Hope everyone is keeping well mentally and physically during this bonkers 2020!
I wanted to share one Real Women Real Broken Bones story before 2020 is up. Hope you all enjoy!
Our subject is a 20 something English woman. An athlete growing up, she started having knee problems in her early 20's. First a torn knee ligament, which required surgery and rehab. Then there were complications. Her kneecaps were not quite aligned and she had to go through not 1 but 2 additional knee surgeries each with grueling rehab that lasted months. She had her knees fixed separately, so her rehab time was essentially doubled. Coming off 3 knee surgeries in 2 years - she had put on weight and was looking forward to getting back into the grind and getting back in athletic shape. But... in one of her first post-recovery nights out - she was at a night club, dancing and having a good time. When she was accidentally run into, with someone falling on top of her and snapping her left tibia. A combo of bad luck, poor agility from being off her feet and her body being much heavier than it used to be was the perfect recipe for disaster.
Here's our star with a freshly applied plaster full leg cast. Calling this night the worst pain she has ever felt. Check out the specs of plaster on her toes. She was told she would need a full leg cast for 6 weeks.
A few days later, she is in her fiberglass full leg cast.
Notice the tie around the shin of her cast, a DIY way to move her suddenly very heavy leg.
A better view of her full leg cast.
Her having a "holy shit my leg is really broken" moment. The pain has disappeared since those first few days. Getting up in the morning, she almost forgot her leg was broken. Until she tried to get out of bed. At this point, things are 100x more difficult to do, and really impacting her life, even though there is so little pain, that she thinks she could just do it all so much faster without the damn cast.
She tries to make the most of life. Hoping that by the end of her 6-week sentence, this will all be over...
However, at her 6-week appointment, she gets bad news. Her tibia is not healing nearly as fast they expected, and she needs an additional 4 weeks in a full leg cast, making it a full 10 weeks. This time she opts for black...
On her way to her 10-week appointment. Hoping the black full leg cast will come off! It's here that I'll point out that our star has done a remarkable job of keeping her toes looking great. Fresh polish, exfoliation.
Good news finally. She was promoted to a short leg cast for another 4-6 weeks!
She would end her broken leg journey in a boot, followed by more rehab.
Then having gained almost 60lbs in the 3 years since she first hurt her knee, and having a new appreciation for living an active life, she proceeds to work her tail off to lose almost all of it! Look at that transformation. The left is just after she was released from her boot. WOW!
And this is our star today, proudly showing off that not only is her broken leg healthy, it's stronger than ever!
