Living with an ankle fusion and subtalar fusion--Any advice?

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

HI, I had my fusion done on the 2\12/15 was 6 weeks in a cast then 6 more weeks in a boot, using both crutches. When I went back for my 3 month check up, I'd expected to come out of the boot and start physio. I'm still in alot of pain and can't walk unaided in the boot for long without severe pain in my Heel,(strange considering I've had pain in my ankle for 14 years not my heal), but the ankle /foot does still swell and is painful after walking for 10mins. My Dr told me I would have to spend another 12 weeks in the boot, ie: 6 weeks weaning off the crutches and 6 weeks weaning off the boot. I have to question this process as my ankle is healing as expected, so I don't quite understand being in a boot for nearly 6 months. How long were you told you would have to wear a boot. I had my op in Ireland, where did you get yours.

Hi i had a 2nd ankle fusion on the 26/11/2015 exactly 1 year from the original op I got my cast off on Thursday the 18/02/2016 I was told the ankle had healed well I also had a bone graft from doner as the last time they used bone from my knee but they needed more . On Thursday I met surgeon and he said everything was good and my ankle had heeled well he did say my foot position was that my toes were further forward meaning I would find wearing a low heel more comfortable on Thursday I felt great I thought after 3 yrs of pain and 5 operations I had finally got the result I wanted but on Friday omg the pain was unbelievable I am now 3 days out of cast and I'm struggling I had to take oramorph the other night, I just don't know if this is normal I mean if everything has healed well according to the surgeon is this something I will just have to learn to live with and control I don't really want to take painkillers all the time

I had the same situation with both the first fusion two years ago and the second, subtalar fusion last year. When the doc told me to put the boot on after the last cast came off and told me to walk, I was in pain. So he told me to take it easy and use the crutches as needed until I could go without them. That was much easier for me and I healed fine. But, my next surgery this summer is to have all the screws pulled out because one of them I can feel right near my heal and it hurts. Doc said it was better to take them all out than just one because they all need to come out if I ever want an ankle replacement down the line.

I had my 3rd surgery February 2015. I had no weight barring for 6 weeks. My foot did not hurt in the boot when I started using it

Hi I had my ankle fused 2 years ago. When I had the cast off and went in the boot I was not allowed to put full weight on it for another 3-4?weeks. It was meant to be gradual as it would be very painful. From memory they told me only 30% weight once in the boot.

Hi. Wondering how you are doing after you subtalar fusion. I am set to have ankle and subtalar fused at the same time. Wondering what the outcome is like. Mobility, walking, stability etc.