Question Regarding Drop Foot

[Isaac]

My brother, who had CLL, and a marrow transplant, was on big time opiates for a long time, and then they started giving him methadone.

During his recent hospital visit he was obviously addicted. He grew very argumentative when he could not get his next dose of demerol for 6 hours. He eventually was put on a lower but more constant dosing schedule, and after his tremors stopped he was off all opiates, methadone, etc. They booked him into rehab.

So anyway, what I do is every few weeks I take a medication holiday for a day or so, just to stay grounded. You have to watch out for dependency.

The other pain med problem I have had is liver and kidney. Advil affects your kidneys, acetaminophen affects your liver. I have even had brown spots on the skin over my liver. Naproxen is very strong; you need a buffer if you don't want holes in your stomach. So when I am in big pain (as I am now with my broken collar bone) I alternate. Nothing the same in less than 24 hrs.

Hope your pain stays at bay. BTW when I have been at my worst I couldn't hardly say HAAALLP!! using a keyboard. You must be doing pretty well to type all you have.

I struggle with a lot of things, walking, pissing straight, showering, sex, speaking...
But over all the years the one thing I have not let myself slip from is my keyboard ability. It is sort of like cognitive exercise as I am a writer, keep my mind a little sharper I like to think!
Though typing long paragraphs hurts like shit!

[shreyas019]

Hello everyone,

My name is Shreyas I am 27 years old from India. 10 weeks ago I had a major bike accident. My right hip was dislocated like 4-5 cm upwards from my body. That time one sciatic nerve was damaged which results my Foot drop. And also 6 Stitches on my heal of right leg.

My right hip dislocation was healed externally by excellent doctors under 5 hours after the accident.

There was slight deflection of the ball of my right hip so in 3 weeks doctors have succeeded to reduce the hip dislocation. Now my hip dislocation is Well Reduced.

After that doctors have suggested me to start physiotherapy regularly and start seat in 90 degrees in chair anywhere. Also they have advice me to start walk with the help of Foot Brace (AFO) and walker with the 50% pressure of my body. After 15 days the followup report was good so doctors told me to start walking with 100% pressure of my body and stop using walker and start using Stick of 4 legs. In a Week I can able to walk perfectly with 100% pressure of my body sometimes without using stick as well. I have stared climbing the steps. Total 100 steps climbing.

At starting of the condition figures of my right feet doesnt have any movement. But the sensations are all good (Normal).

Currently I am going through physiotherapy from last 1 month almost with 7 types of exercises and the MST (Muscle Stimulation Therapy ). Flexibility of body is all good specially Knee Bending is normal I can able to bend my knee more than 90 degree. Even I have a slight ( 0.1% ) of movement of my feet from ankle to upwards.

Now on 19th July 2016 there will be another doctors followup checkup. I am nerves now. Will I need to have go through NCT (Nerve Conduction Test). Do I need to use Toe-off brace to continue my daily routine.

How much more time it will take to recover my fully. Will this damage is permanent. Is my nerve is damaged of compressed? ( My total foot sensations are normal starting from day 1 after accident ).