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well i posted my story on here alittle awhile ago, but it has now been 8 wks for me just wanted to let ppl know my little tale.. well feb 4th i had a sprial fracture to my tibia an fibia in a defensive tactics training course ( i am a 24 yr old female police offiicer, in pretty good shape).. yeah leg sweeps(never do those again) .. anyways i got a rod a 3 screws in my leg, the same day it happend...was in the hospital 2days not to much pain ( but i do honeslty have a very high pain tolerance) ... never had a cast just a soft brace the first week, then after that nothing on my leg... sooo i was back to light duty my second week,,, its horribly embaressing hobbling around the police station,,,was non weight bearing on crutches for 4 wks ( awful).. then i was allowed to partial weiht bear for 2 weeks....pretty speedy recovery..... soo my 6 th week the doc told me i could slowly get off the crutches in the next couple days, and get around very slowly.. well im stuborn so i walked out of the docs office no crutches... the past 2 weeks walking, have prob been the most painful since surgery ,, my ankle is in alot of pain, from the screws im guessing, just dont feel to stable yet. and my ankle gets swollen.. some days are worse than others its hard to get up first in the morning. ankle never wants to cooperate. hard to walk with no shoes ,, so sneakers are my best bet.. for some reason i thought learning how to walk would be easier and less painful, but i guess not... from my experiance though i am still healing relativly fast alot of people are on crutches for months,, so i cant complain to much... for me though its all about wanting to get back to work, light duty is boring and i dont do anything most of the day anyways ,, but i have started pt and i go to the gym so hopefuly i will start coming along and in a couple wks go back to work.... just figured id share my story,, if anybody eles has just started walking let me know the progress thanks brooke
Hi there Cannon, I am getting excited and nervous for you! yeap I have been counting down the days, wish you all the best Cannon.. Can you walk at all or do you still use crutches?
Thanks Nel, I kind of feel the same way. I can't walk, I have to use crutches. My surgery is tommorow at 7 am. I'm nervous but I want to get it over with.I'll let you know how it goes after I get back home.Take care.
Thanks Nel, I kind of feel the same way. I can't walk, I have to use crutches. My surgery is tommorow at 7 am. I'm nervous but I want to get it over with.I'll let you know how it goes after I get back home.Take care.
Cannon I can't believe that you still cannot walk!! That is a shocker!! I sure hope the surgery will be your last... I'll be thinking of you tomorrow, please let us know asap....
well i posted my story on here alittle awhile ago, but it has now been 8 wks for me just wanted to let ppl know my little tale.. well feb 4th i had a sprial fracture to my tibia an fibia in a defensive tactics training course ( i am a 24 yr old female police offiicer, in pretty good shape).. yeah leg sweeps(never do those again) .. anyways i got a rod a 3 screws in my leg, the same day it happend...was in the hospital 2days not to much pain ( but i do honeslty have a very high pain tolerance) ... never had a cast just a soft brace the first week, then after that nothing on my leg... sooo i was back to light duty my second week,,, its horribly embaressing hobbling around the police station,,,was non weight bearing on crutches for 4 wks ( awful).. then i was allowed to partial weiht bear for 2 weeks....pretty speedy recovery..... soo my 6 th week the doc told me i could slowly get off the crutches in the next couple days, and get around very slowly.. well im stuborn so i walked out of the docs office no crutches... the past 2 weeks walking, have prob been the most painful since surgery ,, my ankle is in alot of pain, from the screws im guessing, just dont feel to stable yet. and my ankle gets swollen.. some days are worse than others its hard to get up first in the morning. ankle never wants to cooperate. hard to walk with no shoes ,, so sneakers are my best bet.. for some reason i thought learning how to walk would be easier and less painful, but i guess not... from my experiance though i am still healing relativly fast alot of people are on crutches for months,, so i cant complain to much... for me though its all about wanting to get back to work, light duty is boring and i dont do anything most of the day anyways ,, but i have started pt and i go to the gym so hopefuly i will start coming along and in a couple wks go back to work.... just figured id share my story,, if anybody eles has just started walking let me know the progress thanks brooke
Wow good for you! The swelling will be there for awhile, but it sounds like your recovery is going great! Just don't over do it!!
Hi All,
just got back from getting an x-ray and seeing the doctor, everything is looking good. Last week I traded in my external fixator for a cast, been walking with a cane only for a couple of days. Still have some pain that I hope will lessen the more I walk on it. Will see the doctor again in 5 weeks, hopefully the cast will come off at that time. Then on to PT. My injury was 10/27/07, it will be more than 6 months the nest time I see the doctor.
Hi All,
just got back from getting an x-ray and seeing the doctor, everything is looking good. Last week I traded in my external fixator for a cast, been walking with a cane only for a couple of days. Still have some pain that I hope will lessen the more I walk on it. Will see the doctor again in 5 weeks, hopefully the cast will come off at that time. Then on to PT. My injury was 10/27/07, it will be more than 6 months the nest time I see the doctor.
Roger that is great news! You have come a long way! The more you walk on it, faster the bones will fuse together.. Walking is the only way, pain is normal, ouch!! You are almost their Roger, remember that!! Good for you!!!!!!!
Roger that is great news! You have come a long way! The more you walk on it, faster the bones will fuse together.. Walking is the only way, pain is normal, ouch!! You are almost their Roger, remember that!! Good for you!!!!!!!
Well I spoke to fast, the doctor was in a hurry and only looked at one of my x-rays. When he looked at the other x-ray and apparently my bone had slipped. Have another appointment Monday, hope he doesn't want to put the external fixator back on.
On 2/8 I broke my tibia in 3 places, then the bone splintered and tore 2 ligaments. On 2/15 I had the internal fixation surgery and they installed a plate with 5 screws to the tibia and 2 screws through the back of my ankle to allow one of the ligaments to heal. I am almost 8 weeks into recovery and I just came out of the hard cast. The doc put me in a removable air boot yesterday so I can finally shower normally I have 2 more weeks with no weight on the foot and then I'll put 25% of my weight on it for a week, if that goes alright I'll put 50% weight on it. Then I'll be able to walk in it completely. Once you come completely out of the cast/brace/everything, how long until you are walking fairly normally? Also, if anyone has had to have screw removal, they are removing the back 2 screws in June, what was the recovery like for that? Did it set you back a lot?
Well I spoke to fast, the doctor was in a hurry and only looked at one of my x-rays. When he looked at the other x-ray and apparently my bone had slipped. Have another appointment Monday, hope he doesn't want to put the external fixator back on.
Sorry to hear that Roger, Its better to be safe, how do you feel about it?
On 2/8 I broke my tibia in 3 places, then the bone splintered and tore 2 ligaments. On 2/15 I had the internal fixation surgery and they installed a plate with 5 screws to the tibia and 2 screws through the back of my ankle to allow one of the ligaments to heal. I am almost 8 weeks into recovery and I just came out of the hard cast. The doc put me in a removable air boot yesterday so I can finally shower normally I have 2 more weeks with no weight on the foot and then I'll put 25% of my weight on it for a week, if that goes alright I'll put 50% weight on it. Then I'll be able to walk in it completely. Once you come completely out of the cast/brace/everything, how long until you are walking fairly normally? Also, if anyone has had to have screw removal, they are removing the back 2 screws in June, what was the recovery like for that? Did it set you back a lot?
Welcome!!
You have come to the right place! Sorry to hear about your accident.
That is a great feeling being able to take a shower without that awful cast!
Two weeks will go by fast, not to worry, it'll hurt when you start putting some weight on that leg though..
Everyones healing time is different, sad to say I had my boot on right up to 6 month, everyday I told myself to walk normally. It was painful but it had to be done.. My accident was 14 month ago, I am also curious about the healing time after getting the hardware removed.. One person on this site mention about getting her hardware removed but haven't heard back from her.....
Nel
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... the past 2 weeks walking, have prob been the most painful since surgery ,, my ankle is in alot of pain, from the screws im guessing, just dont feel to stable yet. and my ankle gets swollen.. some days are worse than others its hard to get up first in the morning. ankle never wants to cooperate. hard to walk with no shoes ,, so sneakers are my best bet.. for some reason i thought learning how to walk would be easier and less painful, but i guess not... from my experiance though i am still healing relativly fast alot of people are on crutches for months,, so i cant complain to much... for me though its all about wanting to get back to work, light duty is boring and i dont do anything most of the day anyways ,, but i have started pt and i go to the gym so hopefuly i will start coming along and in a couple wks go back to work.... just figured id share my story,, if anybody eles has just started walking let me know the progress 
Cannon81
