Osteotomies...My Success Stories

[TeitgeORPrincess]

It's been horrendous with improvement, but not total reduction of swelling, since about Saturday.....my entire leg is pretty swollen and my foot/ankle are the worst :*(  Kathy suggested wrapping it (as I mentioned) but I'm not all into that quite yet...we're gonna lay me down in Mum & Dad's room and see if laying flat with my leg higher doesn't help...I'll keep ya'll posted.

xoxox

Amb

[Lyndsey]

Good Luck! Hope it works! I am off to a Junior Horse Show Committee meeting so I will check back around 8! Hope to hear you are doing better!

Later!
Lyndsey

[cat]

Oh, my, (blush). You two have been quite busy while I've been away. Not sure I deserve all the nice things you said, Lyndsey. Just glad to be able to help a fellow twistee. There aren't that many of us out there.

Amb,
Have you not been keeping your foot elevated ABOVE your HEART? Too much computer time, perhaps? Try it and see if that helps. Hopefully that will work.
Speaking of too much computer time, I think I just burned dinner.

Later!

PS
Wonder how Kris knew about us??

[cat]

Hey A,
Dinner was narrowly saved- just a little bit crispy.

Its interesting he did your left leg, as your measurements were slightly better however that is the one with the TTT which impacted you medially?

The L one was the one that hurt so very much worse. Plus, I wonder if the positional change of the tibial tubercle affected the measurements.
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[FormerlyActive]

You know Cat I bet it did.

Thanks for the pictures everyone and glad to see everyone is looking and feeling so much better, albeit still at various points in the healing process. You are tough knee geeks!!!

Yes I agree Cat has been a massive help.

Best healing wishes.

[Lyndsey]

Cat,
Yea, we have been busy chatting. lol. Just trying to keep another fellow twistee company during the long hard boring recovery. Glad to hear your dinner was saved.

Amberle,
I hope you are doing well! Has your swelling gone down at all? Have you tried the ice and elevation? Hope to hear good news from you!

Later!
Lyndsey

[TeitgeORPrincess]

YUP! Swelling is WAAAY down....It turns out we were being stupid about the elevation & icing techniques we were doing, so my dad came up with the BRILLIANT idea of using the giant ice pack he had for his shoulder surgery (we've both had our shoulders worked on....lol) and moulded it to my leg....anyway, it definitley worked and the swelling, while not gone, is much better. Hopefully it won't come back during the night with my leg being in the immobiliser...I'm going to have to ask Teitge next week how long he wants me to use it and exactly when to use it..I honestly don't remember him giving instructions to me personally.....I guess he didn't, must have been in the orders.

Alright, it's 11:30pm here and I'm TIRED. Going to take a Vicodin then go to sleep.

xoxoxo

Amb

PS- I'm gonna try tomorrow to go through EVERYTHING with my surgery, including the full 'account' of the stuff that led up to surgery and following as far as I can through post op....just cos I wanna ;p I'll also try & post my thank you to teitge that I wrote today...FINALLY.

[TeitgeORPrincess]

Incase anyone is looking, my 'hilarious' surgery story is on my Post Op Diary....

[Lyndsey]

Hey,

I'm not sure I think your story is too funny! Maybe a bit at times, but altogether more scary than funny. lol. It is a good story. I recommend it for reading and info.

Lyndsey

[TeitgeORPrincess]

Aww Lynds! Thanksies That's really sweet of you to say.....I'm glad people are learning from my experiences!
xoxoox

Teitge's Princess & Kathy's Biggest Fan ;P

[3KATii3]

hello sorry if i have done this wrong im new to it and when i saw i have people that have mucked up legs like me i had to join!
im really scared about my operation they havent gave me a date yet and i have been looking at pictures of the bones and the metal plate and its really freaked me out :/

i have pains in my knees and when i have my feet facing forwards my knees seem to go inwards and when my feet are outwards me knees are straight! it really hurts to walk after a while and my feet lock.


so i was just wondering if you could tell me a few things...

did the operation hurt?

mr bache ( the man thats doing it ) has said i will be asleep when i wake up am i just going to be in loads of pain?

how long does it hurt for?


thankyouu!
katie
xxx

[3KATii3]

hey, i have the same problem as you guys.
and i have had my 1st operation and it went well and tomorrow hopefully my cast is going to come off.
its so cool finding people with the same problem because i find people just dont no what to say when i show them.
and they wish they never asked!

did you lot have the operation or did you leave it or what?

katie xx

[cat]

Congrats, Katie, on making it thru your first surgery. Glad it went well. Once your cast is off, I imagine you'll be able to work on strengthening unused muscles. What surgery did you have? Yes, we all had surgeries. You can check out the post op diary section for more info. I had my femur externally rotated and this past Dec had the hardware removed. Feels much better without the plate.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery and excellent outcome!
  cat 

[MarshallP]

Im glad to hear a success story about derotational osteotomies. On july 31st of this year I had derotational osteotomies on both of my femurs, fixated by intramedullary rodding and screws, as well as a talocalceaneal coalition removal, its been tough. My hip pain is gone, but my femurs are still not healed so the bone is really hurting with walking to buses and at school, as well as a few screws that stick too far out of the bone, and my ankle is alot worse off that it was, I fell like my pain is getting worse, not better 
I am however getting one screw removed in january as well as an AFO for ankle stabilization, but the thing is Im getting my surgeries through Shriners Children Hospital Portland(Oregon) and when I turn 21 they can no longer help me, I turned 20 in October. Im trying to have faith that itll all work out, but the pain is really discouraging. Ive read stories of people who had similar surgeries and they never recovered and had to use crutches and canes for the rest of their lives, I really dont want to be one of those people.

[MessedUp16]

Helloo ,
Ermm i'm due to have a derotional femoral osteotomy, because my hips are at the wrong degree's causing my knee's to frequently dislocate ..
i'm going in for surgery on the 18th July, i'm dreading it sooo much, even though its still a couple of months away
Can anybody whose had this done tell me the recovery length?, and how long it took them to be able to walk ?
Thankyou ! <3 xxx