has anyone else had plate in broken leg. how long befoe it stops being such agony?

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dislocated ankle and fractured fibia on boxing day. op to put a plate in on monday. resting is fine but lowering my leg nearly made me pass out this morning because i tried it without morphine. still have heavy cast on so am hoping lightwieght cast will make it easier. hopefully have that today.

any experiences?

hello, omg, i really, really feel for you.
i came off my mountain bike, many years ago and my ankle is now all plated and pinned.
the pain was unbearable, i remember wanting my then bf to shoot me to stop the pain!!!
it hurt so much more after the operation, but gradually it slowly gets better.
cant really give a lot of advice, but sending you virtual pain killing hugs...
hope you are feeling better soon.
happy new year. xx

I had both femurs broken in an operation to straighten my legs as a child and they were plated & pinned back together. Feel for you!

It does get better! I was bed bound for weeks in a hip spika frame though so no movement to aggravate the break.

ave some mulled wine

thank you both. mulle wine most appreciayrd. today has got gradually better but that is down to the drugs i think. i would been happily shot this morning!

I've had a little pin in my thumb - plaster coming off this week but not sure what happens then.

I thought I was being mardy because it has been really hurting and was told to just take paracetamol .

Hope your feeling a bit better now. I looked on the web at a medical paper and it said 12 week recovery from my op - surgeon forgot to mention that!

thanks, pain is a lot better now. It was unbearable after the op. I am finding codiene really helping.

Hope your pain gets better soon