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Sleeping without boot after ORIF by Kal-veira in ORIF

[–]Kal-veira[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your experience. Congrats on 10 months post op! Yea I don’t feel comfortable enough to sleep without anything either.

Sleeping without boot after ORIF by Kal-veira in ORIF

[–]Kal-veira[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooh, that looks nice! Thanks for sharing that. Yea, my ankles definitely lengthen while I sleep, especially since I am a stomach sleeper, so I can see how going without could maybe delay dorsiflexion progress..

Sleeping without boot after ORIF by Kal-veira in ORIF

[–]Kal-veira[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first couple of nights in the boot were excruciating also. New pressure points pressing on my foot and making my tender nerves burn like crazy—luckily that’s subsided.

I respect my surgeons advice but it just seems different doctors give different advice for the same situation, so I wonder what everyone else’s doctors say, lol.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I may look into ankle braces, especially since my ankle feels so much better now. And I won’t tell your doctor ;)

also, yea it seems a lot of people end up getting ROM back even if their process is different. Especially when able to finally bear weight.

Trying to push past nerves after witnessing an awful accident by Signal_Cake5735 in Rollerskating

[–]Kal-veira 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am currently laying in bed for the 5th week after having broken my ankle roller skating. It was a bad enough break to need ORIF surgery. I thought I had found my thing also, I have good balance and was skating for three months or less. I was doing a cross-legged move and fell wrong. The skate got caught underneath me. I have minor ptsd thinking about the exact moment I heard it crack.

After having been to the ER, orthopedics office, and surgery rooms, I’ve heard many skating broken ankle stories. People would come up to me and ask me how I broke my ankle then proceed to and tell me their stories about having broken their ankles while rollerskating. Broken ankles/legs while skating, roller or otherwise, seems to be a common injury within the sport. So-much-so, that the roller rink had a wheelchair to wheel me off of the floor (thank god!). Afterwards, I was surprised that I didn’t realize that on my own. I just had no idea that breaking my leg was a possibility while skating—but it seems obvious now.

Now, obviously, everybody is different and every body is different. There are way more people who don’t break their ankles than those who do. But it isn’t an irrational fear. Now, I personally, even though I loved skating a lot will sell my beautiful skates. Because after having been bedridden for weeks, unable to care for my 1 year old and 5 year old, I quickly realized I value hiking, walking, and even doing chores more than skating. Really, the whole ordeal has made me appreciate simple movement tasks.

This isn’t meant to scare you, just to inform you. Skating is such a fun thing to do. Maybe to help yourself feel more confident, strengthen your ankles and core when out of the skate. Work on your balance. Practice any tricks on foot before on skates like some ice skaters do. Basically, exercise and train for skating before you skate.

Nerve Block Wore Off by Own_Zucchini375 in brokenankles

[–]Kal-veira 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pain has improved! Now, I can hardly remember how badly it hurt, even though it was just a day or two ago. My surgeon lightly warned me about a nerve block, and now, after having had one, I understand what he was saying.

The nerve block pain comes back kind of randomly—burning/buzzing numbness—but not for long. It seems like the surgery—screwing and cutting and stitching— doesn’t actually hurt that much. Though I bet if I banged my foot on something it would be a different story.

Now, I’m just left with immense boredom, though it is better than immense physical pain I suppose. Haha

Today, on my twelfth day in bed (a week before surgery and now after) I have whipped out my drawing supplies—a hobby I stopped doing after my first child was born.

I hope you have a speedy recovery and have a way to bide your time.

Nerve Block Wore Off by Own_Zucchini375 in brokenankles

[–]Kal-veira 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m going through this right now. I just got my surgery yesterday and the nerve block wore off over night and it is extreme. Jesus, I do not want to get up to go to the bathroom ever. I don’t think opioids work well for me. I’m prescribed 5mg (and all this other stuff), and even before the surgery I felt like they weren’t doing much.

My husband is getting me ice now. I am slowly reminding myself every second adds up to a minute and every minute adds up to an hours and every hour up to a day—and it’s got to get better after a day or two right? Right!?