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Hand him a dictionary and tell him to look up the definition of non-weight bearing. Sorry your husband is an asshole. Do what your doctor says. It sounds like you were very close to needing surgery, which means that the probability of mal/non-union is high if you don't follow orders and stay off it. Correcting a non-union will make your current situation seem like a vacation.
Definitely do what the doc says. Do not try to do more because you don't want to feel like you're being "lazy." After you're given the all-clear, you can start to work hard to gain your strength and mobility back but not before.
Two ways I can interpret what you said your husband said:
Option 1: your husband is being a jerk and doesn't want to deal with all the housework for the next month. In which case, the suggestion of having him do stuff on your crutches is a good one. Also, remind him that a surgery to correct the non-union will be much harder on both of you so it's in both of your best interest for you to recover well now.
Option 2: your husband knows how unhappy you will be if you just lay in bed all day for the next month and is actually trying to look out for you. My wife and I are both like this—too much time lounging around drives us nuts. We need to be pushed to find things we can do while we're injured. One thing that's easy is going to the zoo, aquarium, museum, and have him push you around in a wheel chair. You guys get to spend some quality time together and you get out of the house. Try to go to the gym occasionally—do leg raises, use the hand-bike, lift arms, etc—all done very lightly and provided these things don't cause pain. Just try to get your blood flowing a bit. Maybe see if your insurance will cover a knee scooter so you can get around a bit better? You should definitely rest and elevate as much as possible while you're home, but sometimes you need to balance that with enough movement to maintain overall happiness and well-being. Being a little active during the day (as tolerated) also helps me sleep at night vs just laying in bed all day. Plenty of quality sleep is one of the most important things for recovery.
I've spent plenty of time on crutches, but never broke my fibula. Why does your leg hurt more when you go up and down stairs with crutches if you're not weighting the broken leg?
Also: A squeaky-clean diet will promote healing and make you feel better. For me, I start to feel pretty bad if I'm sedentary and eating unhealthfully. I tolerate the occasional pizza and ice cream when I'm exercising hard, but when I'm injured and sedentary, I do much better on a diet that consists of primarily fresh veggies, (wild-caught) fish, and natural fats (avocado, hummus, olive oil, etc). And make sure you're getting enough vitamin D since you won't be outside much. There's a lot of opinions and info on this, but I'm just saying I do best when eating primarily natural, whole foods.
Edit: if it's option #1, first he's being unreasonable. But if you want to do something to feel like you're contributing, you could learn about personal finance and investing or some other skill that will enrich your lives together.
Do what the dr. says. 5 weeks sounds like a long time now, but is pretty short in the scheme of things. You will no doubt go stir crazy, but you'll be much better off long term.
Never broken a fibula but was down and out for several months with a broken femur and 2 broken ankles. It took all the will power I had to not push harder, but the thought of a big set back kept me honest. I still remember how good it felt to get the okay for full weight bearing. I was still in a cast on one leg but I rode my mtn bike couple times a week. Spray painted it white after each ride.
I broke left fibula on 7/23, clean break with displacement, had surgery on 8/2 with plate & screws. I fear that I might have "overdone it" (and caused some possible "mis-alignment") in the first few days post-operation when I was using just crutches to avoid putting any weight on injured leg (essentially, I found that effectively impossible to do)....have since switched to knee scooter which is much better (highly recommend scooter over crutches or walker).
Am curious if any in this forum have any thoughts on how I would know if I have possibly caused "mis-alignment"? What would signs of "mis-alignment" be? Are screws & plate installed in surgery tight enough to prevent/not permit "mis-alignment"?
I am 6 foot 1, 185 lbs, 51 years old, reasonably good health. I have not used ANY post-op pain meds since 3-4 days after surgery (needed them before that!) - no undue pain/discomfort in ankle for past 7-8 days, just taking baby aspirin daily per doc's orders.
I return to ortho in TODAY (15 days post operation) and will have post-op x-ray and, with all things being good, will replace current splint/wrap with fiberglass cast for 4-6 more weeks of "no weight bearing" on injured leg, "air cast" or "walking cast" thereafter.
Any comments y'all can share? Thanks much!
Hi, just seeing if I can post here. My last post was held for moderation.
Two weeks ago today I broke my fibula while dismounting from my bike doing manuals. This is something I have done a million times before, you just jump off. However this time I caught my foot and rolled my ankle and I couldn't unload it in time...I heard my bone break.
It was decided it was displaced and I could see it too, so they operated. I had a plate put on my fibula and what the doctots refer to as a "tight rope" which wraps around the tibia and fibula (probably similar to fishing line).
Does any one have any experience with this type of break; recovery time etc.
Thanks
Had much worse injury 20 mos ago..nice to be looking back although mentally not completely trusting of ligament repair and strength...
But do as doc says! Cast and no weight it a blessing compared to pins and plates plus they have to come out at some point unless ur old and don't want athletic lifestyle.
I broke one of the 2 screws - fortunately towards end of recovery and my injury was worse [syndesmosis and ligament tear] but zero weight means zilch! Bones heal quickly if u let them!
I'm not sure about the healthy diet as I had a ton of work stress so ate and drank through most of recovery.
I'm at 90 percent mentally simply bc I don't know how strong ligaments are BUT stay off it. Many horror stories about rebreaks or improper recovery
The worse for me was coming out of screw removal surgery thinking I was leaving crutches only to learn of broken screw and 60 more days of limited weight bearing
Good luck!
Part of this shitty club now. 3 weeks before a race I'd been training for. Hopefully back in action by late October according to doc if all goes well.
Vibes dood. Try to follow the doctor's orders and try to stay active without over doing it. You'll be back to normal before you know it.Quote:
Originally Posted by doebedoe
Damn. Bummer dude. Heal up man!Quote:
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I just joined the club on 9/3, went into surgery that evening. Doc said it was then or in 3 weeks when the swelling went down. It’s been a bit over a week and I am totally stuck on the couch, trying to ween myself of the opioids. I got 6 screws and a plate just above the ankle. Spiral Fib and the tib was displaced inwards and I think I blew some ligaments? I have a 2 week follow up next week I guess I need to get all the details.
I am a full time ski patroller. Season starts in 2 months. Kinda wondering how the plate in the ankle and the ski boot (Texhnica ZeroG) are going to get along.
Dan
Huge bummer. I was completely non-weight bearing for about 10 weeks. My fibula snapped clean and they added a steel plate and 9 screws to put it back together.
Whole thing doesn't feel great even to touch and I haven't tried the boots yet. My gut tells me it will get more and more desensitized and I'm optimistic about skiing this winter. I figure worst case I can get some boot work. I also see a lot of people just use soft boots and one just one ski so that looks like an option too if nothing feels good with hard boots long term. Reality is I was in basically in a ski boot all summer so I'm kinda looking forward to getting back to a hard boot which in some ways will be a lot easier to get around in.
Vibes to you. That is still super fresh and it took me all summer to really turn the corner. Whole ordeal really took a lot of my energy. I am still getting better and it seems like it will be a long slow road until I am back to 100%.
Plate and 6 screws reporting in. Area of incision is numbish, but didn’t experience any problem with side hardware. Hoping the same for you.
Sorry to hear. Are we still neighbors? Let me know if you need any help.Quote:
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These injuries are very subjective but yeah I’d be reviewing AT boots for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by haysman16