Any comments about this procedure, its success or failure, and the recovery/rehab experience would be appreciated. Also, at 58, I am not getting any younger, and if I have surgery later, recovery may be more difficult, and i would like to be able to walk substantial distances. On the other hand, the orthopedist, while not urging me to have the surgery, tells me it will continue to get worse and, if I wait, might eventually necessitate triple arthodesis fusion, which I understand is more invasive. I understand that recovery is very difficult and I worry about something going wrong. Some say I should not have surgery unless and until the pain is unbearable or is having a dramatic affect on life style. I am however not walking quite as much as I would like. On the one hand, I have managed to live with the pain for a long time although it has gradually gotten worse, the pain is not unbearable unless I walk a long distance, and is helped by use of the Arizona Brace. I am agonizing over decision whether to go ahead with it. I have a fallen arch and an orthopedist specializing in foot surgery has suggested talonavicular fusion and calcaneous osteotomy.
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