{"id":150,"date":"2018-06-11T23:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T23:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lp21.uk\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2018-10-29T18:35:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T18:35:29","slug":"post-surgery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lp21.uk\/?page_id=150","title":{"rendered":"Post surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since September 2013, I had only been upstairs at home about five times. Getting fed up of living on the sofa! <\/span><\/p>\n

I had been working at home during this time, but things were taking their toll, I was on so many tablets, the pain and the lack of sleep were getting very hard to live with.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was told that as an optimistic outcome it was possible that now the ankle had been ‘cleaned out’ the screws removed etc, it was possible that I may be able to live with the ankle in its current condition with an <\/span>orthotic<\/a> for support.<\/span><\/p>\n

I continued non-weight bearing for a while, the scar was healing ok, and I was told on the Monday (March 2014) that I could do a little bit of weight bearing. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>That evening at home I started weight bearing, in less than an hour my wife
\nwas annoyed because there was blood all over the kitchen floor. I checked my foot and it didn’t look good at all. There was blood everywhere and a big lump of what I assumed to be tissue was hanging out.<\/span><\/p>\n

At this point the same scar on <\/span>my ankle had now been used 4 times, and was starting to complain about healing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Back to the hospital every other day getting the wound redressed. The wound was checked and a sinus was found tracking 5cm, therefore the wound was now being packed every other day to try and aid healing from the inside.<\/span><\/p>\n

The quantity of hospital stays, operations and regular out patient visits were now seriously taking their toll.<\/span><\/p>\n

On one of these visits, I met a vascular surgeon, who said something like \u2018you would be better off without that\u2019, he also explained that as a surgeon he has a duty to do what is right to fix and maintain things, but he also could see things from a patients point of view. This set a seed in my mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since September 2013, I had only been upstairs at home about five times. Getting fed up of living on the sofa! I had been working at home during this time, but things were taking their toll, I was on so many tablets, the pain and the lack of sleep were getting very hard to live … <\/p>\n

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