3 weeks post-op

Hello!

So little update on the past few weeks and recovery so far:

11/9/2010 fibular sesamoidectomy surgery (that night, very sick - awesome anesthesia)
2 weeks in splint and crutches - absolutely no weight on foot (bathing a challenge! :)

11/22/2010 follow-up
cut splint off - with screaming man who had just broken ankle in background - poor guy.
put in boot - crutches for another week

11/29
weight on boot with crutches, transitioning to just in boot.

More to come!

Introduction to the blog direction.

Ok, I plan to write a series of posts about my recent fibular sesamoidectomy, what's that, my fibular sesamoid had become necrotic - a case of osteonecrosis? A fibular sesamoid excision? Might cause hallux varus or hallux valgus - what? Bipartite sesamoid? Fibular sesamoid fracture? Sick sesamoid and surgery?

I have written the strange mumbo jumbo above so that searching souls will hopefully stumble across my blog when searching for information on a surgery to repair a fibular sesamoid fracture.

First of all, a crack at the typical legalise posted by docs at the bottom of their responses to blog posts - information on this site is merely a reflection of my personal experience and by reading any information on this site, the reader understands that while this is my story in dealing with a sesamoid surgery, the reader or the reader's friend or family member may have a totally different experience with this injury. No matter what your role in someone's recovery from surgery, I wish you and everyone around you the best in supporting the sesamoiditis sufferer through this difficult and challenging time. So please read on! But do note, that this is all anecdotal evidence, and I am no doctor.