#foot surgery

[virovac]

Help Save Samir's foot and family

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"Everyone has abandoned us in the midst of famine, killing, and thirst. Please share and speak. I need $25 to buy water.🙏🥺"

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Samir and his father Ahmed are trying to raise money to save his foot so it doesn't have to be amputated.

Samir needs money for both treatment and to feed his siblings!

Samir is unable to move and has compound fractures Ahmed has already lost his younger son as they were displaced and has been unable to find him. . Please give support them!

It seems like many other Gazans, he has had mysterious trouble with the messaging app on Tumblr

Donate to Urgent Aid Needed for Ahmed and Son, organized by Abeer Sa

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[danny-pino-group-therapy]

The stages of drawing squidward, coloring him in and it going very poorly, so then mod podging him on instead.

“FIRMLY GRASP IT!!”

[theroyaltenenblarghs]

11th anniversary of this x-ray of my foot

[fatgirlgetsfitatlast]

Foot Surgery?

So, the sore/ulcer on my toe isn't getting much smaller, but not worse either. That said, I'm also not walking that much on it; not like I would like to be.

DR says problem is that my big does doesn't go up/bend up as much as my other toes, so it takes the bulk of weight when I walk. So, he says, I need to have surgery on it to shave part of the metatarsal and a bone spur off, so it will bend up more and this will fix the problem.

But will it, really? I mean, this is clearly not a new issue -- it's probably been this way my whole life, apart from the bone spur. I'm not finding a lot about this surgery online, at least NOT FOR THIS ISSUE. It appears they do it when people are having pain in that joint from the toe not bending enough in that joint due to arthritis, but I don't have pain in the joint.

I'm not a fan of people cutting on my body... who is.... but I'm having second thoughts about this. Wonder if I should do a 'wait and see' thing. I've been eating better, got blood sugar under control now, and am losing weight. Maybe just the fact of losing weight would take the pressure off that toe without surgery?

I'm really not sure who to even go to for a second opinion on this. I wasn't impressed with the last podiatrist I saw, and it takes forever to get into see any, and you don't know if they are any good when you do. I wonder if my new Primary Care DR would have any insight... I also have a dermatologist appointment Thursday-- and it is kind of a skin issue, the ulcer, right?

[lifewithchronicpain]

Tonight, for the first time since the surgery, I walked up and down the stairs without a mobility aid. Just of one of the few ways I can see physical therapy is already helping me and it's only been a week and a half since I started. It's a relief, honestly, that things are finally starting to heal the right way.

[imfemalewarrior]

Hi, I’m going to have foot surgery later this week to correct some issues with my right foot. Any ideas to keep up the strength in that leg without putting weight on it? (Thanks in advance, and hope you have a great day!)

You should ask for a referral to a physical therapist on what to do before, during recovery, and after recovery.

-FemaleWarrior

[screaming--agony]

Dear Diary,

My foot hurts no matter what I do or what medication. A migraine busted out and sidekick nausea has returned. I feel defeated.

[imagineannemorgan]

I am home from hospital now. Hopefully I can still do some drawings in the next couple of days. No paintings though I’m still in a leg cast for about two weeks and I can’t access my studio with my walking aides.