Born with Wonky Feet

Here is part 2 of my update. As I missed the appointment, due to moving and not receiving the letter, I had to get another referral, this was in January 2014, back to Mr. R at Chelsea  & Westminster... in June! So having waited nearly 6 months I was excited. I had to have some x-rays of my feet, 8 in total, and then I spoke to Mr. R again about having an amputation. He threw me another curve ball, this time he said that he wanted to just reconstruct my feet so that I would walk in a more "normal" way and the foot would be in the correct position. But there is no guarantee of pain relief. I think he understands that that I do not want the fusion now as he didn't really mention it. Mr R. said that he feels like the amputation isn't, ethically, the best option and he wants to try other routes first. But he referred me to one of his colleagues, Mr. C, who is also an orthopaedic surgeon to get his opinion.  This is the consultant who I had actually asked to see in t...

So I realise that it has been a long time since my last post, and this post has been sitting as a draft for nearly half a year. This is part one of what has been happening, otherwise this post would be too long. In August 2013, I went to Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton,  which is where the rehabilitation clinic is, and it was an amazing day. Not only were all my questions answered but I learnt a whole load more about the procedure, the recovery, the different types of prosthetics and about the clinic.  The hospital is amazing and very well equipped. Luckily, both the consultant and physio that I saw there were in agreement with me that I am making the right choice in having the amputation over the triple arthrodesis and were very positive. I will get so much more out of having an amputation. I left there excited, extremely happy and relieved that potentially I would be having the amputation in the near future. The consultant at Roehampton referred me for an appointm...