2 1/2 years after orif surgery

i broke my ankle on june 23 rd 2018. its been a year for me i hurt a lot. im in water aerobics and it helps. i try not to overdue. i was a on the go person all the time so its been really difficult. i have been in pt off and on a year. my left big toe doesnt move still as much as i want. i have two plates and nine screws. i have had isdues with hardware since day one. im considering having mine removed. please keep me up on how it goes. i would wait till summer was over personally

oh my goodness, I sure hope that the removal of hardware is going to relieve all the pain and discomfort. its important to exercise and swim. I think removing them is a good thing sometimes. good luck to you.

Hello. I had my hardware removed on June 24,2017.

I still have pain in it. And my ankle is hard to move up &

down It just moves a little bit still. But I'm hanging in there.

I don't have any swelling. Be careful after surgery, I got a infection while I was in the hospital. Had to stay in 21 more days with 24 hour IV. Check with your doctor on why you have swelling, It maybe from over doing it. I hope you get

better soon. Thank you Veronica

As I keep saying, ask for a blood test to see if you have inflammation markers and high white cell count which would indicate infection (as I did).My metalwork was simply to fuse the three arthritic bones in my ankle, not for a fracture. I feel that if I can banish the bugs from my metalwork sites - a month of antibiotics - I should be okay as the foot seems to be functioning okay even though I still have stitches on each side of it, ten days after the operation. Pain is now minimal.

Not for a good few months but I was taking steroids for another condition (polymyalgia) which may have masked the it . But it hit very dramatically one night with a high fever and extreme pain and swelling - red and purple skin rash etc - which was presumably when the bugs burst out of their hiding place in the metal work and got into my bloodstream...... you want to avoid that! One reason my surgeon (poor confused man) didn't want to go in and operate was that I had also ruptured the achilles tendon on that leg and he thought operating on removing the metalwork would jeopardise that healing. It was all a bit complicated but I could have lost my life/foot with that infection - luckily they found the right antibiotic in time,

hardware removed this am. feeling great

hardware removed this am. feeling great

one week after hardware removal went on the bike trail for 1 mile walk. wore my sneakers.

i used the boot only one day. l'm feeling good

good luck