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Update on Gena

My surgery last week had two parts to it. On each leg I had what is called a bilateral gastroc slide done. Gastroc is short for the gastrocnemius muscle. This is the muscle you can touch simply by placing your hand on the back of your calf. It provides a lot of the power for jumping, sprinting, and walking. It also helps bend the knee some but it’s main action is on the ankle. Along with the soleus muscle underneath, the gastroc forms the Achilles tendon.

A gastroc slide is an operation where the surgeon cuts the gastroc muscle free so that it is no longer pulling upward on the Achilles tendon. They did this procedure to both of my legs.

My right foot had quite a few procedures done. This involved grafting tendons, repositioning tendons, lengthening tendons, transferring tendons, etc. When all the procedures were done to fix my foot I had 11 different incisions done to it. Hopefully all of this will fix my problem and not open up a whole new can of worms. Right now I’ve lost feeling in my third and fourth toes which is probably due to nerve damage. I’m hopeful I’ll regain feeling in them.

Right now I’m sort of getting around via a walker to do essential things but when I’m healed up more I’ll graduate to crutches. There’s quite a bit of swelling involved and the moment I stand up it starts increasing. On doctors orders I keep my feet up as much as possible. I’ve included a picture below so that you can get a visual idea of why it’ll take me a little while to get on with walking and standing for long periods of time.

Surgery Casts

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