andyscooter wrote:
am in uk so no use and think frame may be bent but dont worry i dont get offended that easy
i broke either my tibia fibia i havnt got a clue whcih is which but it snapped in two cleanly havnt got a cast as i am allowed to put a little weight on it
i will have some nice scars to show the ladys though i have a nice upside down y in my knee with staple were they hammered the pin down the bone and a nasty mark on my ankle were the bone came out
may just say motorcycle accident rather then i fell of my scooter
anyway must go as sitting on this computer doesnt do my leg anygood as its in a funny position and can only take about an hour of it before it starts to ache
heres a pic of my leg after the op
Tibia is the larger bone in your lower leg(aka the shin bone), whereas the fibia is the smaller bone in the lower leg. If they needed a pin, I suspect it's the tibia that broke. While I broke both bones on my little slide, the bone didn't poke out anywhere at all, so I didn't know for sure that anything was broken until I got it x-rayed.
As for the computer usage, you should be able to tolerate it longer if you have something to rest your leg on that puts your leg a little bit above your waist(pillows or something soft is good to stick under it). Recommendation is above your heart, but that can be difficult if you're sitting up. I also find plenty of cold packs(maybe half an hour continuously at most) about 5-6 times a day will help a ton with the swelling(which to me is still present about a month afterwards, but not as extreme).
It may simply be a placebo, but I took to eating a multivitamin tablet(One-A-Day Men's), 2 cups of almond milk(for calcium), and worked a lot of fruits and vegetables into my diet. I'd figure I'd need it to regrow the bone, and I had one hell of an appetite for the first 3 weeks, despite the lack of mobility. Oh, and my executive chair became my preferred way of getting around the house
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Sorry to read that you broke your leg too. Sure is great that it's healing fast.
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