FINALLY FIXING MY LEFT LEG WITH DR. MONEGAL IN BARCELONA- JULY 2,2015

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hey tbike, shalom my friend


the nerve damage is confirmed by me

Ever since i had the achilles surgery, part of my outside left foot is numb... and it's been this way over a year now


also, when i grab my calf, a a tingle goes down my leg... sign of nerve damage

for sure i have sural nerve damage... might have more nerves hurt

people will tell you that  the sural nerve is purely sensory, and therefore wont  hurt function

its not totally true...   theres studies on how sural nerve damage drastically lowers reaction time

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musicmaker,


I will come... please be strong mi amor

your american prince will be back

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Quote from: crimsontide on February 18, 2016, 11:45:55 PMmusicmaker,


I will come... please be strong mi amor

your american prince will be back

Just cause you got a slight limp, it don't make you a pimp   

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never thought of it that way

maybe i should embrace my limp, and act as if It's just my pimp walk

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my achilles photos are still up for 3 more days

you can see the horror

Don't get this surgery.... and don't go to india

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my  left leg is no better now than it was a over a year ago

it's not even a little better in terms of walking ability

I am going to get my lower left leg removed... it's my only option

my life quality now is greatly diminished...


I can't live this way... I'm not depressed , but I'm pragmatic

I made a huge error getting this surgery...   take heed

I'm confident that  an advanced prosthesis will fix my left leg... i'm hopeful that ill be walk to walk like a normal person after this... hopefully right leg recovers a bit more

when i walk though, its definitely my left leg that is really holding me back

it hurts now too... i'm limping, and the nerve damage seems to be worse than originally thought

my lower  left leg can barely walk... it's that bad... this is not muscle atrophy... there's an enormous difference between how my right and left legs feel... this is nerve  and  tissue damage... hard to describe, but it really is awful

Don't get this surgery


I should not have gotten left leg corrected, but I didn't know at the time that my leg issues were 99% due to nerve damage

My walking is no better.... its been over a year, and no progress at all... so it's not me  rushing into something

I do squats, I stretch, I try to walk... nothing  helps my left leg even a little

i have arthritis in my left ankle too, to go along with the nerve damage, and destroyed achilles

now i'm getting nerve pain...

i need to be able to walk normally again, or  my life quality will be too reduced  to live happily

I'm very pragmatic about my situation... It's ultimately my fault

I wanna try to get a prosthesis asap.... my left leg isnt getting any better, and i'm  past the point of being patient.. it's not improving at all

it's not as if i'm slowly improving... if anything the nerve damage is worse... and the bone feels odd too... though might be  the nerve damage

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Did you consult any doctor about your situation?

Achilles' tendon - is there no possibility of graft or something to strengthen it?

Bone - is there no possibly of rebreaking the bone and shorten if required to the original bone level and allow it to heal. I guess rebreaking is normal procedure during malunion

Nerve Damage - I am not sure if it's only one nerve that is involved in your whole lower leg movement. It might probably have an impact on part movement like moving a toe or so as an example. This alone wouldn't hinder your entire movement IMO. So I do not think it is the reason for lower leg immobility.

Please don't take hasty decisions. Consult with as many docs possible, just to gather opinion. I guess now a days you can speak to doc even on phone and take their opinion for a small amount.

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Quote from: 5.7to5.9 on March 01, 2016, 05:49:22 PMAchilles' tendon - is there no possibility of graft or something to strengthen it?

I've read sometimes that when people tear their acl they can get it replaced with a dead person's.  would it be possible or helpful in this situation? 

anyway, sorry to hear about your recovery crimsontide...

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achilles  grafting exists, but theres no guarantee... id  normally be ok with it, but theres no guarantee, long recovery and combined with my zillion other let leg issues.... it makes me  not consider this option

the nerve damage...  that likely will never be repaired... nerves are the least understood out of all the other complications, and now my foot is starting to hurt when i walk

it feels as if theres enormous pressure buildup, but no release.... i cant even think of walking barefoot


i also have arthritis  already in my left ankle... and stretching of muscles, rods in my leg, left leg is shorter

we're talking a lot of  things that are wrong with my leg

if there was just 1 problem, and there was a possibility it could be fixed, no problem with me

it's the sheer quantity of issues i  have with my left leg...  i could  try to fix every problem one by one, and it would literally  be years before  id exhaust all possibilities to find out  it was all for naught

i could wait 2 more years even... but im not going through a 8 year cycle  just to  discover i cant be fixed

my rigyt leg... totally different issue, its much better

itfeels like a normal leg for the most part

my left leg... best case scenario is i get my leg rebroken to resolve length discrepancy.... ankle surgery for arthritis, and   another achilles surgery.... 

if all those things go perfectly, were talking a 4 or 5 year recovery, and i'd still have nerve damage,  and might not walk properly

that's the best case scenario... my  best case scenario involves an ankle transplant... ankle arthritis isnt gonna get better, and its rare

can you guys see where im coming from???    i can just get lower left leg removed, and get a very modern prosthesis which has electronic propulsion  thats pretty much guaranteed to work, and be walking fine with it in 6 months

theres no uncertainty  with this option...  i cant feel part of my foot and leg now anyway

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Arent they extremely expensive?