Introduction/help

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hello all

im 29 and was diagnosed with cmt last year..ive had " bad " feet my whole life and

sprained my ankles alot as a teen..then into my mid 20s ive had alot of back

pain, which i was diagnosed with degenerative disks from my abnormal

gait....well the back dr saw my feet and that was the beginning of this

journey....

I ended up having foot surgery this past april..they did a complete

reconstruction of my left foot..osteotomies(heal and metatarsals), tibial

tendon transfer, ankle ligament reconstruction and tendon release...all in one

surgery...so its been over 6 months post-op and i think the tendon transfer did

not take.

my dr said to get an orthotic to get the foot in proper position and hopefully

the neurons with start firing and the tendon with start " catching " ...well im

wondering if anyone else has had this issue with a tendon transfer and what was

done about it?.

i still cant walk with out a shoe and still have to use a shower chair when

showering cause i have no sensation on the bottom of my foot from the

surgery....in addition i have really bad heel pain...i cant walk for more then

20 or 30 minutes with out the heal being really painful...the dr said

structurally the foot looks great on the xrays...so i am not sure what im

suppose to do.

last visit he gave me a cortisone shot in the heal and that did not help at

all...he doesnt seem too concerned about my heel issue as he is about the tendon

not functioning.....so i was just wondering if anyone else thats had this type

of surgeries have had any of these types of complications and how long did it

take for you to regain complete function of the foot?

also my back is probably worse now then before because of me limping around and

wearing the inserts.

any input would be helpful.

Matt