Has anyone ever had extreme foot remodel like this and if so what was recovery and how are you now?

[MULEPACKHUNTER]

Man those deck shoes are so last year man time to upgrade!!!

[hoghntr]

Trade either of ya.

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I hear ya man.. This is kinda the point of my question cuz can only remove so much each time and i dont wanna end 5 years from now them saying ok now your foot is going. 😬 i have met multiple people down at Va that have opted for amputations after surgeries that ended in years of staph infections and pain. My last hip replacement i spent the week in a room with 2 guys that had ampuutated legs because of botched knee replacements and staph

[hoghntr]

I broke 4 bones in my foot and 3 toes while hunting. Went back to work to early and re-broke it. Had 3 toes fused and my foot re broke and fixed. Its better now but not fully. Still walk sideways on that foot and its pulling my knee and hip out of place. I used to hike 10 miles on a hunt and now I walk a mile and hurt for days. Made me fat too lol. The weight gain after killed me. Hard to lose!

Im with you for sure! Less activity has weighed me down LITERALLY!!! And yes 1 problem leads to others. Foot, achilles, knee, hip, back etc etc... Ugghhh it all gets hit hard! This last surgery I had in January I was on one of those scooters you kneel on and then it cause my arthritis in my knee that was kneeling to flare so bad and I got an ulcer on my knee that actually hurt worse than my foot surgery by about 10 times. I thought I was going to have to have my knee drained at got so big. It got to where I didn't even want to get up and go to the bathroom and take a leak I was ready to just get a jug and start filling a jug with p.

 

You know Dan I've never met you in person but I know you're a big dude if we each lost a hundred pounds think how much better our feet might feel

[ctafoya]

My hips look about like that. Another VA success story. Are you getting the next surgery paid through the VA at a private practice, or are you having do pay out of pocket? I just quit physical therapy at the Gilbert clinic because the lady doing it would call out every other time. They asked if I wanted to go to a normal facility, but I declined.

[muledeerarea33?]

 

I broke 4 bones in my foot and 3 toes while hunting. Went back to work to early and re-broke it. Had 3 toes fused and my foot re broke and fixed. Its better now but not fully. Still walk sideways on that foot and its pulling my knee and hip out of place. I used to hike 10 miles on a hunt and now I walk a mile and hurt for days. Made me fat too lol. The weight gain after killed me. Hard to lose!

Im with you for sure! Less activity has weighed me down LITERALLY!!! And yes 1 problem leads to others. Foot, achilles, knee, hip, back etc etc... Ugghhh it all gets hit hard! This last surgery I had in January I was on one of those scooters you kneel on and then it cause my arthritis in my knee that was kneeling to flare so bad and I got an ulcer on my knee that actually hurt worse than my foot surgery by about 10 times. I thought I was going to have to have my knee drained at got so big. It got to where I didn't even want to get up and go to the bathroom and take a leak I was ready to just get a jug and start filling a jug with p.

 

You know Dan I've never met you in person but I know you're a big dude if we each lost a hundred pounds think how much better our feet might feel

mike.... you lose my 100 and I will lose yours!!! Its a hard battle my friend. As you know. But your correct, it needs to be done.

[hoghntr]

My hips look about like that. Another VA success story. Are you getting the next surgery paid through the VA at a private practice, or are you having do pay out of pocket? I just quit physical therapy at the Gilbert clinic because the lady doing it would call out every other time. They asked if I wanted to go to a normal facility, but I declined.

Va sends me out, i chose Core Institute for this next surgery. Hips were done a bit of everywhere but revision was done by Camarata at Va. Camarata no longer goes to Va he used ro just go there once a week to fix all the other docs screw ups. Va will send me to him again if another hip revision is needed (he is revision Specialist in Az). My hips are service connected because they had me on prednisone for 9 years while trying to find a medicine to control inflammation from Gulf War/Sommalia crap (still looking currently trying Orencia) Dr Wagner in Scottsdale did core decompressions to try and save hips he did left 1st but necrosis was pretty bad on right and like a idiot i went hunting to soon after and collapsed hip. Wagner hoped to get me 5 years out of left and its been near 12 years i think SO necrosis can be reversed if caught early!!! They drill holes up to but not thru femoral head and blood rushes in and bone grows. Core decompressions hurt way more than a replacement and must be in wheelchair 6-8 weeks after. i have had right full replacemet anterior and it failed (dislocated on and off for a year) so 1 year later revision posterior replacement so trust me when i say the decompressions hurt more.!!! If someone has a chance at recovery from early necrosis diagnosis a core decompression is very worthwile procedure.

 

Im super curious how a foot feels with toes all floating. The more i think about it the less keen i am of the idea. I just really want to be able to stinking walk and hike and as of right now im exactly back to where i was last year at this time. 😡 Super happy to have my legs but dang sure wish they worked a little better. 👍

[hoghntr]

My hips look about like that. Another VA success story. Are you getting the next surgery paid through the VA at a private practice, or are you having do pay out of pocket? I just quit physical therapy at the Gilbert clinic because the lady doing it would call out every other time. They asked if I wanted to go to a normal facility, but I declined.

All my PT and pain clinic visits are done at private clinics because Va is always more than 30 days out with appts and im full time at those clinics so Va cant keep up with that. Although i did get botox for scap and neck for 1st time few months back and it worked quite well so hopefully higher dose next time might last longer and might be able to cut out trigger point injections since my body dosant exactly need more steroids. Botox works for stopping non stop muscle spasms. 👍👍👍