Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Oh, what a fun day, broken leg

I know the feeling, did this walking away from a shooting bench.

Best wishes,

Dale

I think i took the best shower of my life yesterday. Wife ordered me one of those water proof leg caps that fits tight at the top so can at least shower. I sure didn't want to get out after going 5 days without it. Now i'm ready to get this thing fixed.

Your leg ankle is worse than mine was. I tried the leg shower cap. It wasnt too water proof. I had better luck with water proof tape and small trash bags. I hope you have a seat for your tub shower. That will make it safer to get in and out of shower. I feel for you. You have to have some torn ligaments too. I'm in boot, so I'm getting around. Glad you have wife. A single person with no family would be in trouble

I hope you mend before gun season starts. I hate to see your new 243 lefty spend the winter in the safe.

Doc

doc, i hope so to.i don't think i will keep the 243 anyway. i only bought that one because it was to cheap to pass up.

hanco, i have a 5ft shower with built in seats,the leg cap worked great.i don't see how it could leak unless i was to tear a hole in it.

I have really long legs, was barely over the splint. When I got the cast I didn't want to take a chance on getting water in it. It felt clammy enough. Summer is worst time to have a cast. The boot is hot, but I can take it off when I'm sitting around. Dont have to wear it at night. Do you have a knee scooter?? Beats hell out if crutches. I could sail all around the house. Hard to get food-drink with crutches. I'm still using it when I don't have boot on. I will be thinking about you tomorrow. Pain pills-nerve block medicine made me sick at my tummy. I got rid of all of that after 4 days. Take vitamins and calcium supplements. It will help it heal.

Here's mine after surgery. I broke it on August 27, 2013 and still made the Virginia archery opener that year so there's hope for your hunting season.

I asked the surgeon if he ran out of short screws since some of them go the whole way through. He just laughed and never gave me an answer.

Mine was cracked at the bottom of that same bone. Tore ligaments on inside. Have you gotten full use back??

I didn't get full use back, but that's my fault.

I didn't take physical therapy as seriously as I should have and started playing rugby again in February of 2014 which probably didn't help my recovery.

If you are playing rugby, you must be moving fairly well. I would like to get back to jogging soon. Helps keep blood pressure down, plus helps keep something else up.

The fibula.
Well, could have been worse, could have been the tibia.

Home from surgery, all drugged up. Doc said it went well.

That sorta' behavior on the part of these annointed high priest "experts" pisses me off no end,...and I hope like hell that those overlong screws don't give problems, down the line.

Years back when all this "artificial joint" replacement was brand spankety new, I had the not so pleasant task of looking at some X rays of a hip joint butchery that had over long screws rubbing up through a pelvic girdle, into an old friend's lower bowel.

Peritonitis killed him.

They were not round headed, like the ones that appear in your pics, either.

Once a half decent surgeon got all the affected area opened up, I'd WAY sooner have somebody like Northern Dave on the tools, than some of these clowns.

GTC

Well, i've managed to stop taking the pain pills. Its not hurting near as much as i figured it would . Boring long days are killing me, i'm just not one lay around.

I'm glad it went OK. I had first therapy today. Lots if stretching. I guess you have splint? Are you able to work? I can't go back to work until I get full release. It was a terrible summer. Couldnt do anything. Do you have knee scooter? It made it a lot more bearable.

I know how you feel, broke my ankle last September and hope to be back to work this week.

My Story

Unfortunately I'll never get back to 100% as I now have a fused ankle. I decided not to chase elk this year and stick to the plains for deer and pronghorn. I won't earn any vacation for next year either going back to work this late in the year so 2018 will be my trophy bull season.

Sorry to hear this. Hope you heal quickly and trouble free.

I am hoping mine gets back to 100% , I hope srwshooter does too.

leg seems to be gettin better. gota see the doc again on tuesday. bought me nice knee scooter off craigslist this week. haven't picked it up yet,can't wait to give it a try.damn those crutches.