I was in a car accident 4/9/2011. I had a open fracture of tibia i started with 11pins and a plate all holding this together... About a month and a half later i experienced my first bone infection. They removed all my metal (screws &plate) n back into a cast i went. As I had a huge hole in my leg i had a skin graft in wound vac placed to help this heal. After it "healed" i had a small area that would bubble up then ooze icky stuff. Plastic surgeon wanted to go in and check it out ortho doc said no... 8 months later found 2nd bone infection. My bone was squishy so they cut out the 1 1/2 inches of my tibia and placed an Ilizorov external fixator. This slowly moved my tibia down to meet with my ankle to fuse all while growing new bone at top of tibia. I wore the fixator for 18 long months. Now they say after almost 4 years of fighting to keep my foot that it is all healed however now i have pain in my subtalar joint. Still on 2 crutches doc says i should be off since it's been almost 4 years. He is sending me for a shot of lidocaine hopefully this will end that pain he talked of fusing my subtalar but is also talking about amputation. Scary thought. Anyways, Currently i use a rocker bottom shoe. I live in the US and here they make them out of your own shoe so it doesn't have to b a granny shoe. I had mine made out of an Nike Air Max n it doesn't look bad. Most people don't even notice it's altered. Im also in the world of getting a orthotic somewhat like an afo but only goes to my ankle. Also not noticeable since its mostly inside my shoe...
Hope everyone happy healing as i keep yelling myself its gonna get better and could be so much worse... (In the accident i was dead brought back by cpr and i broke my neck and can still stand up) and seriously if you get really down about your situation just wheel yourself thru a large hospital and think about the other injuries u see... It will make you feel better. For real...
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I was in a car accident 4/9/2011. I had a open fracture of tibia i started with 11pins and a plate all holding this together... About a month and a half later i experienced my first bone infection. They removed all my metal (screws &plate) n back into a cast i went. As I had a huge hole in my leg i had a skin graft in wound vac placed to help this heal. After it "healed" i had a small area that would bubble up then ooze icky stuff. Plastic surgeon wanted to go in and check it out ortho doc said no... 8 months later found 2nd bone infection. My bone was squishy so they cut out the 1 1/2 inches of my tibia and placed an Ilizorov external fixator. This slowly moved my tibia down to meet with my ankle to fuse all while growing new bone at top of tibia. I wore the fixator for 18 long months. Now they say after almost 4 years of fighting to keep my foot that it is all healed however now i have pain in my subtalar joint. Still on 2 crutches doc says i should be off since it's been almost 4 years. He is sending me for a shot of lidocaine hopefully this will end that pain he talked of fusing my subtalar but is also talking about amputation. Scary thought. Anyways, Currently i use a rocker bottom shoe. I live in the US and here they make them out of your own shoe so it doesn't have to b a granny shoe. I had mine made out of an Nike Air Max n it doesn't look bad. Most people don't even notice it's altered. Im also in the world of getting a orthotic somewhat like an afo but only goes to my ankle. Also not noticeable since its mostly inside my shoe...
Hope everyone happy healing as i keep yelling myself its gonna get better and could be so much worse... (In the accident i was dead brought back by cpr and i broke my neck and can still stand up) and seriously if you get really down about your situation just wheel yourself thru a large hospital and think about the other injuries u see... It will make you feel better. For real...
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