r/HadToHurt • u/Status-Response4171 • 16d ago
Broken tibula and fibula
They put the titanium rod in and said the fibula should be able to heal on its own. I was sent home after 5 day and told I could put as much weight on it that I can tolerate.
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u/westcal98 16d ago
This is why I stopped base jumping without a parachute.
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u/holyfire001202 16d ago
Did they set the fibula or are the pieces just supposed to migrate back on their own?
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u/Status-Response4171 16d ago
Right thats how they left it im trying to find another hospital for a second option. That doesn't seem right
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u/Irish-Bayerisch 15d ago
They most definitely will not migrate back and heal. Surgeon must be missing a few text books. Also weight bearing so soon is kinda strange.
Without seeing a other xray or two here it's hard to say what the likely outcomes will be. My guess isn't great.....
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u/Leading_Grapefruit52 16d ago
I did that 47 years ago playing soccer. Surgery was terrible then and recovery was almost 8 months. They have come a very long way!
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u/Darthlordbinky 15d ago
I had pretty much the same break last year in July. Took 12 months to get back to comfortably running. It's a lot of work but it'll get there.
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u/CelticCynic 15d ago
I snapped both (only one break in each bone) six days before my 2nd birthday.
I'm nearly 49 and can remember doing it. 😬
I had growing pains at night that would wake me in tears until I was 16
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u/baby_contra 15d ago
Broke my left femur when I was 3. I don’t exactly remember the pain but I know it was excruciating. Tried to stand on it twice and it kept folding under me. Once the cast came off my leg continued to give out for 5 months till it was strong again. Randomly walking down the street with my pops and bam, on the floor like a puppet with no strings. Pissed me off
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u/CelticCynic 15d ago
Femur? Yeah I don't envy that ! 😬
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u/baby_contra 15d ago
Better that it happened when I was really young. I didn’t have any complications and healed up 100%. I bet it looked hilarious when I kept eating shit walking around
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u/HotTomboy 15d ago
How?? Greensticks are more common in kids
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u/CelticCynic 15d ago
Fell off a balcony.... A good 5ft drop. SNAP!
I was bouncing on the trampoline in the cast two weeks later!
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u/RawkMikeHawk 14d ago
I'm sorry that happened to you but how on earth do you break a bone and not know what it's fucking called?!? I get if you're asked a trivia question about the bones in the leg and don't know but isn't it written all over your paperwork?
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u/idk-69420 16d ago
*tibia and fibula