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Post recovery .... People with plates and screws.

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natava
natava

Does anyone with plates and screws ever feel like they are pinching or biting your ankle?   I get these sharp bites feeling a couple times a day.   Pushing on it helps.   I am almost 2 years post injury.  

Also so still swells really badly when on feet a lot.  Still????  This pic is of my swelling recently.   

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  • rochelle09210
    rochelle09210 natava

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    2.5 years post opp. This sucks. I'm still dealing with pain and severe swelling although the bones are completely healed. Surgeon says he can remove all of the hardware but cant guarantee that it will fix the problem. Some days i wake up and my foot and ankle are so stiff and swollen i can barely walk. This cant be life 😦 the swelling is the worst part.

  • jeff01193
    jeff01193 natava

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    i was wondering, just a week post sugery, but is it normal to sometimes feel like when moving certain ways that the bone is moving a bit where the hardware is. i dont feel this all the time, only moving certain ways.

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