In the spirit of procrastination I've been trying to figure out what happened to my legs. I have an impact injury (about 5 years ago now) and screws and plates and so on and so forth.

I think I've figured that I have a talus/calcaneous fusion of my right foot like this:



And... I think I had ALL my midfoot bones dislocated so that either they (or my metatarsals) were angled off (severely) to the left. So... Even though my ankle was forced straight with the fusion my foot looked like it was angled off to the left.

Though maybe the dislocation was between the talus and the midbones (so back one joint more towards my heel).. Maybe it was there and from that joint on my whole foot was angled off to the left. That fits the location of my bump better (it is still there). Apparently they couldn't pop it in properly because they were more worried about disrupting the calcaneous (which shattered into at least 4 pieces).

Had an ex fix on the foot to try and hold the calcaneous straight with the leg bones.

My left leg got fixed like this:



They aren't my x-rays - but the closest I could find online (that match the scars and bumps I can feel from screws).

Does anyone have injuries like this?

They told me to expect traumatic arthritus (like degenerative arthritus) and plan for a wheelchair later in life. I'm not sure how much I should be careful with them (e.g., not play tennis, not go out jumping around dancing) incase I'm hurting / stressing the bones. Or how much I should do that to harden them by impact and also to strengthen the muscles / ligaments / tendons.

I'm also not sure how much I'm limited by the screws and plates (only one screw has been taken out - the long angled one in the last pic - 'cause I kept shaving over the bump in the skin making it bleed). So I physically CAN'T move my feet in certain ways (e.g., because of the fusion) and how much I could do if I strengthened the muscles etc.

They said they wouldn't take the plates / screws out because it would risk complication if the bones got infected so they would just leave them in. But... They shouldn't do that - should they? If they take the screw out that is fusing the calcaneous / talar then I'll regain some side to side movement in my right foot - won't I?

Sorry... I know this is a mental health forum... Please can someone help?