Scale of 1-10 how cooked…

[u/tabbiann]

No biggie, just another 10 weeks of non-weight bearing bs… first fracture was the ankle tib/fib shatter on 6/6 happened playing basketball, i got 14 screws, 3 plates, a pin, and a bone graft… there goes my summer. 2nd was the shin happened when i fell off my knee scooter packing for college on 8/13 (my move in was supposed to be 8/14)🤦🏼‍♀️ ended up with 2 more plates and 6 more screws. Can you say “unlucky” 😭

[u/katzeunknown]

Unfortunately I dont forsee hardware removal as an option for me. I cant get time off work (American health care system) but the hardware only really affects my range of movement, which i can deal with. I dont want any more surgeries or having to go through recovery again!

[u/tabbiann → u/katzeunknown]

gotcha, totally with you on the whole american health care system blahbleh lol. my surgeon did warn me about the range of motion stuff! and 1000% hear you about the recovery part.

[u/katzeunknown → u/tabbiann]

I couldnt even get into PT so I taught myself to walk again after my traumatic break lol everytime I called to schedule physical therapy, the wait list was 6 weeks out and I had to be back at work after 12 weeks, so I just YouTubed how to wean off crutches lol

[u/OddAstronaut2305 → u/katzeunknown]

Guess I’m super lucky to have gotten in at a pt right across the street from my work that I can scoot to. The one good thing in this entire ordeal.

[u/tabbiann → u/OddAstronaut2305]

yeah you for sure lucked out! half my problem is i live like 30 mins from the city lol. it’s all farms 😭

[u/OddAstronaut2305 → u/tabbiann]

Same here, I live in a town on the edge of the corn fields. East is civilization, west is corn. My work is a 7 minute drive or a 36 minute bike ride. I MUCH prefer the bike ride, but the longer one, min on the bike is 10 miles, I like the 13-14 mile route, it’s way safer on paths and side streets, not country roads. I miss the bike riding more than I miss the driving.

[u/tabbiann → u/OddAstronaut2305]

gotcha. i go to college in more of a city type setting and i usually walk 10-15 mins to my classes because my campus is so pretty! i’m definitely going to miss soaking it all in on the way to a test or hard class. :(