Treehumper down and getting back up.

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The splint open up to my great relief. This is the access wound so they could get in there and get all the pieces of the tibia in line, add any additional bone and then screw down the plates.
 
Well now, that's not a cast at all. Looks great, Rob. See where digging around in there with a screw driver to fasten some plates could bring on some pain. Talk to you later.
 
Your doing a great job documenting TH, it would be great to get those cat scans uploaded. Glad the pain management is finally working out. I'm looking forward to following your progress through the summer, as I'm benefiting from your posts. Take care.
 
I'll work on that cat scan. Just have to figure out how to covert it to a file type that will work.

If by giving the blow by blow helps anyone then the accident has some benefits. A cautionary tale? Perhaps. The road to recovery is hopefully a short one.
 
Nope. Setback Saturday. After getting up with the PT and demonstrating my adept control of crutches I found myself slowly ballooning through the day. Despite ice, elevation and the drugs available to me, it didn't get better. By 10 last night it was swollen, aching and burning. My nurse, bless her heart, was doing everything in her power to help. I told her to tell the doc on call that if it came down to it, and they weren't willing to come to my room, I'd get myself down to the ER to deal with the pain.

It didn't come to that as the liquid dilaudid on top of the 6 mg. of oral dilaudid brought it under control. This morning I was able to have a frank discussion with the doctor. He's reintroduced the Toradol as a fall back upon request and we'll see if the combo of oxycodone and dilaudid will work on their own. He understands the dilemma I'm faced with and the need for a pain mgt plan that we're confident will work when I get home.

Here's the issue with respect to Toradol. It's an anti-inflammatory and like Celebrex, it impedes bone growth. This would mean prolonging recovery and possibly improper healing. Which would drag out the income loss even further....
 
I haven't inhaled anything except air and chainsaw exhaust since 81. My daughter though backs some really good medicinal cookies. To get them across the border from Canada might be an issue.
 
Me neither until I had my surgery. And I'm done now too. A couple of months of medicine that is as natural as can be certainly didn't hurt me. It's worth looking into IMHO.
 
Best anti inflammatory I ever took was ground up hemp flowers. Hemp , the non psychotropic kind, grown for hemp seeds. Canabinoids are the future of healing. If I lived in a state where it is legal, I would max out my limit on this plant. It has shown efficacy in shrinking cancerous tumours also.
 
Hi there, new to the buzz but just found this thread, sorry to hear about your accident, couple of years back I took a tumble and broke 6 ribs, 10 days in hospital, couple of months off work.
You can get low sometimes, persistent pain is draining, keep moving forward.
 
Thanks Stump, I'm an idiotically optimistic person. I'm maneuvering through the system to make sure its focused on my recovery and not their bottom line.

Today was a day of realizations for me. Going home straight away isn't feasible. If I'm up for too long then the swelling becomes close to unmanageable without anti-imflammatories. Those inhibit bone growth. What I mean is the pain level goes through the roof and the opioids don't cut it. So, the reality is limiting the amount of time I'm up and being at home is not going to allow that. Since WC doesn't cover any homecare services the only alternative is sub-acute care facility. A couple weeks, hopefully, and the foot should be mended for long enough to not swell as much.

In order to get WC to approve it requires the doctor to order it and PT to evaluate me. Physically, I can move freely with crutches which to them means I can go home. Catch-22. So, despite being able to suck up the pain for the duration of the eval and knowing that after the PT leaves I'll be suffering with the consequences, I have to stop short and basically wimp out so they get what they need to ok me for rehab. If I were a pro athlete (as opposed to a pro industrial athlete) there would be no question about the course of recovery. Ah, such is the American way. I hate playing the game but that's what will ensure I don't put myself into a situation where I can't go back due to the regulations.

Ultimately, the point being learn about your WC coverage and how it works before you're a client. Get whatever additional insurance coverage that will augment what they will provide. Something like Afflack where it offset income loss and cover additional services in the home.
 
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