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jonp9576

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so its been one week today since i shattered and dislocated my ankle in a softball game. who dos that. sliding into third base i didnt get my foot all the way under my leg. I heard a loud crack and a pop.
here is what happened.
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i have some sweet pics of the x-rays. that i will try to post. there are 6 screws, a big pin and a plate holding my ankle together. i was awake for the surgery since i ate breakfast that morning they couldnt knock me out. the doctor was taking xrays the entire time and showing them to me on a screen. i'll try to get them posted.

no weight on it for 8 weeks, then in a walking boot for another 8. hopefully i can brew in my boot.
 
Wow, get the guy some Oxycontin stat! Hope your recover is a speedy one.
 
the worst part is...i am allergic to morphine, which is in 98% of all good pain killers. i sat in pain till they could find something that wouldnt kill me.
 
Yikes! I broke my leg BMXing when I was in 9th grade almost the same way...still have a plate and 8 screws in my leg. If you end up like me, you can feel part-cyborg and still feel/see the heads of the screws poking out of your skin a little bit.

I was also in a boot, and if your case is anything like mine, you'll be putting weight on it pretty quickly. Here's wishing you a speedy recovery.

I think now's a good time to invest in an automated/pump system so you don't have to do any of the heavy lifting! :rockin:
 
haha, he said the one big pin is coming out but the plate and 6 screws are staying in.


i wish i could invest in an automated system, but i am going to have trouble making mortgage payments being out of work.
 
jonp9576 said:
haha, he said the one big pin is coming out but the plate and 6 screws are staying in.


i wish i could invest in an automated system, but i am going to have trouble making mortgage payments being out of work.
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Jon, you are in my thoughts and prayers.
 
jonp9576 said:
the worst part is...i am allergic to morphine, which is in 98% of all good pain killers. i sat in pain till they could find something that wouldnt kill me.
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Good lord man, that's horrible! I would recommend having a medic-alert bracelet with the pain relievers I can talk for just such emergencies. Wow you are my hero!
 
That sucks. I sure can sympathize- I broke my leg playing hockey (in several places) and I was laid up for nearly 18 months.

Of course, you CAN brew from a wheelchair- trust me. That's how I started brewing with "real" ingredients. I was bored out of my mind and needed a hobby. And "Broken Leg Brewery" was born.

I'm not one for pain meds- I get way too loopy and I find that I still hurt, I'm just stupid. So I got by with Aleve, Ibuprofen, and good books to take my mind off of the pain.

Good luck with your recovery. I'll be thinking of you.
 
Wow.


I've seen a couple guys get hit with hard hit balls, but never any softball injuries like that.
 
Wow dude. I feel your pain, I just did the same thing in May. I'm in the plate and 6 screws club too. I slipped on the hardwood floors in my apartment and broke it. My foot wasn't that out of place, but it was close. Don't rush things. I was 2 weeks in a soft cast after the surgury, than 3 or 4 in a hard cast, than a boot for another 8 (4 with no weight at all and 4 more getting back on my feet again). One thing I didn't do enough of was to keep exercising the leg you're not using. Good luck with the recovery.
 
jonp9576 said:
i wish i could invest in an automated system, but i am going to have trouble making mortgage payments being out of work.
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Go to the Social Security office and try to get on SSDI. That is what it is there for and maybe you could use it.
 
YIKES... that sucks dude, I feel for you! this is exactly why I carry a supplemental accident insurance policy, because sooner or later I expect I'll be in the same boat.
 
Impressive man, best I ever did was crack a metatarsal shaft jumping off a 14 foot wall (obstacle course). Since it was on a Marine base, they didn't give me anything. Just said to wear my combat boots all the time!
 
jonp9576 said:
the worst part is...i am allergic to morphine, which is in 98% of all good pain killers. i sat in pain till they could find something that wouldnt kill me.
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As a pharmacist I have to ask, what is your reaction to morphine. There are a lot more side effect (i.e nausea, vomiting/ itchiness) with morphine that there are true allergies.

triethylborane said:
I would remove that image and just crop it, there is some information on there that is problematic for HIPAA and for your identity . . . .
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I second censoring some of that data for your own safety and HIPAA privacy rules
 
It's been a while since I've been through HIPAA training, but I don't see how this could be a HIPAA issue, since the person HIPAA is supposed to protect voluntarily posted his own medical/personal info.
 
Yeah, this isn't a Hipaa issue. If the x-ray tech posted teh pictures, then there would be problems.

Anyway, my softball league doesn't even allow sliding into base. Maybe it's because I'm on a coed team?? LOL
 
steinsato said:
Yeah, this isn't a Hipaa issue. If the x-ray tech posted teh pictures, then there would be problems.
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Actually, even if the tech did post the pics, there's no HIPAA violations at all from what I see. Nothing divulging the patient's info or their face, or the location of the hospital. Just one f***ed-up ankle. :cross:
 
Jersh said:
It's been a while since I've been through HIPAA training, but I don't see how this could be a HIPAA issue, since the person HIPAA is supposed to protect voluntarily posted his own medical/personal info.
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His insurance company would argue to the contrary on all points.
 
scrambledegg81 said:
Actually, even if the tech did post the pics, there's no HIPAA violations at all from what I see. Nothing divulging the patient's info or their face, or the location of the hospital. Just one f***ed-up ankle. :cross:
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It'd still be an issue. You need to get patients to sign releases to publish that sort of stuff. Even without identifying them.
 
i dont see the hippa problem with the picture i posted. its my foot.

heres my xray 3 weeks after surgery.
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DirtyPolock said:
As a pharmacist I have to ask, what is your reaction to morphine. There are a lot more side effect (i.e nausea, vomiting/ itchiness) with morphine that there are true allergies.



I second censoring some of that data for your own safety and HIPAA privacy rules
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Anaphylaxis. and theres no data on my picture.
 
GilaMinumBeer said:
Dang brother! I feel ya'. That is some serious athletes foot irrtation just based on the redness. ;)
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yea, i've been batteling that for a while. the doctor gave me cream. it went away for a couple months. i stopped using the cream one day and its back.
 

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