r/ORIF

I'm not sure of the technical or medical terms describing my exact break. I do know it was both dislocated and broken in three spots. The surgeon showed me the xrays on her phone (this photo) and was pretty optimistic about the healing.

This happened quite literally 3 days after my birthday. Went for an evening bike ride, something I regularly do. And whoops - tire hit a wet patch somewhere and slid with my foot landing funny and twisting to the right.

10 days post-op. First follow up tomorrow afternoon. Non weight bearing. Having a hard time just doing every day things and I'm really becoming stir crazy. I'm an active person. I'm a busy body. I'm not used to being helpless.

I don't know exactly what I'm looking for posting here, maybe just some reassurance or advice on what's to come in the following weeks??

I've already had to cancel a fun girls weekend with my cousin (which would've been this weekend) and I have a family camping trip coming up Thanksgiving which my partner insists we cancel as well. I've already marked in my calendar as week 8 post-op, and given the surgeons optimism - I am hoping to at least be in attendance even if I can't join in on any of the activities.

It was supposed to be a brain-off, easy walk. Just cruising along a totally flat ridge (from one peak to another) at a decent pace, holding my trekking poles, enjoying the views. No steep cliffs, no technical climbing, nothing sketchy.

Then sth clipped my foot, and I went flying at around 10km/h or 6mph.
I instinctively squeezed the crap out of my left trekking pole as I hit the dirt. Instead of catching myself with an open palm, the bottom of the pole grip slammed directly into the ground with my pinky trapped right under it (I at least assume). My entire body weight basically used my little finger as a shock absorber against the ground.

My right knee and elbow took the remaining brunt of the slide. endless scraping and a knee wound took 3 weeks to close up. But my left pinky took the real hit.

I stood up; and didn’t even immediately realized I just broke my finger. It didn’t even really hurt, it just felt numb. I started the walk of shame back down the mountain and made my way to the hospital. Turns out I completely shattered the joint. And the MOST painful thing was the doc pulling my finger back into place without any anesthesia. That was insanely painful. 5 days post accident: had to get open surgery (ORIF) to screw a titanium plate in there to rebuild the damn thing.

NOW: I am working with buddy loops now (since day 16 post surgery and now 20 days post surgery). I was wondering if anyone else had a similar surgery and how the movement was after taking off the cast. I am a little nervous about having started too late to mobilize my finger…