shill957
I was on vacation in Aug 2010 and don't know exactly what happened.. I might have missed the 2 - 3 steps, twisted my ankle... I don't know.. I just know I landed on my back and was looking up. When my friend came to help me up and I put my foot to stand up it felt like the bones slipping... And of course I had broken my ankle.. The amblance took me to a teaching hosp. and they finally after 3 tries of setting it. Got it where they thought and put a splint cast on it.. Then they said I would have to have surgery... They said I could come home and have it done.. So I did that.. Well come to find out my ankle was not set and way out of place. So I went into surgery the day I got back.. Lots of pins and plates.. Then got infection under plate, so that had to be removed. After that my ankle slipped. So no choice but to have another surgery and ankle bones cut off and fused and a rod with nails put up my heel.. Dr said he was amazed I did not loose my foot. Especially with me being a diabetic.. Now I can put full weight on my leg and start to walk... He said I would learn how to walk just as well at home.. so no PT.. but having problems trying to figure this out...
I fell in Aug 2010 and broke my right ankle. The first surgery plates and pins, 2nd to remove a plate due to infection under it. My 3rd surgery was to cut the ankle bones so they could be fused ...
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