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I went to a ‘moon boot’ thing, and encouraged myself to use it walking as much as possible. It got less and less painful, but I was too scared to ever put any weight on in (which you’re not supposed to anyway.)Īfter that came off my leg had shrunk so much and was incredibly stiff. It sounds daft, like I almost though I should have enjoyed my ‘rest time’, but being a person always on my feet before and a hard worker I absolutely hated it and felt really down.Īfter 10 days I got a lighter cast on and had that for 4 weeks.

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I could too feel the blood rushing down my leg whenever I got up and my skin would get quite red. Rest of the time was on bed with leg elevated. The constant pain, inability to move freely and only being able to use a zimmer to get to and from the bathroom was awful. Was in a really heavy, splinted cast for 10 days (though it felt longer than that).

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Any tips on how to help with the pain that comes with blood pooling down your leg? And also major knee stiffness? Is it really possible for me to start weight-bearing and walking on my own by the 6 week mark? Do you think I could return to working my 12 hour shifts by 6 weeks? I'm just so antsy and frustrated.

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I want more than anything to be able to just get back to walking on my own and working.

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I'm just wondering what other's experiences have been? I'm a nurse and I work long 12 hour shifts on my feet. I have a 2 week follow up appointment scheduled for when they will take off my cast and put me in a CAM boot. My doctors said that because I'm young and healthy, recovery will probably be around 4-6 weeks. It also hurts so bad when I have to get out of bed, and the blood pools down my leg to where the nails are. The cast is SO heavy that when I stand with my crutches, it hurts to muster up the strength to keep my broken leg up and non-weight bearing. My leg is otherwise elevated at all times and still in its cast. Only getting out of bed to use the bathroom/shower with crutches. I'm currently basically bed bound at home. When they opened me up in surgery, they saw some damaged bits in my ankle but they are letting that and, my fibula fracture heal on it's own. The surgeon said they put in a rod and IM nails into my tibia. Had ORIF surgery for my fractured my tibia and fibula.

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