Going back under the knife October 5th
Sadly my ankle is going back under the knife on October 5th. The Achilles is doing great, it will be to fix the ATF and calcaneal ligaments. Their laxness was a major contributing factor in the Achilles rupture in August 2011. My doctor also mentioned there is a new procedure to use biometric glue and cartilage cells grown in a petri dish to fill in the huge defect in my talus bone where my fibula broke a piece of bone and cartilage out. I’m up for anything at this point.
6 weeks off the foot AGAIN…. There is no way I’m doing crutches again, I’ve ordered one of these.
Coincidentally, I measured my two calves at the 11 month mark. My good calf was 13″ on the nose, bad was 12″ on the nose. Now at the 13 month mark my good calf is 13.25″ and the bad is 12.75″. It’s catching back up just in time to shrink again… sigh….
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That procedure you described is something I am considering for my knee, I have a slither of meniscus (cartlidge) left and apparently they can sew that to some ‘grown’ or ‘donor’ cologen to rebuild the cartlidge… that’s one reason why I will be reading your future updates with interest/
I guess you are used to the ‘drill’ of this type of thing now and being that little bitmore mentally prepared/experienced will, I hope make this a less difficult recovery and I wish you well for the operation and recovery
Thank you Andrew! Yes, way too used to the drill of it all. I’ll definitely keep things updated so you can have a guess as to what to expect.
The last two months have been trying to get in to amazing shape so the recovery is easier.
Hi Andrew, I’m going to write a new follow-up post. The donor cologen has worked amazingly well. Feel free to PM me direct if you want.