fracture healing

[chokkie]

I'm really happy today - I broke my left ankle 8 weeks ago on Friday and today, at physio, the physiotherapist took my plastic boot off for good and also took away both crutches. I am still limping quite a bit, but to be back on two feet walking, is wonderful!

[Greedyfly]

Congratulations. I broke my ankle a year and half ago and I have since had three surgeries and still hobbling now. I hope you get 'back on your feet' properly quickly.

[Zeuhl]

Greedyfly you have my sympathy.

I fell in the Lake District and broke (well demolished really) lower tib & fib week before christmas. Surgery seems to have worked in piecing together all the bits but i am only just getting off the crutches this week after 6 months and there is still lots of physio to do to get the ankle working properly. May need another op next year to remove two plates.

Hope you get sorted soon.

Chokkie well done, take it easy. It's amazingly easy to knacker yourself isn't it?
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[Greedyfly]

Zeuhl - What a nightmare for you, hope you start to recover well now!

It can be such a long process, I had my plates/pins removed due to my body rejecting them and them causing unbelievable stiffness. It was actually for me the easiest surgery - it was done in a day surgery and I was back at work within 3 months. This last one was a bit more serious, they had to tighten my ankle as it kept giving way on me. That was four months ago and I am still not at work. Hope you get better soon, the both of you!

[Zeuhl]

Blimey Greedyfly, you've been through it.

I used to think all fractures were easy; 6 weeks in a cast and away you went. Clearly not so. You may have found as i have that when other people hear your experience they have their own version (or close relative's) of some fracture saga.

Best wishes to you. Are you doing any physio?
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