just to update,
I'm walking with one crutch, I think my muscles are getting stronger. in the morning when I woke up I have half a cm ballerina, after walking it goes away, it comes back again in the morning.
in my request, I have done the Ilizarov foot frame surgery instead of the normal Achilles tendon cut surgery, (obviously you do not want to lose your calf strength permanently) it fixed my ballerina however during the foot ring frame, my foot arch muscles got weakened. so now I have flat feet, which something I need to fix over time.
I did my first Xray in my country ( away from India) on the 29th of October. so I will do the next x-ray at the end of the month, so I can compare both the xrays to see the regeneration of bone. because the xrays I took in India contrast is different.
Also, I took an ultrasound to my ankle. because I still have pain in the right foot anterior tendons, in the toes, my whole foot feels very tight, also ankle movements are painful. especially my ankle is blocking the planter flexion movement and when I try to do it I feel stress on my tibia when I walk this ankle affects my gait, also what I noticed was when I wear a high heel Nike shoe, this ankle seems unstable and weakened compare to the left ankle. I really wish my right foot is the same as the left foot.
so ultrasound results indicate, that my right foot anterior tendons are still inflamed and thickened and I still have a sprain in my ankle. which all happened during frame removal due to the severe ballerina, my anterior tendons in the left foot must be partially/completely are ruptured. because I had severe pain for 6-8 weeks after frame removal, I had to take anti-inflammatory pain killers to manage pain, maybe this could have caused me non-union along with non-weight baring, as it would have stopped the broken bone getting inflamed. So now it has been 7 months since the frame removal, my torn tendons would have patched up so ultrasound will only detect it is thickened.
nonunion- and considering undoing the surgery
my anterior tendons in the *right foot*
Thanks for the update tallmf. It sounds like a tough time and I hope you stay strong until one step after another the problems are solved. I kind of can imagine what you are going through as I also had/have consolidation problems and pain in my feet. (still pain in my left foot)
Are you going to PT in Australia now?
Hi TallMF,
Hope you are doing alright these days.
Have your doctors been able to offer a solution for your non-union?
Wish you the best, don't give up hope and definitly update when you can!
no physio, I just do Achilles tendon stretch and ankle stretches. I just keep walking one-two hours a day unaided but slowly. however, my progress has been stopped in the past couple of weeks due to bone pain in right leg.
It's been exactly one year and a week still, I have foot pain in the right foot along with wobbly weak and painful right ankle. It feels like a prosthetic foot. all because of ,I had a huge ballerina. I really wish I did fully external, I should have gone with my first choice kurgan, being in frame for 8-10 months, is not difficult honestly, living with complication really is.
not much bone growth from bone grafting in the past two months, I could not be bothered updating, if I see any significant bone growth I will update the xray.
hello my dear friend Arch, how are you man, long time no chat.
Dr sarin said it may take another three months for consolidation, bone graft itself can take up to three months for healing. other than that no any particular treatment options were given to me at this stage.
I have also had a consultation with another Limb lengthening surgeon, he also asked me to keep on walking for a few more months, if not there is a new treatment called " Ossron" for bone defects along with stem cell therapy. however, undoing/reversing no longer an option.
i had shortening of 1.4 cm with stryde nail when i had non union. within 2 weeks after shortening i had alot of callous form. i dont know if that is possible anyway without a reversable nail. but the shortening was extremely effective and fast for non union
Its been almost more than 7 months now from my bone graft from my right leg however not much of progress.
the left leg is having a delayed union.
other than bad bone healing, I still have my right ankle pain from ligament damages + right foot muscles contracture + i have bowed leg ( not obvious bowed still its noticeable when I walk) + slightly inward rotated ankle - xray scan says i have mild osteoarthritis in both ankle. to sum up my legs and life is ruined and I'm crippled. this is all because of sarin's team pure negligence and incompetent.
now they even want to ignore my complaints. I'm fking furious. I will write a whole review and my experience from day one. starting with how I ended up get trapped in their marketing to how i ended up staying their 9 months.
can you post a photo of your delayed union?
tallmf, I'm not a doctor.. but could it be that where they broke the bone was too low? I've heard from other doctors that if the break is too low that could cause non-union problems. It should be closer to the tibia tuberosity area?
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