i hve bad ankels and yes i try to tell my mom. i had them checked out i think last year. the doctor said if i start to have pain i might have to have surgery. im scared i dont want to go thourgh it. plz any advice on how to get over being scared.
2006-12-04 11:45:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
Calm down. Nobody is going to jump into surgery without plenty of testing and trying non-surgical treatments first.
I'm guessing that it wasn't an orthopedic surgeon who told you that you might need surgery. If it was your regular family doctor or pediatrician, you need to know that they know next to nothing about surgery.
Before you would have any procedure, you'd need to have xrays, maybe a CAT scan or MRI, and a thorough exam by a surgeon. Many, many times, you'd get an injection before you'd go to surgery. You may also be treated with special braces or shoe inserts, or physical therapy.
If your ankles bother you a lot, have your mom take you to an orthopedic surgeon for an evaluation.
Hope that helps.
2006-12-04 11:52:14 · answer #1 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being scared is always a problem with surgery. Just think about the good things you will be able to have and not as much pain. I look at surgery as a way of getting better.
2006-12-04 19:48:12 · answer #2 · answered by ironchain15 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sweety it is so very normal to feel scared---i still feel that way and i am 47 had 3 kids---it will be over so fast u wont even believe that they could have had done anything to you that fast.....besides u will be given a relaxer which will feel really cool u dont care what happens then u will go to sleep then the best of the best will take care of you after u wake up u will take medicine for the pain so sweety dont be scared just be happy its not a 100 yrs ago an there was nothing for you so u had to feel it all bless u we will pray 4 u happy holidaysandy
2006-12-04 19:59:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's nothing anyone can tell you to make it not scary. It just is. However, a few months of recovery is worth not having lifelong pain and malformation. Your bones are constantly growing and the longer you put things like that off, the worse you are in the end. Don't think about being scared, think about the good it does in the end.
2006-12-04 19:48:28 · answer #4 · answered by J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you wont feel a thing, i promise because of annestacia(the thing that makes you go to sleep). when i got surgery my mom didnt even tell i was going to get one. she told me that the docter was just going to check my blood so dont eat in the morning. so when i got there my mom checked me in and left. when they called me in they told me to change my cloth into their hospital cloth, and that were i was feeling terrifying. i was scared. then they told me to drink this pink thing that makes u go to sleep and read magazine. the next thing i know is i wake up and i have already gone into surgery.
good luck hope this helps and cheers u up, at least u have a mom who tells u ur going into surgery.
2006-12-04 19:52:58 · answer #5 · answered by Ballerina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they will put you to sleep and you won't feel a thing
2006-12-04 19:47:49 · answer #6 · answered by Bren 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing to be scared about princess! PRINCESS
2006-12-05 18:39:25 · answer #7 · answered by Sara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋