM

Posted by: Debbie Posts: 3,829

 hi eltigra, i was away when you joined. nice to meet you and good luck at your appt. welcome! 

Posted on: Fri, May 16 2008 1:43 AM

Posted by: Becky Posts: 1,547

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

Posted on: Mon, May 26 2008 12:03 PM

Posted by: Peggy2512 Posts: 29

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

Posted on: Tue, May 27 2008 2:44 AM

Posted by: swisswuff Posts: 55

eltigra306:

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. 

Posted on: Sat, May 31 2008 2:49 PM

Posted by: AaronG Posts: 4

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

Posted on: Sun, Jun 1 2008 12:53 AM

Posted by: brknbnes Posts: 286

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

Posted on: Sun, Jun 1 2008 1:07 PM

Posted by: AaronG Posts: 4

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.??