August 17, 2011:
Nothing to eat or drink after midnight on the day of surgery. I’m starving. My surgery is scheduled for 12:30pm today. Of course I’m super anxious. The procedure itself should take about 2 hours. General anesthesia please.
The Extensor Hallucis Longus muscle/tendon extends to the big toe and assists in dorsiflexion of the foot at the ankle. Try putting on a shoe without being able to wiggle your big toe. Scenario 1: Fuse the EHL with EDL to ensure dorsiflexion of the toes is adequate. My toes won’t wiggle separately, however I will have movement in my big toe.
Scenario 2: Search for the ends of the severed tendons up towards the fibula and braid them back together for full EHL recovery (this option is pie in the sky).
[Severed tendons are like guitar strings, they shred and curl back as they stretch]
Scenario 3: Utilize cadaver tendon to fuse severed ends together.
The main focus for the next few weeks is pain relief. I will be casted with no weight bearing on my right foot for 8-10 weeks.
Focus and come back.
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