Tibial plateau fracture - no surgery recovery timeline?
Hey everyone! So on Sept 19th my knee decided to just buckle really weirdly when my shoe gripped the carpet and it ended up fracturing my tibial plateau and my fibula right under my knee. The initial X-rays from the ER said they were non-displaced while the ortho specialist later wrote minimally displaced in his notes.
To make things more complicated I (32 F) have stage 4 breast cancer and on treatment for life. Currently on immunotherapy every 3 weeks with daily meds as well. I’ve been stable on my current treatment for over 3 years which is great but the trauma surgeon apparently decided no surgery mainly because they don’t want me to deal with even more trauma to the body due to ongoing treatment. They did show me my CT and explained the displacement really is minimal and it was a borderline choice either way but my treatment was the main deciding factor on no surgery. This of course makes me nervous it won’t heal as quickly as it could with surgery.
I’m curious for those who were borderline like me and decided no surgery, how was the healing timeline for you all? I’m NWB and in a knee immobilizer until at least November 3rd when I have my follow-up appointment and will go from there. I’m mostly trying to gauge if I’ll likely be normal enough for my friends’ bachelorette trip to Mexico in early March 😅 I’d have to book stuff sooner than later and don’t know how to gauge how I’d be by then.