Well, as anticipated the odd shape of the leg turned out to be slightly more problematic than any of the doctors were letting on. At my post-op consultation with Mr Hill it became apparent that my leg had been 'over-straightened' and therefore stuck out at the bottom and a rather peculiar angle. This, coupled with the new leg length discrepancy which I now had - my right leg now 2cms longer than the left, meant that I was considerably worse off than when we started. This was horrendous news to hear - the last three months had been a complete waste of time.
Mr Hill was relatively apologetic and admitted that this was not the ideal outcome. He did not exactly confirm that a mistake had been made, but did advise that further corrective surgery would be required to prevent degenerative arthritis in my right knee.
We traced back the appointments and the consultations we had had over the last few months. Everything pointed to the appointment we had with the registrar, when Mr Hill was not present and the re-running of the programme. If over-correction had been picked up at this stage we would have had the chance to correct it.
I left the hospital totally deflated, with the knowledge that I would have to go through everything again in the years to come.
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