Hi Tonsacurls, I'm sorry you even have to deal with this but it is what it is. I destroyed my ankle in a head on accident 26 years ago & finally had my ankle fusion a few months ago. I lived with horrific pain for all those years, the surgery was a nightmare but ankles are tricky things & painful. I had triple fusion with bone grafts, I was full non weightbearing for 12 weeks with a hard cast & now I'm in the middle of 5 more weeks of a walking boot. I'm having a flair up of nerve damage pain but that will ease with time (the nerves were damaged badly in the original accident). So far I have very little pain when not walking, that's unusual for me, I used to hurt just sitting down the arthritis was so bad. When I now put some weight on the foot it's painful but not the same pain & it's not excuciating. Just imagine how weak all those tendons & joints get when you haven't used them for months on end, this too shall pass & they will toughen up. Personally, I'd never consider an amputation, I really want to go out with all my limbs I came in with when that time comes. Plus amputation comes with it's own can of worms. I may never be 100% but if I can get through a day of working the farm outside then I'll consider it a success. Good luck, I hope it all turns out as you need it to.
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Hi Tonsacurls, I'm sorry you even have to deal with this but it is what it is. I destroyed my ankle in a head on accident 26 years ago & finally had my ankle fusion a few months ago. I lived with horrific pain for all those years, the surgery was a nightmare but ankles are tricky things & painful. I had triple fusion with bone grafts, I was full non weightbearing for 12 weeks with a hard cast & now I'm in the middle of 5 more weeks of a walking boot. I'm having a flair up of nerve damage pain but that will ease with time (the nerves were damaged badly in the original accident). So far I have very little pain when not walking, that's unusual for me, I used to hurt just sitting down the arthritis was so bad. When I now put some weight on the foot it's painful but not the same pain & it's not excuciating. Just imagine how weak all those tendons & joints get when you haven't used them for months on end, this too shall pass & they will toughen up. Personally, I'd never consider an amputation, I really want to go out with all my limbs I came in with when that time comes. Plus amputation comes with it's own can of worms. I may never be 100% but if I can get through a day of working the farm outside then I'll consider it a success. Good luck, I hope it all turns out as you need it to.
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