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Had Calcaneum Fracture. Shunted Bone Protruding Through Heel. Normal? When Will I Get Arthritis?
HI DOCTOR I AM A 55 YEAR OLD FEMALE....17 MONTHS AGO I FRACTURED BOTH MY CALCANEUMS FALLING FROM A LADDER....THE RIGHT FOOT WAS A SEVERE COMPOUND FRACTURE ...ON THE L
EFT FOOT THE BONE HAS BEEN SHUNTED AND IS PROTRUDING THROUGH THE BACK OF MY HEEL....THE DOCTOR SAID THE PIN HAD PUSHED IT OUT...DOES THIS NORMALLY HAPPEN ? ALSO I WAS WONDERING WHEN WILL ARTHRITIS SET IN .??
EFT FOOT THE BONE HAS BEEN SHUNTED AND IS PROTRUDING THROUGH THE BACK OF MY HEEL....THE DOCTOR SAID THE PIN HAD PUSHED IT OUT...DOES THIS NORMALLY HAPPEN ? ALSO I WAS WONDERING WHEN WILL ARTHRITIS SET IN .??
Mon, 3 Jun 2013
From ur question i can take say that you are afraid of arthritis,no one can suggest that when can you get it,butif u want to take rid of it should go exercise of your foots it wiil be prolong the time.
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