PIPs: X-ray, swollen ankle and cast!

[studytime45]

I just need to AW my awesome life right now: 

This is what my ankle looked like an hour after I broke it (didn't know it was broken when I took this and posted it on ML lol): 



This is one of the X-rays of my ankle: 



And this is what my cast looks like right now: 



Surgery sometime next week. When they took off my cloth "cast" to put me in a fiberglass one, I saw my ankle and gasped. It was BLACK all the way down my foot. Ewwww. Wish I got a pic of that! haha

I don't need anymore poor poodles (you ladies have been so sweet), but if anyone wants to give me their medical opinion on my xray, that'd be cool.  

[studytime45]

Jun 4, 2013 23:34:27 GMT -5 @kizmet said:

I have zero medical training. Is the break in the skinnier bone on the bottom of the x-ray?

Yes. It's the fibula (so the thinner bone) in my ankle. Also, you can see some space between two of the bones, which is why I'm having surgery.

[nursewife]

Wow, you did a good number on it. Hope it heals quickly. I love looking at X-rays.

[MWOS]

It looks good, Study. For realz. That's a nice easy break. You're gonna do great. Wait until you see how much leg hair you can grow under that cast!  For pain control, I like a bag of peas on top of my knee, not on the back of the knee. If you have any questions, let me know!

[Chib]

Ouch, that looks painful. Think of it this way even though you're in a cast, at least your toe nails look pretty lol.

[studytime45]

Jun 4, 2013 23:44:21 GMT -5 MWOS said:

It looks good, Study. For realz. That's a nice easy break. You're gonna do great. Wait until you see how much leg hair you can grow under that cast!  For pain control, I like a bag of peas on top of my knee, not on the back of the knee. If you have any questions, let me know!

Yesssss! That's what I like to hear, especially coming from you! The surgeon tried to shift the bones using the sheer force of his hands.   That wasn't fun. Anyway, it worked a little bit, but not completely, so surgery it is. I cried when he said I for sure needed the surgery. lol

[tdk2]

I didnt poor poodle yet and I meant to on your first post. That sucks and I'm sorry .

My foot turned completely black one of the times I broke a toe. Softball game in college, person much bigger than me got me just at te right angle when she was coming in to 2nd and I was catching the ball to get her out.

We went to the pub that night and I thought I was fine, just sore. I got up to go to the bathroom and could barely walk. (I was like, wtf? Am I drunk?). Got home, took shoe and sock off to find my foot completely black and purple, esp on the bottom. What a freakin shock. I'm sure yours was even more so as some of mine was hidden from my sight, under my foot.


I'm so sorry about your ankle and your fall. I think injuries from simple tasks are the worse because you kick yourself for split second decisions. .

[MWOS]

Swelling I get. This was surgery #1. This is the outside of my ankle



This was surgery #7 on the inside of my ankle



I let my surgeon break my tibia with a saw the same way you broke your fibula. He needed to get behind my tibia to fix some shit and that was the only way in. I only needed two screws to hold it together though, no plate.

[studytime45]

Jun 5, 2013 0:01:08 GMT -5 MWOS said:

I let my surgeon break my tibia with a saw the same way you broke your fibula. He needed to get behind my tibia to fix some shit and that was the only way in. I only needed two screws to hold it together though, no plate.

You are fucking badass. I broke into tears when the surgeon looked at the third set of xrays and said "I don't like that...". I was really hoping I could avoid surgery. 

I will definitely let you know if I have any questions leading up to/after the surgery. You are so thoughtful.  

[MWOS]

Oh please, I cried when I found out about surgeries 1,4 and 6. I threw up when I found out about 7. I only did it because I didn't have any choice. But I did learn a lot going through it so many times and if I can help make your recovery a little bit more comfortable, I'd be happy to.