Hello everyone!
Thanks for following along my sesamoid journey. I will be 6 years post-op in January 2019, and I still have no issues to report. I am very thankful to have gone through this experience with such a skilled doctor - he is retired now unfortunately!
I think most of you kept up with my collegiate and post collegiate activities, but for a brief reminder, I went through four years of collegiate lacrosse with no foot issues! It was great. I was able to partake in all of our lifting and running activities with no pain whatsoever. Unfortunately, my junior year season ended because I tore my labrum in my right hip. I had to get it repaired and it took about 6 months until I was fully recovered. The scars are small, but I also had a great surgeon at Ortho Virginia - Dr. Andrew Parker. He is very skilled and has great bedside manner. If you ever need anything done with your hips, shoulders, or knees, I highly recommend him and/or someone else at OrthoVA! Between me and my very active family, we have seen just about every doctor in their Reston office :).
Enough about the hip and back to the foot! I pretty much have no scar now. I have to really look for it. That's the great thing about getting surgery on the bottom of your foot - no one can see it and it will eventually rub off. I regularly go to Orange Theory Fitness (about 5-6 times per week) and I still play in some adult lacrosse leagues. I'm also coaching the JV basketball team at the high school I went to (it also happens to be the same team I was on when I broke my sesamoid!). I play with them often and it is so great to be around their happy, smiling faces enjoying the sport just as much as I did.
I am very curious to know how any of YOUR surgeries have gone. Feel free to shoot me an email at erin.callahan.13@cnu.edu or erincallahan7@gmail.com if you have questions or want to let me know how your experience compared to mine. I am sure the surgery is much more sophisticated now and a lot has changed. Thanks for taking the time to read about my unique experience!
