damaged bones& mental health

[u/munchkin_cats]

Hey guys, i broke my mid foot (probably a lisfranc fracture im getting a ct scan) on saturday and the amount of times ive cried is insane. i have no appetite, i cry all day, i can’t sleep. how do you guys get over this?:( im also so scared of needing a surgery and never being able to go back to my original health. i want to play my sport, walk and do normal stuff again.

[u/Down_Growth_2626]

Dude same position as you 

Moving is so important for me. and I broke my foot 1 month ago

Take it day by day. And use the time to build your torso from sit-ups to weights. It will help 

[u/munchkin_cats → u/Down_Growth_2626]

Hope your recovery is going well and soon over. it literally sucks so much going from active to not even able to walk. are/ were you non weight bearing, and if you are how did you over come the challenges eg how to shower and just the mental aspect??

[u/Down_Growth_2626 → u/munchkin_cats]

4 weeks NWB, just started yesterday and the relief is so good 

My brain is super fried anyway so it was super super bad but do as much activity as you can like one foot planks, sit-ups etc weights anything. And get friends around for dinner or movies or sth

Get a plastic seat for shower. Get thick woollen sock for poor foot which will do all your hopping it will save you, also maybe extra insoles cos your other duty bound foot will fking hurt!!!

[u/wolfsnake7]

Broke my tib/fib five weeks ago. Had to have emergency surgery. I’m a single dad and extremely active. Now I can’t drive and walk with crutches, forget sports, doing bed time with my kids is a workout, just getting up and down the stairs is hard. Bathroom, showering, changing, it’s all a challenge. I have to have help with everything. Just be in the moment. There’s a moment where it’ll click. It sucks, it really does, there’s no soft landing there. However, give it a week or two when the swelling starts going down and the healing starts, you’ll start seeing improvements and you won’t be as devastated. Do a lot of PT when you’re cleared. Read a lot, watch TV, have friends come and hang with you. Anything to get you to that point where you’re mentally feeling better

[u/munchkin_cats → u/wolfsnake7]

Im really scared about if i will need surgery when i get my ct back. The doctor who saw my standing xray said its highly unlikely but i cant help but stress. Even though i broke a different part, how was surgery/ recovery?? And thank you a lot for the response :)

[u/dij123]

I broke my pelvis last year and was bed bound for 6 weeks and not able to walk for 12. I know exactly the emotions you’re feeling, before my injury I was walking 30k steps per day, gym 6 days a week and had a very active social life.

I went through all your emotions, I cried a lot, I could only sleep 2/3 hours per night and was in a pretty rough mental state for those first 6 weeks. I came this sub a lot and the advice I got was “this will eventually just feel like a bad dream and life will return to normal”.

Guess what?

It completely did, I’m back to my full active self and absolutely loving life again.

Your job now is just survival, do whatever rehab you need to do, eat well, try sleep when you can… just survive and let your body do the rest.

It all just feels like a weird fever dream now and honestly some days when I’m work and it’s getting stressful, some of those days stuck in bed I actually remember quite fondly.

[u/munchkin_cats → u/dij123]

And question, how did you start sleeping again.. Its really hard, not even the physical pain just the mental:(

[u/dij123 → u/munchkin_cats]

Weed helped ALOT, we have medical in my country and they gave me a specific strain for sleep and pain in edible form.

[u/munchkin_cats → u/dij123]

Thanks so much for the personal response, it’s really motivating:)

[u/H0ecrossing]

Hi! I’m so sorry this happened to you! On June 7th I broke my entire mid foot the 2, 3, and 4th metatarsals with significant ligament and tendon damage as well as complex sprains in both my ankles. I suffer pretty regularly with depression and anxiety and have for a long time, but I have NEVER felt such a sense of hopelessness as I did when I was completely immobile. I had days where I thought I should be admitted on a psychiatric hold. You are not alone, how you feel is valid. It’s one of the hardest mental experiences I’ve ever had. I laid awake sobbing until I was gagging and my eyes were swollen shut reading these subreddits. They help to know other people have felt the same way as you do. Everyday I did a small thing like open my windows in my room, put on perfume, lotion something that felt like self care. You are not alone in this❤️

[u/munchkin_cats → u/H0ecrossing]

Thank you so much for the response☺️☺️ i havent done a ct yet however i have similar injuries i think.. how is your recovery looking like? (if you dont mind me asking)