RE: Ankle Surgery

[Guest guest]

, I recently sprained my ankle jumping out of a U-Haul (like I was a

spry 14 year old or something...great story huh?) and I feel your pain. I

also worked in a training room and when Athletic Trainers cringe or freak

out you know it is bad, so I wish you the best of luck at therapy, building

those surrounding muscles up! and in general. Hang in there!

In His Strength,

, CA

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Reply-To: Stillsdisease

To: stillsdisease

Subject: Ankle Surgery

Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 06:56:32 -0700 (PDT)

Hi everyone

I hope this note finds you feeling well or on your way to feeling better.

I have been working hard for a month in Physical Therapy to try and avoid

surgery. Well, I went back to the surgeon yesterday to see what she thinks.

When she pulled up the Stress X Ray of my Right ankle she physically

cringed and had to look away. Then she commented about how many xrays she

looks at every day and how few of them give her that gut reaction and make

her cringe. It was pretty ugly if I do say so myself. Anyway, she is giving

me another month, at my request, to build muscle in Phys Therapy before she

takes me to the operating room on October 19 to tighten the ligaments and

try to give me some stability. She really has no idea what condition my

loose ligaments are in until she gets in there. (How much destruction the

stills has done to the connective tissue) I will have a three month

recovery time. She is concerned about the staph infection I had last year

(septic knee in

yesterday's discussion of infections). I guess we will find out, huh?

Well, I just wanted to let you all know what is going on. Thanks for

listening.

Stay Healthy

Branson, MO

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