Broke My Prosthetic Ankle Joint-I Messed Up

[brucejohnson]

Fantastic news Ron!

 

[mfurrh55]

Friends,
Had my 7 month check up today and it was a good report. Told me NORMAL (for me) activities as tolerated and I'll start PT after Thanksgiving. Here is a pic of my hardware:

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I'm the $6 man now. Sure has been a long 7 months. Next appointment in Februar

Thanks for all the support an enterainment... couldn't have done this well without your encouragement.

Cheers, Ron

Well your ankle looks like my back except i have 8 screws in my back and a couple rods, now igotta have shoulder surgery march 3rd, left shoulder an im left handed, thats gonna be tough, did a ct scan last month on my back, now got to have an mri on it because they found a fracture midway and said my spinal canal was only 5mm where normal is 17 to 18mm, then they get to cut off a bone spur on heel, i get the feeling i was used too much when i was new!anyway I'm still here an kicking, and gonna continue with disaster relief, Take care, Monte

 

[GCroyle]

Now you can kick some serious grASS!

Good news.

 

[BIGNASTY]

I learned at an Early age the Power of Positive Thinking & Healing IT WORKS

 

[DavidC]

Hey Monte, I had a spur on my left heel years ago and was scheduled for the surgery. I was still kind of young (read able to move around). The Wife or Daughter were screwing around and I jumped over the coffee table onto a hard ceramic tiled floor, landed on my heel. Hurt like he** for a few minutes but it wound up breaking the spur off and didn't need the surgery. I realize that your not doing any antics like that but had to share my spur remedy. So I understand shoulder surgery is a long term thing and recovery can go on for a very long time. Both of my arm to shoulder sockets cause extreme pain and I cannot seem to get the VA to pay much attention so I will keep going until they are unusable. Good luck with all of your upcoming events.

 

[mfurrh55]

Hey Monte, I had a spur on my left heel years ago and was scheduled for the surgery. I was still kind of young (read able to move around). The Wife or Daughter were screwing around and I jumped over the coffee table onto a hard ceramic tiled floor, landed on my heel. Hurt like he** for a few minutes but it wound up breaking the spur off and didn't need the surgery. I realize that your not doing any antics like that but had to share my spur remedy. So I understand shoulder surgery is a long term thing and recovery can go on for a very long time. Both of my arm to shoulder sockets cause extreme pain and I cannot seem to get the VA to pay much attention so I will keep going until they are unusable. Good luck with all of your upcoming events.

Wow, but where did the spur go?, VA sent me to an orthopedic surgeon that is not a VA Dr. and did it pretty fast thru triwest healthcare

 

[Wiredawg]

Well your ankle looks like my back except i have 8 screws in my back and a couple rods, now igotta have shoulder surgery march 3rd, left shoulder an im left handed, thats gonna be tough, did a ct scan last month on my back, now got to have an mri on it because they found a fracture midway and said my spinal canal was only 5mm where normal is 17 to 18mm, then they get to cut off a bone spur on heel, i get the feeling i was used too much when i was new!anyway I'm still here an kicking, and gonna continue with disaster relief, Take care, Monte

Hey Monte,

I have heal spurs both heels... I use exercise and stretching to minimize issues. I chose not to have surgery on them as a friend, who was also a runner, had the surgery, but then had issues with scar tissue. The PT I am taking helps me with the spurs and the plantar fasciitis.

Hope your back is doing well... i have bulging disks in my lower back and neck with degenerative disk disease ada bone spur midway of back, no where as severe as yours. Just another thing I manage.

Hope all my friends with injuries and ailments find relief and peace. Sure is a lot of work to achieve.

Cheers, Ron

 

[DavidC]

Wow, but where did the spur go?, VA sent me to an orthopedic surgeon that is not a VA Dr. and did it pretty fast thru triwest healthcare

According to the x-ray it shattered. Must have done a good job as it never bothered me again.

 

[mfurrh55]

According to the x-ray it shattered. Must have done a good job as it never bothered me again.

3 years ago i got a stem cell injection in it , worked great hasnt bothered me till now, but VA don't give the stem cell inj. anymore

 

[Jim W]

Ron, That is great news that your ankle has healed and you are almost through PT.

Jim

 

[Wiredawg]

Friends,

Cleopatra (Cleo) our newest Lab is one year old today and thought I'd share a pic of her and our 11 year old, Sheba.

These two really helped me through my many months of recovery, along with y'all, and mostly my wife Vivian. Coincidently, I sheared my prosthetic ankle 1 Mar last year.

Last visit with surgeon, he mentioned operating on my heal, which I told him let's talk about it next year... I'm just about surgeried out.

Anyhoo,, these dogs give me great pleasure EVERYDAY.

Cheers, Ron

 

[GCroyle]

Friends,

Cleopatra (Cleo) our newest Lab is one year old today and thought I'd share a pic of her and our 11 year old, Sheba.

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I think we need to raise a glass to Vivian SWMBO.

Cheers Vivian from camp hickory aka my back yard sitting at a small for now campfire.

These two really helped me through my many months of recovery, along with y'all, and mostly my wife Vivian. Coincidently, I sheared my prosthetic ankle 1 Mar last year.

Last visit with surgeon, he mentioned operating on my heal, which I told him let's talk about it next year... I'm just about surgeried out.

Anyhoo,, these dogs give me great pleasure EVERYDAY.

Cheers, Ron

 

[mfurrh55]

Put my foot in an air cast boot for 8 weeks,kinda hard getting around ,just had shoulder surgery last week too, getting old ain't for sissies

 

[BIGNASTY]

I started getting OLD at 21 on, JUST BITE THE BULLET AND EAT THE PAIN life's to short to worry about the small stuff

 

[Wiredawg]

I started getting OLD at 21 on, JUST BITE THE BULLET AND EAT THE PAIN life's to short to worry about the small stuff

Yup! I deal with the pain pretty OK, the surgeries and long recovery, not so much.

Let's drink to pain... Cheers, Ron

 

[mfurrh55]

Don't know what I'm gonna do when I turn 30,...oops

 

[BIGNASTY]

I cant say I delt with the pain so well, I spent 8 years fighting a head game with myself. Drugs were the only way I could escape even that eventually didn't work. Physical pain is EASY to deal with GOOD LUCK BROTHER

 

[mfurrh55]

Yeah that's what I hate is these long recoveries, that's why I've been putting this off for a year,then figured I'd get it all done with just one recovery time, guess I was used too much when I was new!!, Take care, Monte

 

[GCroyle]

Yup! I deal with the pain pretty OK, the surgeries and long recovery, not so much.

Let's drink to pain... Cheers, Ron

No pain like yours but I’m raising a Founders All Day IPA to the TDR family.

cheers

 

[HPSimpson]

Ron, You have two of mans best friend, congratulations!