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because I had to wait 3.5 weeks for the op, I kind of got a taste of both recovery options (leaving it and plating) I still felt just as uncomfortable walking around without the plate as the displacement was so big (it looks pretty similar to yours actually) there was a distinct disconnectedness about it all.
With the surgery I'm now 2 weeks out and laughing really. You'll be a bit ache-y and twitchy the first day but that gets better much quicker than just walking around waiting for that massive gap to bridge. I was anxious about the anaesthetic as well, the come down from it that evening was shit but manageable, just felt woozy and spacey but did get a full sleep that night still. It's a proper routine op, the bone is really close to the surface so there is very little chance of it complicating other bits of your body. You'll also get a bit of numbness around the cut which I've still got a little bit of. It only feels like pins and needles when you touch it, I don't notice it all unless I prod around.
The lack of info thing is something i've found as well. They'll tell you all of the above but only when you get into day surgery.
Here's my plate, the trauma nurse who cleaned the wound before the x-ray said it was the neatest stitching she'd ever seen. Probably says that to everyone though. The scar is still a healing wound so that's a little sore still but I feel no pain/soreness from the bone. The vague timeline he gave was 1 month in a sling still with light physio, 1 month getting the range of movement back and then the next month building the strength again. Which is different/longer to what he said last time but i'm not the medical professional.
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Does anyone have any thoughts on the plate surgery? I've never had any sort of operation and I'm slightly shitting myself to have the general anaesthetic and how much pain/discomfort I'm going to feel following the op. Also what the recovery is going to look like afterwards. I've had very little info from the docs regarding this.
Some nasty bruising has come up in the last day or two which is a nice reminder of how hard I hit