10 hours from now i find out what the next step is on this ankle.  how ortho is going to repair it., plates and screws,  syndesmotic screws/nails, external fixation before surgery, or immediate surgery or idk. Am thoroughly scared but at ease as well. i will finally find out. going to try and see if theyll xray the R ankle as well and see if it has healed. if so i may be able to lift its NWB restriction. Should be able to  have an updated xray for L if i bring tablet. or ill have to wait 24 hours. either way today i know.
Aaron

Will upload films today while at ortho. will grab screenshot from surgeons computer. with my tablet, and use wifi. once i get my hands on dvd ill wifi that one. may wait until after surgical procedure though. along with a selfie or 2.
Aaron

Got back from ortho earlier. R ankle pretty much healed plate seemed to have pulled back a tad. but he doesnt seem overly concerned so unless pain brings ne to the floor again ill not be either. now the left ankle breaks.  the original one. mostly healed ( almost a union)  its not progressed   much. but Doc isnt overly concerned either. now the fib. its bent at an angle. he isnt overly concerned. says its within tolerance. ( arthritis here i come lol :"(  )
i see him again in a month unless things deteriorate. will see Eh? he says i can perform ROM exercises on it ( Range Of Motion, also break up scar tissue. am not looking fwd to that. but can do that to tolerance. if it goes to sh*t,bcall him. i.e. feels like new break pain. will see. anyhoo, wasnt able to get too nosy . and get films, but will be back at pain doc .tomorrow to have spine device removed and perm one planned. may try to get films then. if not will grab and post on the 20th  at next pm appt.
Aaron

As long as i follow ortho advice the bone shouldnt displace any further. as long as it doesnt i shouldnt need to have it secured ( his words) i didnt use the wheelchair today when i went for the surgery/visit to have the SCS removed. had to remain standing for that procedure. didnt hurt too much. we didnt use any anesthesia. didnt need to if it was done standing and i remained still. as long as i dont put weight on ankle i SHOULD be ok. began working on ROM excercises with ankle. slightly over did it but its ok. working on breaking loose the scar tissue
Aaron

Sounds like some healthy progress bro! ... and good to see you are feeling somewhat positive! ... good job that man!

Going to take a break from the ROM stuff. burning like hell. he was nervous as hell on its location. RIGHT at the end of the fib. if i over do it. i will get screwed lol.  screws and plates through it into the syndesmotic ligament and into the tib. so taking a break and SLOWLY  bringing it up. will be painful as hell but going to put the lace up ankle brace on. and then once it calms down. will stretch it inside the brace
Aaron.
think im a strong nominee for Klutz of the year lol

Gee. .. yes Yama. .. while you can start your recovery stuff... easy does it bro! ... baby steps!

AYE.  ITs what i get for goin off like that. going to ice it for a few days. got a pic of it. the FX actually shows thru the skin. if i rotate foot to inside you can see exactly where the FX . ( will post that  tonorrow kinda cool. and its totally safe for work. )
Aaron

Well you know where to stop before pain now! .. I'd halve what you did this time as a start and ease it up bit by bit from there!

Well the other clincher of the klutz award is i had the SCS turned up. it all but blocks pain down there. today it was removed ( permanent one goes in 2 weeks from now. well a tad less.) so i have to start over. going to have to be bored for a few days to get pain to go away . that will suck something fierce. tired of watching tv. walking IS possible but not allowed.  etc. walking from my den to bathroom is 40ft den to kitchen is 20 . that pushes it. trying to figure out mobility without damaging it worse.
Aaron

Walk on your hands?

Lol dont tempt me. as the old saying goes " an idle mind is the devils playground" meh walking around the house i can still do. (safely) lol
Aaron

A few years ago on this site pretty much every week we were getting reports of someone crashing, prompting someone to post saying - no more crashing for any one ... I feel that way about this year, except its all been Yamahon. Hope you get better man.
Cool.
Buddha.

I remember this lol. . just myself and ragecage this year. cept mine didnt involve a crash. unless you count my body crashing to the floor straight down. the last one tho is a mystery to both myself as well as my ortho. ( 2 broken ankles, one of them twice.) monday doc says he wants to keep an eye on it but wait yet another month. elevation and ice and all the things one can do to alleviate this arent working. contemplating getting a second opinion . he wants to wait and see if it displaces any more before proceeding with a course of treatment. the FX is nearly at the very end of it i guess its why. pain meds are largely inneffective. the only thing that helped was the SCS trial from minimed. i pleaded to let me keep it going for a while longer. not supposed to help with fracture pain, but a side effect/bonus was that it did. the ROM excercises dont really help except that i do those anyways ambulating to the bathroon and to the kitchen. and in a day or so to the basement to get laundry done. pain wont let up. i have a consult with dr kahn next week ( the neuro who will perform the SCS implantation into my spinal column) procedure being the following week. idk how much longer i am cleared for the wheelchair rental either. this is killing me mentally  lol. i havent called ortho yet with these concerns because i feel as tho im hassling him and staff about things that happen anyways with fractures. but its wearing me out upstairs. idk how much more of this i can take lol :S. may call them tomorrow just have to figure out what to say that theyve not already heard. its only been 5 weeks since fracture date ( estimated) suspending ROM until i figure this out. may dig out my tens unit and try to acquire some pads if theyre not too pricy at walmart/drugstore and see if that will work. i think radiologist missed this one because of a common occurence. the original fracture was a distal tibia fracture. its commonplace when this happens, that the fibula is damaged as well. both the tib and fib were broken on the lateral side. the tibs fx and the later fib one the fx had the same line at same location. i superimposed both films and the fx lined up. this is my hypothesis . i was able to show him this on his computer. but it cannot be repaired easily like the other one ( TI plate  And screws) yet he wants me to proceed with the ROM excercises. did this once. pain has yet to lessen. goal is to strengthen the muscles there WITHOUT displacing the fractures. if i do i end up getting plates and screws through the syndesmotic ligament ( between tib and fib) in essence fusing my ankle together. got to figure out how to get this off my mind. it is quite taxing. .
And yes weve got to keep people OUT of the BBC (broken bones club) 3 of us so far this year. myself, rage and i believe janx. no more Eh? lol. anyways time to go curl up for a while. will talk later . yall take care Eh?
Aaron

Nah I'm not broken!, just hyper extended knee, stretched a few little ligaments and patella was mal-tracking towards outside of leg by about 10 deg I think they said.

Light resistance exercises have done wonders!

Yama, while I know you do have to move about some.... that's using the leg.... the Rom stuff is to warm/stretch/motivate the leg again without significant load yeah?!

And always seek a second opinion if you can! ... its your leg! , your extended recovery time and your Pain that's involved..... 2nd opinion may say same thing but you make sure either way!

The alphabet excercises do the same thing heel remans planted and great toe traces out the letters.. A.....B.....C etc
Aaron
IDK about 2nd opinion yet.  reserving that one. id walk on mine in house WITHIN REASON and against medical advice like i had mentioned, to bathroom and kitchen. beyond that, well at grocers, from car to the geezer carts they have inside. and use those. but beyond that ive been a good boy lol
Aaron

Morning tea break... just tried alphabet thing... that's tricky to get exact!

Giving ankle a break. hurtin like day 1 only way it doesnt as much is if i stand up lol :"(
Aaron

You got the boot on? If it's hurting while prone then I think that means the leg is not evenly supported and putting small stresses on your owies! ... should be possible to adjust padding to even the support pressures up?

Those alphabet exercises... you drawing them in the air? On a vertical surface? On the ground?... I was trying them on ground and got sole cramps! ... then realised you didn't actually say on ground! Lmao