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by Eileen
(Dallas, Texas)
Hi, My right ankle was reconstructed about 30 years ago after the bone crumbled. As the Ortho said, it was like a fractured egg shell after so many fractures to it that were diagnosed as sprains by ER Doctors and simple Xrays instead of the hairline fractures to the inside of the ankle bone that they were. About 8 years ago I started getting these episodes where the top of my foot will actually retain fluid so badly that it puffs up and out over what ever I am wearing that day as a shoe (always flat shoe wear). There have been a few episodes it has been a pitting edema, but more often not and on ocassion it will actually break open in a very small area though nothing leaks from it. It almost always swells to the point that my calf will become hard as well and my foot is shiny on top. Also, I get these red spots/blotches under the skin that are hot to the touch just above the ankle on the inside of the leg. I've been to so many Orthopods over the years and I have heard, RSD, Tendonitis, needs to be Reconstucted again, Strep G and the list goes on. I was perscribed a 3D boot and it did seem to help at times, of course pain meds help, but no one can live on those. They gave me diuretics which didn't help, thought it was my kidneys, it wasn't, ugh, I have been a regular guinea pig. Oddly enough, though the Doctors are loathe to do it, long term antibiotics have helped a couple of times. The RSD meds did not do a thing and I am alergic to many steroids. I am not diabetic, I have low/normal blood pressure at the age of 48 and I am generally rather healthy otherwise, thought I do get re
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