Hi All, I am 58-year-old female and very fortunate but after all these years that my clubfoot has become difficult & painful. The ankle is falling over more, to where I’m afraid I’ll be walking on the ankle bone itself. I am in direr straits, I have seen one orthopedic, says to fuse w/no movement. …
My Name is Melissa. I am 37 years old. My first surgery was when I was a few hours old. That was when the life-long struggle began-only no one knew it yet. My mom was still unconscious from labor, and my dad was still in the waiting room. They called in a pediatric orthopedist immediately …
My name is Brian. I was born on November 9, 1972 with severe bilateral clubfeet. I don’t remember much about my early childhood. I was told by my parents that I underwent numerous surgeries the first year of my life and had to wear full leg casts for close to 2 years. My parents told …
My son, Julian, was born with a right club foot. He left the hospital with a cast on at 24 hours old, and continued with casting until he was four months old. His foot was not correcting, so he had surgery at 4 months, followed by a long cast for 6 weeks. At age 1 …
Hi, my name is Ryan and I’m 30 years old now, and I was born with bi-lateral clubfeet. I’ve been searching the Internet for some time now, trying to find a community on the web for people that are like me. It hasn’t been easy. I know it’s not something people share very easily, because …
Hi. My name is Christine. I am 19 yeas old, born on July 27, 1987, and I have lived in Los Angeles my entire life. When I was born the doctors called a orthopedic specialist to the room because me feet looked odd. He diagnosed me with severe bilateral clubfeet. I wore casts till my first …
I was born on Christmas Eve in 1956 with a bilateral clubfoot. The doctors told my parents that they had never seen such a severe case of clubfoot and they cautioned my parents that I may be mentally impaired as well. My poor mom spent the first 3yrs of my life looking for signs of …
Hi, I wonder if any one could help me, I am 37 years old. I was born with severe congenital talipies feet. I have got it in both feet. As a child I under went 21 operations(on each foot) from birth to the age of 16. The doctors worked magic for me, as my feet …
BIRTH – January 1993 I had wanted to get pregnant for a few years and had been on fertility medication prior to conceiving. I was very sick throughout the pregnancy but extremely happy. I would dance (as well as my bulging body would allow) and sing “Whoa-oa-oa! I feel good, do-be-do-be-do-do, I knew that I …
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