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
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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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