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2023-01-11 - Wednesday
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Out from seeing the doc. Whew! Turns out I am going to need my ankle repaired
surgically. Dr. Rainier said that while he is usually just as conservative an
ortho surgeon as Dr. Trapathi, in this case, he felt that the fracture was
just too far from the source of the break to heal well. If I was older and
lower expectations for mobility post repair, I could probably get away without
surgery, but there'd be solid chance my ankle would end up being unstable as a
result. That, the doc said, could lead to more frequent injuries in the future
based on my level of activity.
So he's going to put to pins in the distal end of the tibia. But the other
discovery today was that the pain in my upper calf was actually a break up
there to. So I broke my leg and ankle. The leg fracture will heal fine on it's
own, but the doc wants to also put a thread thre my tib-fib complex, as he
said it's common in these sorts of traumas to have damage to the connective
tissue between the two bones. Over time this can lead to instability of the
joint as well, and potentially more injury in the future.
So there's that. I'm sitting in the car witing for Emma to get out of Shaw's
before we pick up sushi for dinner and head home.
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I went to bed in reasonable order last night, but then woke up when Emma got
up to get Gabe on the bus (which didn't come 😞). I was cold and pretty sure I
was never going to get back to bed, but then I totally fell back asleep until
almost 10 😖 I guess I needed the sleep, but it left me feeling slow this
morning. I'm trying to get into a grove, but without a lot of luck. My
doctor's appointment is weighing heavy on me, as I'm not sure what the x-ray
will show and whether the new doc I've been assigned will hold Dr. Tripathi's
line of allowing it to heal without intervention. Personally I'd love to avoid
metal pins in my ankle, but I suppose either outcome would be for the best.