I know this should be the last thing i worry about…
I realize i have a long way to go… but will I ever be able to wear my pumps and stilletos again?? It is such a lame question but I wear them a lot and it would make me feel so great to know that I have something to look forward to!
Faydra
March 20th, 2010 at 12:16 am
I’m just a guy, faydra, but I think the LOOK of my heel and ankle and calf was pretty close to the other one after about a year. Until then, there’s often a thickening of the tendon and a “filling in” of the two “hollows” around the back of the ankle, It all gradually fades. I did have a subtle little incision, though.
I had no trouble wearing any of my pre-ATR shoes (or my ski boots, sailing boots, or volleyball shoes), though others here have reported problems, either with fit or with sensitivity.
March 20th, 2010 at 11:15 am
I appreciat your input!!! I know you are rootin’ for me to get back in those heels lol! Yeah the thickening of the ankle is a trip, its so weird fe eling. The “saddle” (tissue that makes the arch and goes around) is still swollen, but my ankle is just skinny and hard feeling. I’m sitting here icing and moving it, I can feel sensation all the way up the calf and my movement has improved from only a few days ago. Its such a weird sensation! oh well, 3 weeks have gone by already! Goin fast!
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March 20th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Oh, yah, if you got it, flaunt it! And what you ain’t got right now, that you used to have, you should get back in a while. Meanwhile, focus on all those little improvements! There are so many of them, they seem to come almost every day for quite a while. It’s one of the more pleasant aspects of this thing that none of is doing for pleasure!
March 20th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Well I reckon it’s flat shoes that are bad for your AT…I mean heels must help, otherwise why make us have all those heel lifts for our boots/shoes
In fact, my foot in my cast is currently at the angle it normally is in high heels anyway. I’ve got some ’solid’ heels - about 2 inches(5cm) which I plan to wear when I’m in two shoes. Stillettoes may take a bit longer, but they are definitely in MY long terms plans.
March 20th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
I wonder, too, when I will be able to wear all my beloved shoes! So far (4 months post-op) it’s still nothin’ but crocs and clogs.
March 20th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Once your ankle is used to the neutral position and regains your “old” dorsiflexion ROM, flat shoes are fine. Before that, many of us find crocs and clogs comfy because they are often softer and cushier than anything else, and the bottom of our “bad” foot is often sensitive to FWB pressure.
But some ATR patients have had their Docs stick heel lifts into their shoes, for the reasons CoolKiwi cites. (Just get out of that cast and into a BOOT, Kiwi!!)
April 10th, 2010 at 9:02 am
I have the vacocast as well. I didn’t use the vacuum feature at all but loved it just the same. Then main reason I got that boot was for a trip I had planned to Tulum Mexico. I really wanted to be able to snorkel and get in that perfect caribbean water. The vacocast’s ability to get wet really sets it in it’s own class of boot. It worked perfectly for my transition to shoes. I used it for only about 10 days but it was a critical part of my rehab. I even found a way to get the range of motion to go from 0 degrees to plantar flexed so I could have some range of motion without the risk. How do you like your’s?
April 16th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
I’m hating the boot right now…it hurts the back of my heel and it feels like im walking on metal!!! oh well, i get to transfer to a shoe next week!!!
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