<p>I have not read the thread yet, but my sister slipped on ice in about March and broke her ankle badly, pins & plates & screws. I was the designated whine listener and it seemed like her biggest frustration was not knowing how long it would take to heal. I think she took a month or a bit longer before she returned to work as a teacher.</p>
<p>Each week she improved a bit in getting more and more mobile. She needed a wheelchair and crutches at first and her husband made her feel even clumsier by basically flitting all around the house practically dancing on crutches whilst she did not even want to be upright! I reminded her he was not recovering from major surgery and swelling.</p>
<p>Be proactive to find comfortable ways to sleep & avoid swelling.</p>
<p>She got one cast off after about 6 weeks and then had a removable one. Bathing was interesting!</p>
<p>She was 100%, THEORETICALLY, in June, but her gate is still unnatural, so she got a PT referral to make sure she does not knock her bad knees out of alignment by walking strangely.</p>
<p>If you have any specific questions, I can ask her!</p>
<p>LOL wbow-- instant Edward scissorhands costume!!</p>
<p>BTW, anyone else happen to notice the ads for ankle treatment, fibula fractures and antiaging at the top of this thread! Gotta love that targeted marketing!</p>
<p>Cartera,</p>
<p>I’ll have to ask DS if he remembers what material the screws are made of. He had the option of having them removed, but they werent bothering him so he decided against it. He’d also had about enough of discomfort, inconvenience and doctors in the middle of college, so figured if it became a problem down the road, he’d address it then.</p>
<p>Dang, poetheart! From the thread title, I thought you were leading a very exciting life and had gotten busted by the cops in three different locations!! I was SO looking forward to living an adventurous experience vicariously through you; what a disappointment!! ;)</p>
<p>poetsheart, there’s a Web site that may interest you. It’s for people with broken legs – including broken ankles. There’s some info and a discussion board. Lots of good hints on how to cope with your new, temporarily awkward lifestyle. Go to [MyBrokenLeg.com</a> - Broken leg stories and advice](<a href=“http://www.mybrokenleg.com%5DMyBrokenLeg.com”>http://www.mybrokenleg.com) </p>
<p>I think you’ll like it there if you remember that the people who frequent that board tend to be atypical of the general lower-extremity-break population. There’s a preponderance of people with particularly serious breaks (just as there is a preponderance of people on this board with kids who are particularly serious students).</p>
<p>That reminds me that when I broke my ankle (skiing) someone gave me a vintage pin that said “broken bone club”. The idea was you were supposed to pass it on, if you later encountered someone else with a break. Which I did. Wonder where it is now? And what the point of it was? :)</p>
<p>My condolences to the OP! I hope you heal faster than the others that have been mentioned here. I (knock on wood) - have never broken a bone, but sprained my ankle and had a cast on it when pregnant with DD. Dr. thought that would help the ligaments and tendons heal up right, and he was correct.</p>
<p>I also thought this was going to be a story of misadventure!</p>
<p>I have titanium in my neck from a disk repair two years ago. I have since survived both an MRI and airport security with no issues. I have to admit that while undergoing the MRI I managed to dream up some pretty ugly scenarios about the bolts being pulled from my neck, but none of those came true!</p>