Undiagnosed double fracture and ruptured ligament! Does hashimoto’s cause complications?

[rosserk]

After two years trying to convince doctors there was something seriously wrong with my foot an MRI finally revealed the problem. I injured my foot two years ago but several x-rays failed to identify a problem. I finally managed to convince my rheumatologist to refer me to the podiatry clinic who arranged an MRI which identified an oestecondrol fracture of the talus bone a second fracture to the cuboid bone and a ligament that is so badly torn they can’t locate it on the MRI!

For two years I tried to convince Doctors there was something seriously wrong with my foot but they all kept saying the same thing ‘it’s probably arthritis’ because nothings shown up on the X-ray. I’ve now been referred back to the Hospital because the Consultant at the podiatry Unit isn’t confident he has the expertise to fix the problem. Approximately 12 weeks after the initial injury I developed drop foot which was caused by damage to the peroneal nerve and still Doctors didn’t twig that there had to be an underlying serious injury to cause drop foot. Thankfully I have now recovered from the drop foot after physiotherapy.

I’ve been reading up on fractures and looking at reasons why they don’t heal, one of the reasons I found was hypothyroidism. Has anyone else with hashimoto’s had a problem with healing after fracturing a bone? I’d be really grateful for any experiences people may have.

I have atherosclerosis and Ehlers danlos aswell as Hashimoto’s and I’m terrified that a compromised blood supply to my foot will prevent healing after surgery and I’m worried it’s going to make things worse.

Can complications arise because of hashimoto’s after surgery and are there any steps I can take to minimise them? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you 💐💐

[shaws Administrator]

I am really sorry you have such complications arising and hope that you will now be cared for as you should have been at the beginning instead of being fobbed off with other exuses.

I should think you'd feel like suing those who have prolonged your suffering as you were thought of as being, most probably, a nuisance.

They quite often make mistakes and get things wrong I believe and it is the person (and family) who suffers in the end. I definitely know for sure mistakes occur which shouldn't and my mother's death was caused by her doctor.

[rosserk in reply to shaws]

Thank you Shaws, I’m so sorry to hear about your mother, I hope you managed to get some closure. My problems are pale by comparison. 💐

Initially I was just really happy they’d finally found something. I don’t know what to think now and I guess it depends a lot on how my recovery goes and how well they can fix the problems. I kept going to different Doctors in the practice and twice went to A & E but they refused to see me because it was an old injury. Each time I was in floods of tears, begging them to help me and I always felt so humiliated because it was obvious they thought I was exaggerating/ inventing the problem.

The Consultant said he hadn’t seen injuries like them and he expected I would become part of a joint clinic for difficult and unusual cases. He also said surgeons get excited by unusual cases lol, I’m hoping there won’t be any more mistakes now my case will be reviewed by a multidisciplinary group, but I’m not hopeful. He seemed surprised I’d had several previous X-rays, so it would be interesting but perhaps they weren’t detailed enough.

The thing I find most unusual is the diagnosis of foot drop. If you google foot drop it says

“Foot drop is a gait abnormality in which the dropping of the forefoot happens due to weakness, irritation or damage to the common fibular nerve including the sciatic nerve, or paralysis of the muscles in the anterior portion of the lower leg. It is usually a symptom of a greater problem, not a disease in itself.” The fact that it’s usually caused by a greater problem and the doctors didn’t know that?

The Consultant still doesn’t believe that the injury was caused when and how I said. He insists the injury is older and it had to be a hell of a whack to have caused the extensive damage. I know exactly when it happened and exactly how and there was no extreme trauma, I simply went over on my foot but he says it’s impossible it was caused that way! Grrrrr.....

Kindest regards 💐💐