Broke my 3rd metacarpal on eid Al adha, these are follow up pictures taken after 4 weeks in a medical wrap, the doctor told me to wear a brace for two more weeks, I was just wondering when my hand will look normal again so I can go to the gym and box.
Injury happneed on the third of June. Got it checked a week later where the x-ray found the fractures. Have been to the fracture clinic X2 where they did it weight baring x-rays. The first doctor said he's certain I have a lisfranc injury and that surgery was 100 percent needed even if all scans came back clear. Second doctor basically said the weight baring X ray appears ok so all should be grand.
Anyway all other super dramatic bruising has faded or is nearly gone except from this bad boy that seems to be getting bigger if anything. Anyone had similar?
I’ve always been curious why the blood pooled in like scratch shapes. Never rollerskating again lol
Is it normal to have bruises after a month of ankle surgery? And does it look swelling to you guys? (I had ORIF surgery)
Hi guys, last Tuesday I (36m) broke my collar bone during a dad's race at my daughter's Sports Day.
When I went to A&E, there was no consultant available who specialises in shoulder injuries. So I was given an x-ray, a sling and sent on my way to await a review.
I was told that I may need surgery and that I would discuss this with the consultant and to think about what I would want.
Since then, I've spoken to two friends who each broke their collar bones some years ago. One had surgery and one didn't. The one who did not have surgery said that he was still suffering with issues like pain and reduced strength and flexibility. The friend who had surgery said his recovery went very well and was back riding a bike 3-4 weeks post operation.
I get that this is a sample size of two people though. So I wanted to ask, those of you that have had a broken collar bone, did you have surgery or not? How was your recovery? Do you wish things had gone the other way?
Any thoughts welcome and appreciated.
A week ago, i broke my 5th metatarsal bone in my left foot. The doctor never confirmed if it’s an avulsion fracture or jones fracture.
It’d be awesome if anyone could confirm the zone. I’m worried it won’t heal properly/would take more than 8 weeks for full recovery. As of now, i’m just in POP cast with nwb for 45 days.
I'm honestly at a loss and hoping someone here might have some advice.
In 2021 I was struck twice in the back of the head and thrown from my third-floor balcony. I suffered a skull fracture, multiple brain haemorrhages, a traumatic brain injury, a cervical ligament injury and a fractured clavicle.
My clavicle never healed and became a non-union. My first surgery failed when the plate pulled away only a week later, so I had another major surgery in 2022 with bone graft from my hip and more plates and screws. Despite two surgeries, CT scans later confirmed that the fracture still hadn't healed.
Now everything seems to be getting worse. The hardware is becoming more and more prominent and the skin over it is white, stretched and so thin that I can feel what feels like the plate, screws and bone directly under my skin. It honestly feels like there is nothing between the hardware and my skin anymore.
Over the last month or two I've also developed numbness and weakness in both hands. I can't write, use my phone or chop vegetables for very long before my hands go numb, and sometimes the numbness stays for quite a while afterwards. My neck and upper back are constantly painful, my chest pain is getting worse, and over the last few weeks my left leg has given way several times because of severe pain shooting from my hip and buttock down my leg.
The hardest part is that I feel like I'm deteriorating while waiting for help. The hospital has acknowledged that my surgery wasn't successful, but I still feel like I'm being left to get worse. I'm genuinely scared because every day the hardware looks more prominent and my symptoms keep progressing.
Has anyone been through something similar with a clavicle non-union, failed fixation, or worsening neurological symptoms? Did you end up getting a second opinion interstate or find a surgeon who took over a complex case? At this point I'm desperate for advice because I honestly don't know what else to do.
Hello, I fractured my upper fibula yesterday in a game of rugby. After going to the hospital I was told it was not a serious fracture and I am okay to walk on it with some compression bandages. Today I’m experiencing a long dull pain in my foot and the area leading up to my calf muscle which are quite far from where the broken bone is. Is this a common symptom of a fibula fracture ?
Hey everyone! My 4th of July got cut short when I fell in flip flops and twisted my foot, went to the er and an x-ray showed a broken big toe bone but they were worried about more broken bones that wouldn’t show up on the x-ray so I got a ct scan they then said I had multiple fractures. They never told me which bones are broken all I know is the big toe bone is more towards the base, and they didn’t say how many I have the note just says multiple. It was also around 3am when I got to leave so I wasn’t asking a bunch of questions. But the questions I did ask were kind of not brushed off I don’t know the word like keeping something from me and saying the specialist will know more. They gave me a boot and crutches but I couldn’t get my foot flat for the boot so they ace bandaged it, I also just tried again and I couldn’t get my foot flat for the boot. They said the podiatrist will be able to see me this week though but obviously can’t call them till Monday morning. The x-ray and ct people commented about how bad my foot looked so I’m not feeling too hopeful. This is also my first broken bone ever so not sure if I’m over reacting but I was screaming in pain on the ride to the er and I feel like I have a normal to high pain tolerance.
Anyways long story short I feel weird that I have multiple broken bones but I’m only able to be in an ace bandage, also just hoping anyone has a similar experience or an idea of what will happen at the podiatrist!
The pain has gradually improved over time especially after finishing all the PT over a year ago. Over time, even with weather flare ups the pain became more minimal. Then it was barely ever there at all anymore. Suddenly, tonight and a week or 2 ago, I am having some random severe flare ups. To the point I am limping around a bit like way back in my recovery. I am confused. Is this normal for people or does this point to something concerning?
1 week ago I fell off my roof and broke my femur. Has been the worst time of my life and I can’t believe how much pain I’m in. I’ve ruined my whole summer, parents holiday and just the next few months in general.
I have been able to finally walk a tiny bit today and bare weight, just wondering if anyone has any positive stories of recovery time as the guilt is eating me up
I'm just almost 2 weeks post op from my surgery and I'm so anxious for my post op appointment on Tuesday. I had a pretty significant fracture of my distal radius that needed a bone graft and a much less severe one on my distal ulnar shaft. I've been having some nerve pain and mild numbness but it's not affecting the movement of my fingers at the moment. I also injured my pronator quadratus muscle pretty badly.My surgeon had to remove shards of bone from the muscle. I'm really hoping that this muscle injury is causing the pain I get towards the end of my day. It's deep painful ache that only seems to happen at the end of my day or if I spend too much time out of the sling. If I get decent sleep which I usually do I wake up feeling pretty good. I haven't done anything I shouldn't and haven't had any falls or injuries at all since.
Just anxious clutz terrified I'll need another surgery. I imagine the plates and screws are fairly strong and I would hope it would take a noticeable amount of force to displace something.
hello. on may 4th, 2026, i broke the side of my foot while playing basketball by landing on uneven pavement wrong. at the time, i was 15, three days from turning 16! and like, my plans were - to finally get a job, (im homeschooled and have been since 3rd) so to finally also get away from the house after like 8 years of being held back from the real world and being isolated with only pretty much online interaction. so yeah, about 5-7 years of planning that since i was really young, were ruined. so ive been more stuck than i ever have been before, because atleast before i could go outside and run around and play, to get away from this isolating place, but now? im really just stuck. my mental health has been terrible too, a lot of thoughts of.. yknow? and everything just hurts. taking a shower is a nightmare, getting up and walking is a nightmare because im scared im gonna injure or reinjure both my feet. it feels like covid 2.0. and my dad makes snarky remarks because im gaining weight, because i cant cook my own food, and have to rely on my mom, which im thankful for. plus, pretty much no exercise from laying in bed all day. (i was like 125 before, but now like probably 156? if i had to guess.) and it leads back to my clothes not fitting and im too embarrassed to tell my parents that they don't fit anymore because the fear of being laughed at. i just want my life back. at 4 weeks, ortho told me to go from nwb to some weight, and then at 8 weeks and 4 days, he told me to wait till next week to start putting my pull 100% (with the boot) on my other foot, (im scared.) but i have to do it. and then i go back july 30th to hopefully get my foot back. dont get my wrong, im glad to know for certain when i can finally walk again but its a process. the days, and weeks are a process and i feel like july is gonna be an even longer month than may and june, just because of this process. sigh.
I was involved in a motorcycle accident 6 weeks ago
First image is day of accident, second and third is 6 weeks post op.
Based on what I read online, it should heal by six weeks. But I’m afraid x ray doesn’t show any signs of healing
Hello, 56 yr old male. Tripped over a laundry cart, fell on my right side, and broke my right femur at the neck. No displacement. Ortho surgeons considered either a 'half-hip replacement' or a full hip replacement, but ultimately let me keep my hip and just installed 3 pins.
I am supposed to walk. The doctors have told me that. How far and how long depends on what I can tolerate.
The crutches are starting to really make my hands sore, particularly my left hand (I suppose because, try as I do not to, I've been occasionally 'favoring' the right leg, the surgical leg). I only use them outside, but now everytime I go out I feel this dread that I'm injuring my hands, causing another problem that will eventually have to be dealt with.
So - and I WILL ask my doctor this when I see them on Tuesday, July 7 - but, anyone have a surgery like this and start walking without crutches not even two weeks post-surgery?
I already take small steps in my small apartment without crutches or a cane. I'm sort of trying to build up pain tolerance, because even with the crutches, there is some pain, and I know there will be for awhile.
I feel like my primary risk, should I stop using crutches, is falling.
Would appreciate any anecdotes, stories of healing from similar injuries, suggestions for alternatives to crutches - did you find a particular cane helped you, my physical therapist told me I can walk with a cane, but the 2 I have are really old fashioned and hard and not a lot better than the crutches on my hands - and even queries as to my sanity ("You want to do WHAT?!")
TYIA.
It's been 5 weeks since i broke 3 metatarsals on my left foot.
4 weeks i was in cast. Around 1 weeks since the cast is off.
I'm partially weight bearing. But it hurts to walk on fracture site. I'm in physio too but it's gonna take time to get back to normal.
Mentally I've gone insane. I'm unable to focus, my mind is cluttered, I can't work, I can't even sleep.
Everything is screwed.
Now while i was injured I got a remote job as a content writer, and i told them about my injury and they seemed empathetic. Because of my very severely fucked up mental state right now I'm unable to work very well.
I recieved first feedback on my article today and it just said "disappointing piece. Re-write". Honestly I've been having trouble with understanding minor stuff as well. And I've been fucking up a lot ever since I joined.
Mentally I'm at my fucking lowest. I don't understand if I'm making excuses of "mental well-being" or am I actually struggling because of it.
Because tbh I never struggled with working. My work has always been top notch. 😭
But lately I've just been crying and crying and I'm exhausted and I can't work.
I don't even know why I'm posting this and what I want you guys to do here.
But I'm just going insane. I don't know what to do.
I was involved in a traffic accident and broke 3 of my metatarsals. It has been 1.5 weeks since the incident, swelling is mostly subdued.
I am 27 F, generally fit and healthy.
I have seen 2 orthopedics (hip, knee, ankle specialists), neither want to do surgery even though it is an option. The x-rays look quite displaced but I’m not a doctor and their explanations have not quelled my thoughts that maybe I should do surgery so to avoid long term/future problems.
Along with them not being worried with the horizontal displacement as it’s the foot (idk if that is a good reason), there has been some trauma to the top of the foot so the skin/meat is still healing from the impact which is a big reason not to get surgery right now for risk of infection and the skin not healing properly after surgery.
Would you do surgery to align these?
If no, would I be at a high/medium chance of future arthritis or pain?
Would my gait be affected?
hi everyone. i’m 22 from Dallas,TX and exactly one week ago i was making a left hand turn to get onto the freeway when a drunk driver came speeding and hit me head on. my cousin was in the car with me and thankfully only suffered whiplash, but i wasn’t as lucky. the impact shattered my dominant right wrist and radius.
i had emergency surgery where they put in a plate and screws. this is my first surgery ever and i’m still in a lot of pain. i’m on multiple medications to help manage it, i still can’t really use my right hand, and i need help with basic things like getting dressed and showering. i’m also out of work and have no idea when i’ll be able to go back.
everything happened so fast. i remember seeing the headlights, bracing myself, and then the airbags deployed. because my right hand was on the steering wheel while i was turning, the airbag slammed into my arm. as soon as the crash happened, my apple watch and iphone automatically detected the crash and called 911 before i could even process what had happened.
what happened after the crash honestly still feels unreal. as soon as we got hit, everyone from the other car got out and immediately started screaming and arguing with each other. it was obvious they were drunk. they opened my car door and were yelling at me to get out even though i was trapped by my seatbelt and my arm was clearly broken. one of them was even recording me while i was still sitting there injured. i told them to get away from me because i had already called the police and i was waiting for the paramedics to get me out of the car. once they realized i was already on the phone with 911, i watched them get into another car and leave the scene.
later, when the police met me at the hospital, they told me they had arrested four people in connection with what happened.
this is my first serious car accident. i’ve only ever been in small fender benders as a passenger. i’ve never had a major injury, never had surgery, and i’ve never had to deal with insurance or attorneys.
i hired jim adler as my personal injury attorney, but as of today, officially one week later, i really haven’t heard much from either my insurance company or my attorney. i know these things take time, but i honestly have no idea what this process is supposed to look like.
what should i expect over the next few weeks and months? how does the insurance process usually work? what does a personal injury attorney actually do in the beginning of a case? how often should i expect updates? is there anything you wish you had known after your accident?
i’ve already retained a personal injury attorney, but i’m completely new to this. what should i expect during the first few weeks? is it normal to not hear many updates after one week? should i still be communicating with my own insurance company, or should everything go through my attorney?
i just feel completely lost. one week ago i was dancing, working, and living my normal life. now i can’t even get dressed or shower by myself. i know i’ll eventually heal, but right now everything feels overwhelming, and i’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has been through something like this.
Location: Dallas,Tx
I broke my ankle and a leg bone a week ago and I really want to get drunk I see online that it can slow down my healing process or make it worse but Google is also always dramatic I will be very carefuk I just want to get drunk so bad this is the longest I been sober for in years has anyone drank with a broken bone and can give me advice or see if its okay to?