u/InspectionHumble1121

Broke my ankle and tore 3 ligaments back in May. Had surgery on June 10th and its been thr worst experience ever. Ive been to the ER 3 times, twice from developing a blood clot and once because the knee scooter got stuck and sent me flying on a trip to the bathroom. The bedroom and shower is upstairs in my house so ive spent the past month sleeping on an ikea couch. Due to the blood clots I have had to have my cast removed and then replaced removed and then replaced. I cant use ice therapy to regulate the pain because of blood clots. For while i was taking dilaudid every 3 hours to manage the pain from the blood clot and the surgery. So every night was 3 hours meds with a 1 or 2 hour break of taking anti-coagulates and THEN a uti so antibiotics.

I have been crying nonstop. Between crying its been trying to distract myself by watching loveisland or crocheting but most of the day I just end up staring at the ceiling crying. I finally have started to feel more normal because I haven't really been eating and have used THC as a method to help me feel hungry or sleepy. I started using my Vape again once I finally got from dilaudid to oxycodone to regular Tylenol and barely after a day felt a sharp pain where my blood clot was and found out that you actually can't use THC on blood thinners. This feels like such a silly breaking point because like... it's weed but its just everything. Every tactic to try and regulate my feelings like making a list of small achievements to focus on while healing just feels more and more impossible. I'm supposed to be getting my cast officially off on Tuesday but I cant even feel relief or excitement because I just feel dread and sadness all the time because I know im still going to be stuck in the same position on the same couch in the same room staring at the same ceiling and I feel just super sad all the time.

They had at least like 4 more right? One on Negans gang and one on the zombies to clear them from Alexandria after the watch tower fell. Why didn't they just like... kerpow negan every time they blocked the road during their trip to get Maggie health care?

Hey as the title states I was diagnosed with a DVT in my right leg after having surgery on my ankle. I have been on injections of lovenox and once i finish those I am taking pradaxa twice daily for 3 months.

Earlier this evening I felt this like pop and then sudden Charley horse pain on the same leg but in a different spot. It's a little tender and warm if I reach in my cast to feel it, but its not a persistent long withstanding cramping pain. My anxiety is going to make a mountain out of this molehill. I am anxious another clot is forming or one of the clots broke off and are on a first class ticket to my lungs.

When I called the doc he said not to worry about it since I am on anti-coagulates already. But alas, I am worrying about it. Is this common with recovering from DVT blood clots or should I be worried.

Irrational. 110%.

The intrusive thought that if I go to sleep before 4 am I am going to die. Its 2 am now. I haven't slept longer than 45 minute stretches in the last two days.

I have a very odd and off the wall question about jellyfish. This is entirely theoretical!!!!! So please suspend your disbelief and humor me.

Since jellyfish are like predominantly made of water if you were like to throw a jellyfish out of a (fairly low flying)plane and into the ocean. Would it survive since it would be going into water? Or like...Would it just turn into water? Go full sea foam? Obliterate? I don't know anything about jellyfish physiology and obviously I have no intention of throwing a jellyfish into the ocean from 1000s ft in the air.

Someone who is much smarter than me about marine biology please help 🙏

Broke my ankle on 5/7 and I had my surgery on 6/10. Tore 3 ligaments and fractured my ankle. This has been one of the worst experiences of my life but I figured I would share what happened with getting a blood clot.

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Yesterday was going well. I had been sponge bathing since surgery and desperately wanted a shower. Now that my plaster cast was on i felt comfortable trash bagging it and taking a shower. It was the first time ive felt human and thought I was doing well. Last night as im going to head up to bed I stand up and i feel all the blood rush to my ankle and I feel my entire ankle just expand in the cast and it starts throbbing. The throbbing quickly turns into the most painful thing possible all at once. It came on so thick and sudden I felt nauseous and could not stop crying about the pain. I hadnt felt much pain and needed the oxycodone for three or so days now. It does nothing. I take two Tylenol and my prescribed gabapentin to try and curb the pain.

Eventually the pain subsides quite a bit. I am icing it on and off nonstop and I feel my muscles start spasming from my ankle to my calf to my thigh. My toes are tingling and numb. The spasms start to basically spasm and tighten between my ankle and calf and steadily continue. I am crying nonstop because it truly onset so quickly and so painfully that I couldn't find any time where I could have bumped it or put weight on it to cause it to flare ao drastically. We call our surgeon team and they advise we go to the ER stat to be checked for a blood clot.

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Que fits of sobbing in pain and one run red light later we get to the hospital. They immediate take me back in a wheel chair and after gathering enough information they immediately start sawing this stupid fucking plaster cast off. They set up an IV with some good ol drugs to try and take away the pain. Eventually someone comes in to do an ultrasound on my leg. Therein they find the blood clot. So they stab me with a needle in the stomach (that burns) and now I have to do shots every 12 hours for the next 5 days and then oral medication every day twice a day for 3 months.

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They wrap me in a splint again and send me on my way. It is still so painful. On the drive home I am still crying, I get home still crying. Ice on my knee does nothing because the blood clot is well... clotting. My foot has tingled and felt numb since I left the ER and has not really changed.

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After being in the ER from 2 am to 5 am I now have to go get another cast put back on!!! Hooray!!

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Anyways, if you're ever freaking out about a blood clot. Trust me when I say you will know by the excruciating pain.

I've been trying to consume at minimum 20 grams of fiber daily, ive been taking colace with each meal, Miralax once a day, water, water, more water. My partner has made me this apple kale juice thats just mostly water and apples. Drinking pomegranate juice etc. I cant really get into squatty potty position with my foot in a splint. I've got all the bubble guts like crazy but its day 4 now.

Edit: i cannot express the relief I feel. Thanks so much y'all.

Any reccomendations for things you needed after surgery. I pretty much have all the necessary stuff. Pillow for my ankle, knee scooter, back pillow for sitting up, ice man, after surgery foods (lots of protien) etc. I wanna make sure im prepared.

Edit: thanks so much everyone!!! Ive been busy prepping but I've been reading everyones reccomendations and im grateful for all of the help. You are all the best ❤️

Back in the beginning of May I stepped in shallow pothole and cracked my ankle on the cement parking spot curb. I heard snapping and it was probably the worst pain of my life. I just kind of sobbed and dry heaved on the ground while I tried to get up. I ended up crawling back into my house because I couldnt stand. Jump to a month later and Im finally getting some answers. The first round of X-rays saw no fracture or damage, the second round saw no fractures so the docs became concerned I tore ligaments. Turns out I did both! I broke my ankle (they couldn't locate the break due to the thickness of the swelling) and i completely tore both ligaments on either side of my ankle and partially tore one on the back side of my ankle. This whole situation is just a mess. I've been nonstop fighting insurance and LOA for work. Still trying to get short term disability set up because I cant pay my bills. We've blown through our entire savings covering rent and utilities and now we have to pay for a surgery in a week because my ankle is fucking wrecked. They have to go in and reattach multiple ligaments and scoop out the bone shards around the break. On top of that ive already spent the past month in a boot stuck at home and I was really hoping at this last doctor appointment they were going to say "looks like its healing good keep wearing the boot" instead I got a worse case scenario for my worst case scenario. I was so focused on if it was a break OR a ligament tear that I didnt think it could be BOTH let alone multiple. Now im going to be stuck at home for two months and another two months in a brace and physical therapy.

I am trying so hard not to be pessimistic and downright depressing but its so fucking hard.