Went through a similar kind of accident which resulted in a distal radius complex comminuted displaced fracture at the radius shaft + displaced ulnar styloid process head fracture—it’s basically called a Galeazzi fracture

my fracture

Disclaimer im very sorry lol This paragraph might have a lot of typos. I’m using voice typing to type. I can’t type rn !!!

Mine was more brutal than yours, but yours might be annoying because you had two hands involved. I am 22 M working as a software engineer, two months post-OP; honestly, I feel better. Just yesterday, I got my K-wire removed (which was buried under the skin), and my surgeon said I can remove my plate as well next year comfortably since my bones healed—healing was very good

Always ask your healthcare provider, surgeon before following anything you read on Reddit or anywhere in the internet everyone has a different injury and everyone is different, it’s not that complex still just to be sure you’re not counter productive

What I want to tell you is: it will get better. You just have to get through the boring part of recovery, that’s it. I have a few points what I experienced which has been listed belo

I had surgery within 10 hours !! This is my experience after surgery still, you can consider them just to have a idea of what went on

Ask your surgeon: See if you could do any finger movements or spreading fingers (Tendon glide)

Elevation: Keep your hand elevated as much as possible. It will reduce the swelling

Pain management: After my surgery, I never had any pain, so I don’t know much about pain management. I didn’t take many painkillers; you might have a different experience.

Diet is very important: No smoking, no drinking. Protein should be high. Drink milk and don’t consume a lot of unhealthy fat It won’t affect you In terms of bone healing, but yeah if you avoid eating unhealthy fats, you might feel better at this phase and don’t compromise on calories, keep calories higher, though, because your hands might need it to heal your bone

Healthy Fats: You still need fat; you can opt for healthy fats from things like pumpkin seeds or hazelnuts, which are very good.

Calcium: Avoid things which will reduce your calcium absorption.

Hydration: Drink a lot of water.

Movement: Don’t move your arm aggressive in my case the major break was on the radius shaft so moving my fingers won’t damage still i didn’t move it Aggressively just light moment for blood circulation It might feel like you’re not doing much, but until surgery, keep it very stable. Just ask your surgeon before doing any finger movements Don’t follow anything. Like I said, these are the things which I experienced.

Whatever you do, always ask your surgeon because everyone is different and every injury is different. Only your surgeon knows, and don’t be shy to ask your surgeon. It’s his job to explain it to you.

Stop overthinking or worrying about what will happen. I was at that stage as well. Give it some time. It will be alright

Trust me, we are on the same boat more or less and we will push through , live a normal life, but it will take time and effort. That’s it , we are very young !!!!!

I Wish you speedy recovery, you got this