Ortho Consult
I had my ortho surgical consult for my ankle today. It was with the same surgeon that did my surgery when I broke my foot 2 years ago.
He said that the previous MD did a very good job trying to conservatively manage my torn tendons and agreed with her that at this point, and based on the MRI results, surgery is the only way to get the tendons to heal. His plan is to fix all three issues found on the MRI plus an extra issue that he saw on the images. Said because he would already doing surgery he might as well fix the extra problem while he was there so that it wouldn't cause problems and another surgery in the future.
He doesn't want me to wear the boot unless I absolutely have to for pain (yay!) I have a brace instead and he wants me to work on some stretching and strengthening exercises for the ankle to get a head start on the physical therapy program for after surgery.
Just waiting on the office secretary to give me a call to schedule the surgery date.
Thanks for all the prayers.
Praying for you!๐