Has anyone had multiple ankle surgeries?

@cwagner Welcome. My story started like yours with an external fixator and then internal plates a few weeks later. I had pain from the hardware and had it removed after a year and a half.

I’m sorry you’ve been through so much trouble and now an ankle fusion that doesn’t sound right. Can you get an opinion from another doctor? Would you be able to have a custom brace or special shoe instead of surgery that could help you reach the ground for walking?

@jenniferhunter thanks for the response. There's not too many options in the area I live but, I researched what my dr put in my notes and the medical term for the surgery that he plans on doing next is osseous correction surgery which involves even more plates and screws. Says its to correct a deformity and comes with a high level of after surgery pain. These last two years have really just got me down from the lack of work and sitting around all the time. Ive filed for disability and got rejected but I may have found a work from home position, but its not really my specialty as ive spent the last 6 years as a production supervisor in a manufacturing plant before all of this. Sometimes everything just doesn't seem fair in life.

@cwagner251 I hear you. You have a lot to deal with. Sometimes to get another surgical opinion, travel is needed to get to a respected medical center. If your surgeon hasn’t done a lot of these types of corrections, you need to know that. You also need to know what life will be like after a surgery like this. Perhaps one of our moderators could share his experience with fused ankles. I hope @JustinMcClanahan will join in and share his experience.

As for being denied disability, will you try again? Will you get assistance from a disability attorney?

@cwagner251 oh you poor girl. I’m sorry you are having this happen to you. I hope you recover soon. It’s painful mentally and painfully.

@jenniferhunter I currently have an appeal going with a lawyer on my disability hoping to hear something soon. I looked at my after care report from my surgeon and he is planning on doing an osseous correction surgery after my pain is managed correctly. Ive been trying to stay positive and im glad I found this site because it definitely helps hearing from people with similar issues and I thank you for all the advice!

Hi guys. My situation I broke my ankle and had surgery on june30. I have 3screws and 1 metal plate.My first appointment with the foot doctor was 2 month later i complained of lots of netve pain so he kept my splint on . Basically i had the splint on for almost 3 month and a half. So my foot got stiff in a bad position when he tried to put the camboot he was not able to because my of my foot position. So he sends me to the PT.
Im working very hard on getting my ankle to move mind you no shoe. I'm on my 11th day therapy. I'm so afraid . My heel does not touch the floor when I'm standing yet. My foot looked like foot dropped. Although is looking a little better. It's been 5 month i can't walk yet 😪 normally ppl walk after 3 month. Anybody has a similar experience?
Plus i still feel the nerves tingling on my toes. I'm on 100mg gabapentin 4x a day.

That is similar to how im feeling now. If i have my cam boot on I can use a walker and sometime just a cane to get around but without my boot my ankle will not touch on its own. That's why my surgeon said he was going to do another surgery I haven't had any pt yet tho he said he wanted me to have the other surgery first

My doctor said go to PT and if it wont go down he can do a small incision in the back tendons to Loosen up the foot. I don't even have the option of ths cam boot. So i will try my best to exhaust all my therapy. I wish you well. I heard it's suppose to be a fast surgery.

@bostonian71 I hope everything goes well after my first surgery the pt definitely helped with walking in my boot after about 6 weeks

This was my latest xray