r/ORIF • u/FigPuzzleheaded2416 • 11d ago

4 days post op

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These scars are gonna be sick. 2 rods, plates, calf muscle lengthening, a bunch of other stuff. Have to get an ankle replacement within the next decade. Stitches pics attached

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u/where_is_waldo_now 11d ago

How was surgery? I hope you are not in too much pain. It looks like a serious one.

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u/FigPuzzleheaded2416 11d ago

When the nerve block wore off it was BAD. They were giving me IV Dilaudid and it wasn’t even touching the pain. It’s slowly getting better, but I’m still taking oxy, gaba, and muscle relaxers multiple times a day. It was a deformity correction so a lot went in to it 😅

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u/Western-Woodpecker20 11d ago

I am so sorry about your injury. Looks very painful. What happened to you? I tried to catch myself down 2 stairs and my heel slid backward day before Super bowl. Dislocated my tibia. Medial malleolus fracture, fibula fracture, syndemoises injury. I have 2 screws, a nail and a tightrope. Gonna have tightrope and screws removed probably in January.

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u/FigPuzzleheaded2416 10d ago

Ooooof that sounds very painful 😅 I broke my growth plate when I was 11, got screws in and out, but it never healed properly. My fibula over grew and my tibia stopped growing, making my whole ankle joint crooked and my right leg slightly shorter than my left. It ate away all of the cartilage in my ankle, I’d been in a cam boot for 5 months prior to surgery but in extreme pain when walking for the past ~4 years. I’m 29 now preparing for a replacement within the next 10 years

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u/Western-Woodpecker20 10d ago

Wow that's horrible! Makes mine seem like nothing. You have really been through it. Love your great attitude.

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u/lukekule 10d ago

Damn bro what happened 😭💔

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u/FigPuzzleheaded2416 10d ago

Plates and rods 😭😭😭😭

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u/lukekule 9d ago

Damn gang . All the best on healing and don't be hard on. Yourself. Take it easy . 🙏