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Anyone ever had any bones "fused"?

fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
edited May 2006 in General Discussion
I'm going tomorro at 2 pm to have the large (second) knuckle in my right big toe cut out,and the ends of the bone fused together.I guess their gonna screw a plate to it to help hold it aligned until the bone heals.
Doc says 90 days before i can work on my feet again.I broke it by stuffin it into the ground a bunch of times motocrossin when i was a kid.Dr. says it's "severly arthritic".I shoouldda been nicer to my body when i was young.I'm 44 now and wonder what kind of problems i have to look foreward to in the future with a "fused" toe-bone.
Jeff
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    I'm going tomorro at 2 pm to have the large (second) knuckle in my right big toe cut out,and the ends of the bone fused together.I guess their gonna screw a plate to it to help hold it aligned until the bone heals.
    Doc says 90 days before i can work on my feet again.I broke it by stuffin it into the ground a bunch of times motocrossin when i was a kid.Dr. says it's "severly arthritic".I shoouldda been nicer to my body when i was young.I'm 44 now and wonder what kind of problems i have to look foreward to in the future with a "fused" toe-bone.
    Jeff
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by badwrench
    I've broken my left big toe more than a dozen times, the last time it was almost completely crushed and I couldn't move it a bit without a lot of pain. Didn't give me a lot of trouble while walking, but it sure hurt like hell if I stubbed it. After about 3 years, it came back into working properly and has gotten better over the past 5, except it aches like hell (along with my knees and my left hand) when it's cold or there's a storm brewing. I feel for you, toe pain sucks. I can't magine what mine'll be like in 20 years[B)]


    See your other post about this. I left a detailed message.
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Got so many fused joints my fingers look like shillelleighs (sp).
    All self-inflicted. You can't buy that kinda pain at any price.
    [V]barto[V]
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    I cut my big toe off in a 3 wheeler accident when I was a kid. They had to fuse the bone together when they reattached it and I cannot bend that toe anymore. All I remember about that accident was the tremendous pain after the shots wore off. They did not give kids pain killers back then though...
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by badwrench
    I've broken my left big toe more than a dozen times, the last time it was almost completely crushed and I couldn't move it a bit without a lot of pain. Didn't give me a lot of trouble while walking, but it sure hurt like hell if I stubbed it. After about 3 years, it came back into working properly and has gotten better over the past 5, except it aches like hell (along with my knees and my left hand) when it's cold or there's a storm brewing. I feel for you, toe pain sucks. I can't magine what mine'll be like in 20 years[B)]


    Ditto.
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  • iluvgunsiluvguns Member Posts: 5,351
    edited November -1
    I have 2 verterbra in my back fused. No problems...well, not many anyway. Not as flexible as I once was. Only hurts when it is going to rain or snow. Thankfully, I don't live anywhere near Oregon or Washington State. My dad has an artificial joint in his big toe. Also an arfificial hip and knee. But the toe doesn't give him any problems. Just has to take antibiotics before going to the dentist.
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  • lazeruslazerus Member Posts: 1,950 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you aint got no bones fused you aint had no fun.
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  • sharpshooter039sharpshooter039 Member Posts: 5,897 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    my big toe on my left foot is fused,had the second knuckle crushed at work,piece of plate steel landed on edge right behind my steel toe on my boot,after it healed the only problems with it is it will not bend and I can tell you when the weather is going to change
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  • Colonel PlinkColonel Plink Member Posts: 16,460
    edited November -1
    In 1979, my doctor told me, that, due to recurring injuries to my left ankle, I'd need that done by the time I hit 50.
    5 years to go.
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  • tacking1tacking1 Member Posts: 3,844
    edited November -1
    I posted the "gout" thread and can tell you that the gout is now gone, but toe still hurts like he double toothpicks. I broke the toe 5-6 times and now it looks like a lump on a tree limb.

    I am gonn ask about getting it fixed
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Tacking:
    That's exactly what mine looks like ,the second joint is tripple the size of the one on my left foot.Well,, less than 2 hours to "zero-hour"
    [:(].I guess it'll be good to finaly be done with it. I just hope they don't try to go cheep on the dang pain-pills on me !!
    Jeff
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    I'll keep y'all posted .Wish me luck...
    Jeff
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  • scottm21166scottm21166 Member Posts: 20,723
    edited November -1
    I had c-4 and c-5 of my neck fused....what an ordeal...GOOD NEWS!!! I shoot better now... the bad news? a little stiff looking up or to the right. hard to sleep on my belly get mass headaches fake earaches (tension or long drives really set it off)and random phantom pain in my upperleft chest and shoulder...(been to the ER over that (thought it was my heart) I developed a fair dependance to vicodin which I had to stop taking (that sucked)all in all I wish I could have left it alone. Dr says he can eliminate the head/ear aches with botox injections...not goin there. so, relaxing, occaisional aspirin and not doing what makes it hurt are the relief...trouble is...I love to do what makes it hurt
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