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so I broke my ankle 18 months ago both the tibia and fibula, I had surgery resulting in 9 screws and and a plate. im still having so much trouble. I've put on a bit of weight since but trying to exercise is a struggle. so I decided to start walking, went for a 2 mile walk last night and after I was in agony I couldn't weight bare on it.. what is going on i feel like crying!! just can't win!
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rose71920 Ysanderson19
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Go see your surgeon. He or she will take xrays for you to narrow down what is going on. Good luck! Seems that once you have surgery its never the same , no matter what they say to you!
Ysanderson19 rose71920
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thanks for your reply! I have an appointment next month (was suppose to be last month but got cancelled due to covid) im debating whether to call and hope I can move it forward. done a bit of research and its sounds (feels) just like post traumatic arthritis 😦 ...
rose71920 Ysanderson19
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OH the post traumatic arthritis! Its a real thing for sure!
Good luck with your appointment!
Rose 😃
HK-ankle Ysanderson19
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Wow, that sounds so rough. But I'm impressed too, two miles! I'm 6 1/2 weeks post ORIF and think "Wow, I walked almost 1,000 steps today..." when before my accident I was usually getting 10,000 at least.
So, pain: ice and pain killers. I hope you feel better soon. With Covid, I suppose swimming is not an option.
re: weight
Almost 3 years ago I was about 100 kg. I found a really supportive reddit forum called "loseit", mostly people do calorie counting. The common wisdom there is that "you can't out run your fork". In about two and a half years, I lost about 24 kg. Mostly by counting to have a consistent deficit. I still wanted to lose 10 more, but then my accident...
Since then, I have just tried to be careful.
So, maybe visit the reddit forum? Try not to despair, we can make progress!!