As well as the orif surgery at the same time the surgeon worked for 2 hours to fix my nerve back into the right place because it was so out of place. I also damaged my nerves badly so I still have swelling 6 weeks post surgery and I have been told I’ll probably have a condition called drop foot because of the damaged nerves. I then got put into a knee brace which was fitted at an angle to stop me moving my knee. Two weeks on I had the orif surgery and had a few pins and plates fitted. The swelling in my leg was extremely bad. The pain was very very bad for days afterwards and I had to have strong pain medication. I was admitted to hospital and that same night had an x eternal fixator put on under General anaesthesia. I fell over and my knee twisted in the way and that was me in agony. Hi Sherri my name’s Amanda and I suffered a TPF just 8 weeks ago. My surgery went well and I plan on doing an update post about in the very near future. Whatever you decide, I wish you the best. They say the longer the HW is in the harder it is to get out, so don’t wait to get it checked out. My surgeon also listened to my concerns and didn’t brush them off like some surgeons do.I think you should explore the possibly of HWR. Maybe because I was so matter of fact about what I wanted and where the pain was coming from. Luckily, I didn’t have to persuade my surgeon very hard for the removal. Of course, some people have no HW pain,and that’s all well and good for them, but many of us suffer from HW pain and although no one want to endure another surgery, the benefits far outweigh the risks. Like you, I don’t think I could have gone 4 years with this pain. Why should we have to live with the pain of this hardware in our knee/leg for the rest of our lives? Especially, after it’s healed the HW serves no purpose. I’d agree with you on looking into hardware removal. It’s probably safer to just hang out at the pool, tape some solo cups to our walkers and play wine pong.Īs always, I’ll update after surgery #3. I doubt any of us will be up for walking around any theme parks either, but at least if we did that, we could stop for rest periods. One was a total hip replacement since they didn’t see she had broken it the first go round, then she had another to remove some cement that came loose after her THR. She subsequently had to have two more surgeries after that. This year, there’ll be no horseback riding of any kind as his mom had a metal rod placed down her broken femur at the same time I had my external fixator placed the day after the accident. My boyfriend’s mother comes every year around Mother’s Day to visit and Terry and I make a trip from Fort Lauderdale to Tampa to visit with his mother at his brother’s house for a long weekend. It’s coming up on the one year anniversary of our horse riding accident which happened on May 20, 2017. “The hardware on this side is more complicated to get out because it’s buried deep in there, I could remove it, but there’s more risks involved and I prefer to leave it in there.”Ĭrap! I wanted it all out but thought a minute about what he was really saying. Wait! What? Did he just say what I thought he said? Christ on stick! Thank you Jesus!īefore I get too excited, he looks at the scar on the back of my knee. Ouch! He has me do some flexion and extension then looks at me and says “Ok. He touches it and comments “Yep, it looks red and irritated.” All the while as he is touching it, I feel tiny bee stings inside my leg. Hmm let’s see what else could I say to convince him I don’t want this hardware in my leg anymore? Oh yeah, “I’m grateful to you and the metal for doing me a solid over the last year, but it’s time for it to go.” I can’t walk for more than 5 minutes without pain and shin splints.” I point to it and say “It feels sore and like bees stinging when I walk or something touches it. I wrestle to get my skinny pant leg up over my fat leg to show him that the pain is mostly located on the lateral (outside) part of my left leg where the long plate is. To which he replies, “Show me where it hurts.” I really believe if it’s out of my leg, that my leg will feel like my own again.” I feel like it’s limiting my function and mobility. So I begin by telling him “This metal in my leg is so painful. I begin mentally racing through all the questions and issues I had memorized in my mind for today’s visit.
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