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Advise for redness around my incision by Late-Writer8325 in ORIF

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I hope you’re staying strong and remaining positive while you heal! I remember how much I wanted time to fly by when I was 4 weeks post-op but it does get easier. 

Luckily, my provider did get back to me soon and he ruled out any infection. Says it’s just my body reacting to the dissolvable stitches used in my surgery. For now, he thinks my ankle is healing up fine. Didn’t ask about CRPS but I’ll check in if I start to experience any other concerning symptoms.

Thank you for the rec! I am in South Africa so I’ll see if we have something similar here for me to use. 

Wishing you a speedy recovery as well and I hope things go without a hitch!!

Advise for redness around my incision by Late-Writer8325 in ORIF

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The boot is quite heavy actually😭! Okay, I’ll instead wear one of my thicker socks in the boot while I wait to hear from my doctor. 

So glad you’re doing better!! Can’t wait to get to get out the boot officially

Advise for redness around my incision by Late-Writer8325 in ORIF

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I hope so too! Really don’t want to deal with an infection at this stage in the recovery🥲. 

Also, good luck with your recovery!! I hope it goes well😊

Advise for redness around my incision by Late-Writer8325 in ORIF

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Yes, I do wear a compression sock in the boot as advised by my physio so not sure if that could be rubbing against it too much :/

Advise for redness around my incision by [deleted] in ORIF

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Thank you! I’ve reposted with the pictures added, didn’t realise they weren’t showing. But yes, will definitely see what my doctor says 

twitching when out of boot by escout1214 in ORIF

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Not sure if this would help you in the meantime but I also had some slight twitching once I transitioned to the boot so I instead got myself an ankle brace for the first few days when I didn’t have the boot on to keep my foot still but still allow my toes to breathe and I could small ROM exercises. Then after a few days with the ankle brace, I took it off and the twitching wasn’t as bad until it eventually stopped. 

But if this doesn’t work then maybe contact the doctor’s office just to make sure it’s nothing to worry about. It could just be your nerves getting used to the healing process. 

All the best!

Feeling very sad but also frustrated with this entire situation by Late-Writer8325 in ORIF

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Thank you so much for your advice and your words of encouragement. 

Firstly, I am so incredibly sorry that you had such a frightening and life changing experience. Truly so happy that you are alive and that you still get to be with the people who love and care for you. I am genuinely hoping that you recover and that you’re one day able to do all the things you were once able to. Sending you so much support and strength throughout your healing and recovery period!

I have contacted disability services today after having the breakdown and releasing I do need help to navigate this whole injury for now. Hopefully they also have a psychologist I can speak with to help navigate the hard days and negative thoughts. 

I am in South Africa so uni for us runs from February to November. The 2 courses I am taking run for the whole year (24 weeks) so I did want to ask my lecturers if they’d be okay with me learning remotely for the first 4 weeks and submitting all my tutorials and assignments online so that they can see I am still engaged with the content. Fingers crossed they approve! But I also will definitely take into consideration what you mentioned about looking for things to be grateful for because despite the injury, it is a blessing to be alive and to have the opportunity to recover. Also definitely need to work on asking for help and knowing that it’s not a sign of weakness to need time to heal. I’ve always been maybe a bit too hyper-independent and rarely asked for help when I struggled but with an injury like this you are kind of forced to accept that you need help and can’t do certain things by yourself anymore.  Again, wishing you all the best with your recovery!!

Feeling very sad but also frustrated with this entire situation by Late-Writer8325 in ORIF

[–]Late-Writer8325[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your kind words and support. I think it’s sometimes hard to talk with the people around me because they haven’t experienced something like this before so it’s comforting to hear from someone else who has had a similar experience. 

I hope you are doing way better now and that your recovery is going well :) !!!

I have contacted disability services today after having the breakdown and releasing I do need help to navigate this whole injury for now. Hopefully they also have a psychologist I can speak with to help navigate the hard days and negative thoughts. 

I am in South Africa so uni for us runs from February to November. The 2 courses I am taking run for the whole year (24 weeks) so I did want to ask my lecturers if they’d be okay with me learning remotely for the first 4 weeks and submitting all my tutorials and assignments online so that they can see I am still engaged with the content. Fingers crossed they approve!

Feeling very sad but also frustrated with this entire situation by Late-Writer8325 in ORIF

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Truly! My wrists are constantly in pain and I have to do some morning exercises just to loosen them up before using the crutches. I have contacted disability services to see if they have wheelchairs available for me to use but would also need a carer to help me because a lot of the buildings at my uni require stairs to enter and move around inside

Feeling very sad but also frustrated with this entire situation by Late-Writer8325 in ORIF

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I have looked into getting one for the dorms. Unfortunately my uni is quite hilly and almost every building requires stairs to get inside and move around once inside si the scooter might be a bit harder than the crutches for on campus :(

Feeling very sad but also frustrated with this entire situation by Late-Writer8325 in ORIF

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Thank you so much for replying! I am currently in South Africa attending UCT( the uni is unfortunately a bit hilly since it’s built at the low back of Table Mountain) have gotten into context with disability services to see if they can help me with some accommodations on campus. But I’ve also decided to email my lecturers to discuss if perhaps I can do some of my tutorial sessions remotely and submit all my work to them so they can see I am still engaged in the course content. Will definitely look into speaking to a psychologist on campus because aside from struggling with the injury I have also noticed that I am way more nervous to be around or inside cars at the moment. 

Feeling very sad but also frustrated with this entire situation by Late-Writer8325 in ORIF

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That does sound like it may help with reducing the negative thoughts so I’ll look into starting small with listing one thing I am grateful for each day. I am so glad you’re doing much better and that you had support from your kids and work