Sorry to hear this, I am 29 yrs old and in excellent physical shape (was I guess haha) I had an ankle fusion in October of 2015 due to an on duty related motorcycle accident. My Dr said he never saw anyone's bones fuse together so fast after the surgery and told me I should be healed up and ready to walk and even run quickly. It is June 2016 now and I can barely walk still because of the pain. I have had way to many injections in my ankle for pain relief and they will not give me anymore this year!! I am on tons of meds that do not help one bit, so I usually don't take them because I don't like to be on pill cocktails around my two sons. I am in the process of trying to get my work comp insurance to pay for an IDEO brace (which I heard works miracles!) but they are giving me the run around. I can't tell you how many times I have thought about chopping my own foot off due to the pain. It is constant and I feel like it will never go away. Mornings are the worst and I dread waking up in the am because I know eventually I will have to walk on it.
I would never ever recommend getting an ankle fusion!
Good luck to all
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Sorry to hear this, I am 29 yrs old and in excellent physical shape (was I guess haha) I had an ankle fusion in October of 2015 due to an on duty related motorcycle accident. My Dr said he never saw anyone's bones fuse together so fast after the surgery and told me I should be healed up and ready to walk and even run quickly. It is June 2016 now and I can barely walk still because of the pain. I have had way to many injections in my ankle for pain relief and they will not give me anymore this year!! I am on tons of meds that do not help one bit, so I usually don't take them because I don't like to be on pill cocktails around my two sons. I am in the process of trying to get my work comp insurance to pay for an IDEO brace (which I heard works miracles!) but they are giving me the run around. I can't tell you how many times I have thought about chopping my own foot off due to the pain. It is constant and I feel like it will never go away. Mornings are the worst and I dread waking up in the am because I know eventually I will have to walk on it.
June 19, 2016 - 7:54pmI would never ever recommend getting an ankle fusion!
Good luck to all
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