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I broke my left tib/fib Oct 6 of last yr in a motorcycle accident. I don't know anyone to ever have this...

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I broke my left tib/fib Oct 6 of last yr in a motorcycle accident. I don't know anyone to ever have this injury and continue to wonder if everything i've been through and problems I'm still having are normal with this injury.
Will try to give the short version. After accident the ER doctors shot me full of morphine and dimaral handed my mom a bunch of scrips then security put me in the car still screaming in pain. After first visit with Ortho he gave me a reference card for assistance with medical expense (I dont have insurance). 5 wks, an MRI, 2 falls while at home and several angry calls from my mom I finally get scheduled for surgery which lasted over 6 hours (he said the break was worse than he first thought). I spent 6 days in the hospital and released with a post op appt in 2 wks. The repair required 2 plates and 2 pins, I did my time on the crutches and walker, I followed up with my PT and I can walk independently now (I was honestly beginning to think I never would).
I will be a year post op tomorrow and have concerns about the recovery that when I've asked him the ortho doesn't exactly answer as much as he appeases me or side steps them. For one the small pins (I was told they're usually removed) are very visible on either side just below my patella (a good razor will cut BAD if I'm not careful)......when I ask the Dr told me it just looks that way because I have a nice thin leg. My PT even told me that was crazy. The scar is bad enough but these pins make it look deformed. Other issues include almost constant pain, a limp that is very noticeable also limiting walking and most outdoor activity, I trip, stumble and fall if I have to walk on anything other than a hard smooth surface, I can't carry my 6 yr old who weighs 42lbs I guess we really do lift with our knees. These are just some of the issues. I also have questions I can't get answered like is one of the pins holding the plates suppose to go through the Fibula, through the plate, through the Tibia and then out the other side enough its visible on my x-rays?
I wouldn't wish this injury on my worst enemy. The isolation of being stuck home alone for months, being unable to care for my 2 children and home, the confinement, the pain that almost never stops, the limitations I face now, the new walk that looks alot like Fred G Sanford.....and so much more keep me wondering if I just need to deal with it or if I should have another Dr take a look at it.View Thread

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Approximately 6-7 weeks ago, I had couple "collisions" playing hockey that resulted in, what I thought was a...

Posted by mtncrawler

Approximately 6-7 weeks ago, I had couple "collisions" playing hockey that resulted in, what I thought was a mild sprain in my right wrist. I didn't think much of it really. A couple weeks back I was coincidentally at my Dr's and raised the issue of point tenderness/pain in the right wrist joint. he ordered an xray. The xray showed the SL gap at 3.5mm, so he ordered an MRI a week after seeing the xray results. I had hte MRI and it revealed a complete tear in the SL ligament. Now for clarification, up until the MRI I was using my wrist with little pain. It jsut so happened that after my MRI - but before hearing the results - I played hockey again (since up to that point it really wasn't a huge showstopper - sore but nothing too bad) and REALLY tweaked it. I would say that the pain from this TWEAK and subsequent use was quite disabling - I couldn't even lift my dinner plate! The next day I found out the MRI results of two days before.

So I have multiple concerns. I've talked with an Orthopedic hand specialist (I also informed him of my POST MRI tweak - which he didn't seem too concerned with) and he ran down my options. He advised me that before I jump to surgery (BTW he recommended reconstruction using a harvested ligament - due to my hobbies and needing the strongest reapair) that I spend a couple weeks putting my wrist through normal paces to see if I could live with whatever pain or loss of mobility. If it turns out to be too much - a repair is in order. If not, eventual arthritis in the joint may necessitate fusing of bones down the road.

So I'm currently in that 2 week evaluation.

I guess I'm looking for general and advice and comments on the diagnosis/prognosis;

1) Shoudl I insist on repeating the xray/MRI, since I really TWEAKED things after these tests? I feel like if I really did more damage (or is that possible) it may change the treatment choice?
2) At what timeframe am I past the point of being able to successfully repair the ligament? He seemed OK with a couple weeks evaluation which would be about 8-10 weeks post injury - but I know opinions vary.
3) Is it possible that, although the MRI reported a complete tear, that there really was a strand or two hanging on - and the "TWEAK" I experienced post MRI just finished it off?
4) Anyone with similar injury/diagnosis care to comment on treatment path and success?

I'm going to head for second opinions this week too. FYI, I'm a 50 year old, healthy and fit male, and this would be my first surgery. I also am a metal fabricator/blacksmith and this is my dominant hand - so I'm really interested in doing the right thing for the long term.

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