Sorry, Jan but its available for me to know how old you were when you were
operated,and how old are you now.
Iam pt here in Argentina.Its common here, that when children with CP are
ready to learn how to walk or to begin with all the first steps about
walking,surgeons decide to operate them.
Sometimes Pt fight with the doctors, because we want to do the best without
surgery,avoiding the idea and having controlls on deformedly positions with
speciall tecniques as Bobath,Pėto,Castillo Morales or Souchard ones.In my
own experience, if we will wait all about the surgery in patients and we wil
not have the rutin exercises at home,nothing changes.
Sorry about my english. Ana Villaflor.
-----Original Message-----
De: Jan Nottmeier <[log in to unmask]>
Para: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Fecha: Lunes 1 de Marzo de 1999 23:11
Asunto: Re: [ Re: Quiet list]
>Hi Linda,
>
>Saw your post and I thought I should respond. I had my tendons
>lengthened behind my knee about ten years ago. I had my tendons
>lengthened in Germany because the health care insurance covered it over
>there at that time But that is another story. Anyway before I left for
>Europe my doctor in the United States told me to expect to be
>hospitalized 4-5 days, had I elected to have the operation in the US.
>
>Right after my surgery I had major cramps for about ten days while I was
>in a hospital in Germany .As for recovery time, my legs were in a cast
>for about 6 weeks, followed by 2 months of exercises to get the strength
>back into my legs. After spending 6 weeks in a cast I was unable to
>lift my legs out of the cast after it was cut open.
>
>Following the surgery I could really tell a difference I was able to
>strengthen my legs out and could stand up tall. After about seven
>months however, my legs started to get weaker again. My doctor at the
>time said that I should start wearing braces again to straighten out my
>lags again. But I had trouble sleeping because they really hurt at
>times. I should have most likely tried to fight through the discomfort
>but I didn't. Now my walking is getting worse and worse with time, but
>I don't know if I want to go back to that doctor.
>
>I didn't mean to discourage you, but I wanted you to know the possible
>advantages and possible drawbacks both short term and long term. But I
>am not a doctor, I was telling my personal experiences, so the surgery
>may work for you. If you do decide to have the operation I hope
>everything will go well for you. If you have any more questions please
>do not hesitate to ask.
>
>Jan
>
>
>
>Linda Wagner wrote:
>
>> Kim,
>>
>> How old were you when you had your achilles tendons lengthened? What
>> was your recovery like?
>>
>> Linda
>
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