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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    Now, 6 months later, an update, and a question or two. The recovery wasn’t as quick and easy as both surgeons had agreed would be the case. I pronated now, and any pain was actually on the outside. At any rate I saw the second opinion surgeon for perspectve. First thing he said when he saw the...
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    Ok, sorry, what a long gap, huh? A 360 degree weight-bearing CT showed rubbing between tibia and implant that x-rays alone could only hint at: the rubbing was on the backside. The plan was the clean-out (or debridement) that one of you had suggested. When I saw my “second opinion” very...
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    Thank you, that was helpful. I hope I can have a good open talk with the second opinion surgeon in 2 weeks. He will have all the images and plans he needs.
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    Thanks! How much do they charge, roughly? Plus I think a lot of time and red tape. I’ve already had one appointment (prior to the surgery) with the noted surgeon here who’s done hundreds of TAR’s but needed to stay within the Mayo Clinic mainly for location, simplicity, and management of my...
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    When I asked the surgeon to describe a “gutter cleanout” after he had described shaving the tibia he said “that is the gutter clean out.” Does that match your experience or not?
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    2/3 of the tibia, posterior, is rubbing against the talar implant and the surgeon would go in from the front, shave off a significant amount of tibia, then cast without weight bearing for 2 weeks, then gradually transitioning to full weight bearing in a boot before getting back to the approach...
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    Thanks! Did she have it done arthroscopically or open? And her length of recovery?
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    My thanks above goes to you too.
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    Thank you! I keep learning (and wondering/worrying) more through various searches. I hope my surgeon has experience with arthroscopy. If not, there’s a surgeon in town who’s done hundreds of TAR’s, worked with my surgeon at the Mayo for some time. I needed to keep everything in the Mayo ball...
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    Just read half of her thread, learned some, also that our situations are different. Have to admit, though, some of it scared me to death. Hope a few others might have related experiences. Thank you!
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    It was looking to my physical therapist and me that we’d hit the end. The unpredictable sharp pain and sometimes spike of pain centered on the knob (malleolus I think) on the left side of my right ankle wouldn’t completely go away. I finally made an appt with the Mayo surgeon who’d done about...
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    I tried 2 2-mile hikes on local desert trails in 3 days, without the dogs, and came out with no pain on a light walking rest day, then a small amount of pain, inside knob spike, developing then fading towards the end of the week, so I tried a 3-mile rolling hike on the weekend, hurting a little...
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    Thanks to both of you! A lot of what you say gives me confidence…Been awhile, and I‘m in a near 3 week long “good” period, averaging 1.5 miles a day with just routine living, and one 3.5 mile day in there, most of which was out with the dogs in fairly level terrain, but the worst volcanic...
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    Thanks. I have started to experiment more, and a bit systematically, with the position of the foot, using different insoles that allow more or less pronation, and have thought of having the surgeon’s team at the Mayo Clinic have the Limb Lab make me an orthotic. I bought a new pair of Lowa...
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    Ankle 13 month TAR Surgeon's Appointment

    An update with a puzzle and questions. Nearly 11 months in now. I‘m averaging 2,500 steps a day with lots of 3 and 4 thousands, even 5‘s and 6‘s when I‘m out hiking off trail with the dogs an hour or two once or twice a week. Sounds ok, right? But a spike of pain, but only sometimes (and once...
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