Dealing Through The Pain of Club Foot

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I have found random stories about people who were born with club foot. These people were willing to share their stories with others to let people know what they had gone through during their defeat against clubfoot.

Jamie’s Story

My name is Jamie and I am now 19, and born with Club Feet.I have had about 10 operations now, and my feet are still bad.The main operation I had was Frames, in 1997, when I was 10. This operation, they put pins through the legs, and I turn a screw a quarter turn, 4 times a day. This operation, the pins are on the legs for about 5 months, and then plaster goes on the legs for about 3 months. When I had the frames on my legs, I had a slight accident, when walking, where I fell backwards and broke my right leg.Due to the break in the leg, I couldn't turn the screws in my right leg anymore.
After the operation was completed and the plaster was removed, we noticed that my left foot was over corrected by the right foot was ok. This is just to prove that accidents can bring good things.After that operation, my right foot has not been that bad, it is straight, and doesn't cause me much pain.I do suffer from a lot of discomfort in my left foot, so I am still having operations, I can live with the pain in my right foot, I can't be on my feet for to long, but the pain is not as bad.As for my left foot, I am still having operations to correct the problem.Another operation I have had after the frames was a "re-fusions". This is where the doctor breaks the bone and fuses them back together again with internal pins.That operation was not very successful, I am still having pain in my left foot, I have had the pins removed.

Jocelynn Hemphill's Story

My son, Paden, is 14 years old and was born with severe bilateral club feet that required numerous surgeries and braces between the ages of zero and six. The surgeries were successful, but his feet are very small and abnormal. He also has less than 50% muscle in his legs from his knees down to his feet, and his doctor told us that he would never be able to compete in athletics. Paden has been determined to prove the doctor wrong and plays many sports including baseball, tennis, football, basketball, and even track.

Katrina Pugh's Story

The first time I remember my feet being a problem to me, was when I started a new school when I was seven. Because I walked with my feet turned in, I got bullied, called cripple, not picked for sports teams, and laughed at when I ran.
Senior school was not much better, I had friends, but I had two operations during the five years I was there, and hobbling about with sticks at school, was like being a flame in a room full of horrible moths.
After leaving school at 16, most of my jobs have been manual; since I get this odd pain, that sometimes force me to use walking aids.

I am 34 now and three years ago the pain from my right foot was found to be caused by my bones wearing away, where I had my last operation done at 15. I had an implant and bone accelerant put in my foot late in 2004. The pain went away, but unfortunately, returned with vengeance, I cannot walk properly and I am in constant pain. I am due to have my eighth surgery on the 23rd of February; hopefully the pain will stay away, although I will have a limp.
As we all know, there are thousands of stories out there that can be found in books and on the Internet. As you can see not everyone is born with the same severity of clubfoot. I posted these stories to let people know what people who are born with clubfoot go through during their everyday life. If people start volunteering their time and money towards charities for club foot, people like the ones in the stories above could get the proper care and attention they need to conquer over club foot.