Honey Badger
...iz a girl
All I can say is good luck, cause growing up on horses, and now motos, I'm getting a rather large collection of them lol:laughing
Broken Tib/fib journal
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All I can say is good luck, cause growing up on horses, and now motos, I'm getting a rather large collection of them lol:laughing
Honey Badger
...iz a girl
So far, so good. It will be 3 weeks today, been off antibiotics for a week now, thus far nothing popping up, but checking it twice a day anyways. The tibia side is healing, but not quite as quick as the fibula side, but that makes sense as there's a lot of scar tissue that was sewn together there and obviously that is weaker to begin with and doesn't heal quite as well, but nothing alarming at this point, either.
Staples all came out last week (I think there had to be close to a hundred of them LOL), that wasn't too miserable, a few stung, but didn't hurt as much as the stitches coming out did. There are some things I'm a wimp about - needles, and apparently having stitches/staples removed fall into the "it's way worse than it really is" category for me :laughing
Planning to be at Buttonwillow this weekend, chomping on the bit to be back on 2! Just made an agreement on a new-to-me street bike as well - 2016 ZX10R with low miles (3600) and a really good price especially since the ECU is flashed and autoblip already installed - won't be commuting daily on the bike, but weekends and just want the ability to get on a bike when I want!
Staples all came out last week (I think there had to be close to a hundred of them LOL), that wasn't too miserable, a few stung, but didn't hurt as much as the stitches coming out did. There are some things I'm a wimp about - needles, and apparently having stitches/staples removed fall into the "it's way worse than it really is" category for me :laughing
Planning to be at Buttonwillow this weekend, chomping on the bit to be back on 2! Just made an agreement on a new-to-me street bike as well - 2016 ZX10R with low miles (3600) and a really good price especially since the ECU is flashed and autoblip already installed - won't be commuting daily on the bike, but weekends and just want the ability to get on a bike when I want!
anytwowilldo
Well-known member
This is all really good news AJ. I hope the healing process continues to go very well.
I've removed staples before, with the special tool. They look prehistoric but my patient (son) said it felt weird but did not hurt too much. I'm glad you had the same experience.
I've removed staples before, with the special tool. They look prehistoric but my patient (son) said it felt weird but did not hurt too much. I'm glad you had the same experience.
EastBayDave
- Kawasaki Fanatic -
autoblip? eh'? :afm199
Honey Badger
...iz a girl
Autoblip is the shits.
EastBayDave
- Kawasaki Fanatic -
good grief. what will they think of next, auto countersteer?
Honey Badger
...iz a girl
Keeps you from having to use the clutch on downshifts, and matches way closer than you can do by hand. After coming off the bike I was on, as far as I'm concerned, this is the best invention ever. :laughing
EastBayDave
- Kawasaki Fanatic -
sounds cool; back in the day (once I got almost-fast) on the old carb'ed bikes, just pulling in the clutch & concentrating on damn'ed heavy drifting/braking leaning in all at once seemed to be the way to go.
'Course, that was back in the day. I have no clue what ya'all doing nowadays... :hail
Honey Badger
...iz a girl
My leg did well over the race weekend, got a little cranky by the time it was all over though, but makes sense as it was a dramatic increase in activity. Other than some swelling, however, nothing alarming at this point.
I think once all the "trauma" from this last surgery has dissipated, things will feel better than they did with the metal installed. Feels like there's less "binding" going on. Hopefully can get more of my ROM back as my strength builds back up as well.
I think once all the "trauma" from this last surgery has dissipated, things will feel better than they did with the metal installed. Feels like there's less "binding" going on. Hopefully can get more of my ROM back as my strength builds back up as well.
Honey Badger
...iz a girl
:laughing the bike is awesome, but between my leg (and the stress that has caused), waiting too long to set up the bike, and then just adjusting to it, it's been a slow year in terms of pace, with several steps backwards in my technical skills as I reverted to well within my comfort zone.
Good thing is that these last couple rounds saw a lot of progress in my confidence in the bike, and I was able to start working through all the techniques (very slowly) that helped me get reasonably quick last year. Hoping that since I've been through the process once before, it'll go a little faster this time around :laughing
Eric B
Know-it-none
Lot's of Harley riders might like this feature. :laughing
Nice to hear of the leg/bike progress. :thumbup
anytwowilldo
Well-known member
Glad to hear you are making steady progress on both the leg and the bike.
Cabrito
cabrón
AJ, after meeting you the other night I finally got up the courage to read your whole saga.. and it was so good to see you out and about after seeing what you've been through..
I totally relate to your ealier comments about being surprized at the folks who would end up actually coming to help and spend time with you. I experienced the same thing when I had a straight leg cast for five weeks after my own tibia break.
I can second this one from Kawikiwi.. I think I told you the other night that my partner has a huge scar from her hip replacement and broken femur that had to get fixed all in the same surgery.. I think her scar is freaking cool (she does not share my feelings on this) She's thinking about getting some sort of leg long tatoo to cover it up... That would be also be cool..
So anyway, I didn't realize how bad your infection was. I did't realize how bad that could have been..
I'll be looking for your name on the podium!
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I totally relate to your ealier comments about being surprized at the folks who would end up actually coming to help and spend time with you. I experienced the same thing when I had a straight leg cast for five weeks after my own tibia break.
I can second this one from Kawikiwi.. I think I told you the other night that my partner has a huge scar from her hip replacement and broken femur that had to get fixed all in the same surgery.. I think her scar is freaking cool (she does not share my feelings on this) She's thinking about getting some sort of leg long tatoo to cover it up... That would be also be cool..
So anyway, I didn't realize how bad your infection was. I did't realize how bad that could have been..
I'll be looking for your name on the podium!
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Honey Badger
...iz a girl
So, yesterday I had what (will hopefully be) my last appointment with the Infectious Diseases doctor. He was very happy with how everything looked and was healing up, and there weren't any red flags on his end. He said he would be very surprised if this resurfaced - as he put it "we treated it very aggressively, and now that the hardware is out, it should be fine. You have no other risk factors (diabetes, smoking, poor general health, etc), so [he]'d be very surprised if it came back."
I was pretty happy to hear that, although I did inquire about things to watch for just in case (besides the obvious). I've done enough research on osteomyelitis to realize that even once "in the clear" you may not be "in the clear" forever. But, hopefully, at least in this case it'll mostly be a bad memory for some years to come.
I still see my ortho next week for the final follow up there, hopefully that'll be the last time I see him, at least about this :laughing
Thanks for the kind words, and it was great meeting you as well.
I was pretty happy to hear that, although I did inquire about things to watch for just in case (besides the obvious). I've done enough research on osteomyelitis to realize that even once "in the clear" you may not be "in the clear" forever. But, hopefully, at least in this case it'll mostly be a bad memory for some years to come.
I still see my ortho next week for the final follow up there, hopefully that'll be the last time I see him, at least about this :laughing
Thanks for the kind words, and it was great meeting you as well.
anytwowilldo
Well-known member
That is great news AJ. I hope it puts your mind at ease. Yes, hopefully you don't need an orthopedic surgeon ever again!
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EastBayDave
- Kawasaki Fanatic -
ditto that one; happy to hear your all healed up...:thumbup
Honey Badger
...iz a girl
So, unless something totally randomly pops up, it looks like things are on the road to recovery.
I've finally been able to get back to the gym, and am starting "regular" workouts again after nearly a full year of not being able to do them.
Things seem to be healing fine, that bit of scar tissue was being a bit stubborn, but finally I realized I'd just need to let it stretch a bit, and have been massaging it, and it's closing up that last tiny little spot.
The bones have some serious calcification (both sides) where the plates were, I think that removing stuff was a bit more trauma than I thought it would be, but overall I'm really happy it's out. Now if something feels "catchy" I know it's just my body, not the metal causing issues.
As long as my cartilage wasn't destroyed (which I don't believe it really was, thankfully my pilon was NOT from a height) I should be able to continue the forward progress.
Less than 2 weeks from a full year. Man, I had no idea what I was in for on that day....
I've finally been able to get back to the gym, and am starting "regular" workouts again after nearly a full year of not being able to do them.
Things seem to be healing fine, that bit of scar tissue was being a bit stubborn, but finally I realized I'd just need to let it stretch a bit, and have been massaging it, and it's closing up that last tiny little spot.
The bones have some serious calcification (both sides) where the plates were, I think that removing stuff was a bit more trauma than I thought it would be, but overall I'm really happy it's out. Now if something feels "catchy" I know it's just my body, not the metal causing issues.
As long as my cartilage wasn't destroyed (which I don't believe it really was, thankfully my pilon was NOT from a height) I should be able to continue the forward progress.
Less than 2 weeks from a full year. Man, I had no idea what I was in for on that day....