I've had my plate in over 3 almost 4 years... Wonder if I should get it taken out. Life with metal in you sucks. Hip and clav. So far
It'll be two years in October for me, two plates in my left forearm, hoping to get them taken out over the winter.
came off bike, broken clavical
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It'll be two years in October for me, two plates in my left forearm, hoping to get them taken out over the winter.
I've had my plate in over 3 almost 4 years... Wonder if I should get it taken out. Life with metal in you sucks. Hip and clav. So far
For me the clavicular plate sucked when doing pushups, when my wife put her head on me or when there was a major change in weather. Taking it out made a HUGE improvement on my quality of life.
I think I got ya's all beat.... 16 screws two plates holding tibia together along with various screws fastened to the bone for ligaments. FUN WOW!!! The surgeon and physio is the key
Also not doing more than the doctor allows.. I followed my doctor's instructions to the letter and fully recovered. During one of my controls I came across a guy who would have been 100% ok had he done the same, but he pushed WAAAAY beyond, which necessitated another surgery with an 80% function being the best case scenario.
Although sometimes doctors orders are not so clear like "only 50% weight bearing" wtf
For me the biggest issue was gaining back range of motion. Which in a lot of cases is determined by the patients ability to deal with extreme pain. I was terrified of physio I would pop 3 oxycontins just to be brave enough to step through the front door. My therapist provided by the hospital for the best chance at recovery was a 200lb woman with no feelings or remorse and she would crank my knee making popcorn crunching sounds while I would be passing out alas all the effort for 90 degrees bend LOL.
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Oh boy, I can't wait to get to this stage -_-9
Matthew.Tremayne
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It does suck having, it's been quite some time that it's been in me though. how long did it take to heal? Surgery F'in hurt like a ***** and the rehab was pretty long. I played football again, but my mobility and hitting ability were never the same.
It does suck having, it's been quite some time that it's been in me though. how long did it take to heal? Surgery F'in hurt like a ***** and the rehab was pretty long. I played football again, but my mobility and hitting ability were never the same.
IIRC it was about 6 weeks before I could start physio and then, it's up to you to build up the strength. Don't remember it taking too long, but I can tell you that doing exercises or taking an ax-kick in that area became A LOT more comfortable after I got rid of it.
I broke my clavicle mountain biking, it didn't heal so I was sent to Dr. Petrisor at Hamilton General (amazing Dr) and waited 18 months till he could do the surgery. It wasn't so bad for me as I had full range and low pain while waiting, but it was still broken. Once it healed and we spoke about removing the plate and screws it was another 18 months for that surgery.油井緋色;2220196 said:
****.
Well I saw the doctor today, the guy gave me 5 minutes of his time. Told me I broke it good, and it'll heal itself back in 6 weeks. I can actually move my arm around (not full range) when I take it out of the sling but Google is telling me otherwise. Guess I should go for a second opinion as this thread has advised.
I had six breaks below the knee. No skin on my shin from the knee down. Heel road burned off. Bones sticking out my shin, top of my foot, and bottom of my turned around backwards foot. 3 different docs said amputate was the only fix. I refused and told them I would rather bleed to death than have my shifter leg cut off. 24 hours later the hospital found a fresh outta school doc that would try to put it back together. He put all the pieces back together under an xray. And 14 hours later I awoke with a leg still there. Blood bags for 4 days till the wounds stopped bleeding. 3 months I was learning to walk again, with a half inch shorter leg. So a second opinion is a good idea. Gear wasn't as good in the 80's.
I'm familiar with reading white papers so I looked into nonunion clavicle joins with no surgery and the evidence is there that without surgery, nonunion joins are very likely resulting in loss of motion, strength, etc.
At the same time, the doc did a horrible job explaining why it would join perfectly together. He just gave me a 95% chance speech. He's also a general surgeon, not a orthopedics specialist.
All that and only 1/2" shorter? My friend got his shin run over by a Buick last September and he lost 1 1/2" length on that leg and has a solid rod down his shin bone.
Loooooool that's a bit scary
