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I wish I had a better answer for you,and I was asked soooo many times in hospital how I did it,but the honest truth is..... I DON'T KNOW!!!
How daft is that,but a quick explain is-I was in hosptal,very,very ill and was in the bed for about 5 months,so when I was lying on my side a lot,my ankles tilted over.I wore splints that straightened them out,but when I started walking again the left one tilted over.Then Hubby went in hospital for a major op,so I was walking loads more and the ankle tilted even more.
By the time I had an x ray,it had tilted over so much the bones where broken and dislocated,meaning I had a mush of bone held together by tendons and muscles as an ankle.
This first doctor said there was nothing he could do for me,so was all for giving it the chop,but me being a stubborn cow,and rather attached to my ankle got a second opinion and referred to the limb reconstruction unit in Liverpool.
There the wonderful doctor said he would fix it!!!
I have had a lot of hospital experience in my time,but never an operation,which was one of those things from childhood I always wanted to avoid,so I was absolutely dreading having to have 2 ops,but it was OK,not as bad as I was expecting.
So now I am back home,trying to get to grips with walking again,but the arthritis in my right knee makes crutches impossible for me,so I am using a zimmer frame.The worst thing so far has been getting to grips with the stairs,having only an upstairs loo,I am camping out in the bedroom,while everyone else does everything else you take for granted,for me.
So today I am feeling rather down.
Thought I would pop on here and say hello again to everyone who knows me and the history me and my OH have on here with bad luck :)