Well done,I was not to impressed when my foot was at 90 degrees to my leg thought I would have to walk in circles but soon put right,hope you heal quickly.

Getting home this afternoon 👍 , I had a wee look at the X-ray, steel plate with 6 screws in it , airport security here I come 😱 Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

I had a 10 hole compression plate in the femur and a 16 hole plate in the tibia plus two screws holding bone grafts in position, 28 screws in all. More than in Wormwood Scrubs.
The surgeon gave me a letter to get me through airports. After a while, all the metal was taken out except one screw which held a bone graft in place as they'd rounded the head trying to take it out!
Never got detected at any airports all around the World.

No doubt you're getting a bit of gyp at the mo, just wait till Hattie Jacques the physio gets hold of you
Good luck  Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

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its sad that they do put arrows on the limb to be operated on, but quite essential in this day and age it seems

I have a customer who actually had his leg amputated after a bike accident, unfortunately it was his better leg and not the one that needed to come off.
He received a sizeable compo amount but no amount of cash will compensate that kind of mistake

better to be safe than sorry eh

hope youre on the mend - FL2 3.2 i6 - There is no Replacement for Displacement

If my wife ever sells my stuff for what I told her I paid for it, there will be some bargains out there!

Thanks for all the kind and encouraging words .. Pegleg ouch .. My screws won't be coming out, it's my tibia that's broke,at a jonty angle. Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

Update .. Went for an outpatient appointment today , Stookie off (cast if you're not scottish), heel and bottom of foot is black & blue . Got the "stitches" out , 14 staples . Another stookie on "plastic" type.
 Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

Looks good to me
Pity you cant post your xrays.
Be a good lad and do everything they tell you and you'll be fine. Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Looks a nice neat job. As Pegleg says, follow orders and you will be fine. 10 years ago, age 46, I fell off a skate board at 11pm. If I had had a bit more to drink I would have fallen more softly as it was the Doctor said it was the equivalent injury to falling out of a 4 storey window. 7 fractures to my hip which resulted in a foot long piece of metal on the outside of the femur and a bolt into the ball of the ball and socket joint. At least a dozen screws. Survived a week in Royal Sussex County without getting MRSA and my wife and brother sprang me on the next weekend and drove me home across the back seat. Anyway, 12 weeks off work and 6 months on crutches and loads of physio and all is remarkably well although I always know when it is about to rain as it gives me a bit of gip. I had all of the metal taken out 18 months later and all I was left with was a massive scar and an indentation where muscle is missing. I think it looks like a shark bite and is rather cool. The surgeon did a remarkable job and I can run on it without any problems and never stopped me doing anything I wanted to sports wise. My Audi TT had to go and have had autos ever since. Good luck with your rehab and take it easy and do your exercises!! Happy Christmas to you and everyone else on the forum.

Thanks for the pep talk Pegleg & 2herring. 2herring that sounds horrendous. I turned 50 last October, this is the first time I heve ever broken anything.

Merry Christmas to you all Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!

2herring makes an important point. Do your exercises.
I've seen those who've had a simple meniscectomy (cartilage) procedure who were too idle to exercise afterwards and suffered long tem because of it.
Your physio knows best
Good luck and a better New year Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

O man, I wish you well and hope u have a good recovery / Christmas
At lest you get out off cooking lol

Ooocha, looked sare but thankfully you are on the mend. Not had to deal with a full stookie (touch wood) only ribs, fingers and nose (all of which are sare, but not requiring hospital/cast).

Hope you have a successful recovery.

LoP

I wish you a speedy recovery. Interesting that some soldier ants in Africa are used in exactly the same way as your staples, once the ants bite into the skin the mechanism in the ant's jaw prevent it from letting go and they hold together with tremendous force for their size. The ant's body is then removed leaving the head and jaw locked in place holding the skin together. http://www.omgfacts.com/lists/7916/In-some...-up-wounds

You'll be back on your feet in no time. I had an "incident" when a drunken Lithuanian lost control of his van spun across the road and took me and my cycling buddy into the bushes and ditch. Bikes were written off as the van ended up running across them. We were both extremely lucky not to have been killed but both of us have impressive war wounds

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Got my stookie off today and no need for physio. The only 2 down sides are that is going to take 3 months for the muscle to grow back & I can now do chores around the house .. Every cloud Do it now ! Your a long time dead !!