Brachymetatarsia

[livingwith]

I have the condition on my left foot, fourth metatarsal. I had the external fixator surgery on Jan 28,2008 and have been turning the fixator now for 4 weeks. It is pretty painful, but I am so excited to know that I will have a “normal” toe after all this is over. Anyone else had this operation? I was wondering about the timeframe others have had as far as start to finish with the process and how many millimeters they lengthened ,etc.
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[mrosee]

My surgery was on November 28th, 2007 and to tell u the truth, I stopped turning to soon, but it was about 4 weeks after the surgery and I stopped turning to soon. I then got the bar off 6 weeks after surgery. I didn't start walking until 8 weeks after my operation. I had to take physical therapy for about 2 months. and I never got rid of a small limp because I had the next surgery April 9th, 2008. I am sorry to say, I will take an extremely LONG time to recover. and you are right, it is quite painful.


wishing u a nice recovery,


Madelyn