Hello Cody I realize you are asking about the surgery. Unfortunately I have had no experience with that.
And I am sure you have had more than your share of people tossing in their two cents worth. I have experience with that. I only know what you printed below about your case. Because surgery is irreversible, I wanted to share this information with you first, to let you decide if this will help: http://www.lmorthotics.org/product/ER530200 It is a picture of a dictus splint. I wear/wore one to help with foot drop. If the problem is pressure on the balls of your feet and it is relieved by you stretching your Achilles by pulling your toes back towards your knees, this is what this splint does. You can see by the picture how it is worn. And you can set the tension to pull the foot up as far as you want. I wear mine on my shoes (there are hooks that go into the laces that the band hooks to) and from this picture you can see that it can be worn on sock feet. Investigate, see what you think. Information is always a good thing. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: Cody To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 8:30 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Foot Surgery My problem is not caused from walking. I can neither walk or stand at all. Additionally, I have no sensation at all. So I never know when I am putting to much pressure on a particular place whether it's my foot or my butt. I do stretch my Achilles but I can only do it by using my hands to pull my toes back toward my knees while sitting in the bed. I have custom designed inserts for my shoes to cushion my feet and relieve pressure. I also have padding on my wheelchair foot rest. This is why I am very inclined to have this surgery so I can relieve the balls of my feet from getting so much pressure. So if anyone has had this specific surgery I would like to hear from you.........Cody in Austin Sent from my iPad On Apr 6, 2011, at 7:54 AM, Dalton Garis <malugss...@gmail.com> wrote: No . . . But I solved all such problems by simply wearing a good pair of cowboy boots with a "riding" heel. That is a taller heel that is underslung to make walking with a tall heel no problem. I have drop-foot and now do not braces or anything. Dalton From: Cody <c...@austin.rr.com> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 11:14:39 -0500
