Does anyone have any experience with ankle fusion and bushwalking thereafter?
I'm an experienced 68 year old female bushwalker with severe ankle osteoarthritis which is gradually getting worse is destroying my pleasure in bushwalking. This is despite trying all avenues of non-surgical treatments.
My pain is pretty much constant but quite manageable for everyday life as long as I don't do any dedicated "going for a walk" - let alone hiking.
I've been advised that my condition will most probably continue to deteriorate and that when everyday life becomes unduly painful I will need an ankle fusion (arthrodesis), that it will involve a long period of recovery and rehabilitation but that I can't expect to bushwalk after it.