After about five or so weeks with an extremely annoying cast on my leg, I finally got to go see my orthopedic surgeon to get the damn thing off. Another set of x-rays were taken, and I got an actual idea of the extent of my injuries. I had been downplaying the whole thing for a while, mostly because I really didn’t think my fall, though spectacular, was that serious. But apparently, it was.
On the picture above (don’t bones look cool?), you can see one of the fractures pretty clearly (this is the original x-ray). Basically (a refresher), that happened because, when I fell, I somehow managed to force my tibia and fibula away from each other, fracturing my tibia in two places, and ripping the ligament a bit.
Anyway, I got another set of x-rays taken this morning. The fracture has healed enormously, but you can still see it on the films. My foot and ankle are still kind of inflammed though. The doctor said that the setting of the bone was good and the everything is still stable – not stable enough, however, for me to be completely in the clear. Now I have a huge aircast boot thing on my leg, which now makes my leg look like some sort of robot limb.
The good news is that I can start putting weight on my leg (with the aid of crutches). The other good news is that I can shower again (YAY!). The bad news is I need the boot for another five weeks before I have to go into physical therapy.
So that’s the update. Blargh.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Bones look so cool! Thanks for posting the x-ray. I hope it goes faster and better now, robot limb notwithstanding. Also, yay showers. I just took a bath.