Re: significant leg length discrepancy

[Guest guest]

So sorry to hear your news. 1 inch is a big discrepancy. Have you seen a Physio?

They can do some good

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On 28 May 2011, at 16:35, " thadab " <thadab@...> wrote:

> I had my surgery May 17. The first day that I was able to walk, I noticed that

when my operated left leg was straight, my other heel could not touch the floor.

I was crushed--so disappointed that this happened to me. It is difficult to walk

and very tiring, not to mention that my back feels out of whack. Three days

later I was transfered to a rehab hospital where they measured me for a one-inch

lift to be cut into the entire (toe to heel) sole of each pair of shoes I want

to wear from now on. My doc didn't tell me until the day of surgery that he was

going out of the country the next day and he will be back next week. I will

write him and call him next week. I am very distressed by this. I have looked up

and found that this discrepancy can be surgically fixed.

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[Guest guest]

I would be really upset too. I'm so sorry this happened to you, and it makes me

question the skill of your surgeon.

On May 28, 2011, at 10:35 AM, thadab wrote:

> I had my surgery May 17. The first day that I was able to walk, I noticed that

when my operated left leg was straight, my other heel could not touch the floor.

I was crushed--so disappointed that this happened to me. It is difficult to walk

and very tiring, not to mention that my back feels out of whack. Three days

later I was transfered to a rehab hospital where they measured me for a one-inch

lift to be cut into the entire (toe to heel) sole of each pair of shoes I want

to wear from now on. My doc didn't tell me until the day of surgery that he was

going out of the country the next day and he will be back next week. I will

write him and call him next week. I am very distressed by this. I have looked up

and found that this discrepancy can be surgically fixed.

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[Guest guest]

An update on me since May: almost four months after total hip replacement

surgery, I still have a significant leg length discrepancy. The rate for this

complication is around 5%. I am going to get a shoe soled for the difference. It

is still awkward to walk, esp. barefoot.

Thada

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that when my operated left leg was straight, my other heel could not touch the

floor. I was crushed--so disappointed that this happened to me. It is difficult

to walk and very tiring, not to mention that my back feels out of whack. Three

days later I was transfered to a rehab hospital where they measured me for a

one-inch lift to be cut into the entire (toe to heel) sole of each pair of shoes

I want to wear from now on. My doc didn't tell me until the day of surgery that

he was going out of the country the next day and he will be back next week. I

will write him and call him next week. I am very distressed by this. I have

looked up and found that this discrepancy can be surgically fixed.

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[Guest guest]

I hope your adjustment works well for you. I think it will.

My father in law developed fallen arches when working a road crew job in his

20's

(during the depression) and was made what my husband says were adjustable ??

leather covered orthotics and that enabled him to continue regular manual or

walking type jobs the test of his life.

My husband said a few times he recalls his dad going towork forgetting to change

the orthotics to the shoes of rhe day and by mid day hus feet and legs were

telling him

about his big mistake. He had a job that required a lot of dailyvwalking and

standing.

My son, rhe one with severe foot pronation lukily has a sitting type of job.

L

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> > > I had my surgery May 17. The first day that I was able to walk, I noticed

that when my operated left leg was straight, my other heel could not touch the

floor. I was crushed--so disappointed that this happened to me. It is difficult

to walk and very tiring, not to mention that my back feels out of whack. Three

days later I was transfered to a rehab hospital where they measured me for a

one-inch lift to be cut into the entire (toe to heel) sole of each pair of shoes

I want to wear from now on. My doc didn't tell me until the day of surgery that

he was going out of the country the next day and he will be back next week. I

will write him and call him next week. I am very distressed by this. I have

looked up and found that this discrepancy can be surgically fixed.

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[Guest guest]

A special note of warning to all. Be sure to check under the insoles of the

pair or pairs of shoes you plan to wear after surgery to make sure that if

you have removable insoles or twin pairs of same shoes that you dont have one

original insole from some other paiir. unknowingly sitting under the one that

is the original from one or the other of the pair or pairs you plan to wear.

Especially if you have a dog that thinks removing insoles is a great way to get

someone's immdiate attention or to " even the score " .

L

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> > > I had my surgery May 17. The first day that I was able to walk, I noticed

that when my operated left leg was straight, my other heel could not touch the

floor. I was crushed--so disappointed that this happened to me. It is difficult

to walk and very tiring, not to mention that my back feels out of whack. Three

days later I was transfered to a rehab hospital where they measured me for a

one-inch lift to be cut into the entire (toe to heel) sole of each pair of shoes

I want to wear from now on. My doc didn't tell me until the day of surgery that

he was going out of the country the next day and he will be back next week. I

will write him and call him next week. I am very distressed by this. I have

looked up and found that this discrepancy can be surgically fixed.

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