Long Time Stress Fracture in Fibula

Bulldawgs07 · Post by **Bulldawgs07** » April 26th, 2007, 8:23 pm

Surgery was this morning. Everything went smoothly and it doesn't hurt as much as other surgeries I've had, though I'm glad I got a Vicodin prescription. I've already noticed a decrease in that "tight" feeling in my leg. I'm also a lot more mobile than I expected, I can walk short distances and I'm only using crutches as secondary support, so I'm thinking the recovery might not be that bad. I'll post occasional updates as my condition improves.

91W · Post by **91W** » April 27th, 2007, 9:27 pm

Good deal and good luck.

deleon275 · Post by **deleon275** » April 29th, 2007, 4:43 pm

Wow, this sounds like me 5 years ago and actually today.

Constantly got a muscular and eventually bone pain in my inner left tibia. Weeks, months, years, didn't matter how much time I took off and rehabed it, a couple weeks of running and that good o'l stress fracture would be right back.

When I was in the military I must've had 6 months worth of testing done only to be told to drink more milk and they gave me custom inserts for my shoes which I still wear to this day (at least those got rid of the pain in my feet).

In the police academy now and lots of asprin and ice are getting me through. What's sad is I run faster than 95% of my class with this injury.

I figure after I'm off probation I'll get the docs to look at it once again.

Bulldawgs07 · Post by **Bulldawgs07** » May 4th, 2007, 1:20 pm

Just went for the follow-up appointment. My recovery is going great, I'm able to walk as much as I want, carry things, and drive, all with no pain. The doctor said I can take off the ace bandage that I've kept on my leg, so I'm trying that now and haven't had any problems. He said the recovery and surgery went so well he's comfortable doing the left leg too, so I'm tentatively scheduled for June 21. I don't leave for BOLC/OBC till October so I should be fine with the recovery time, but we'll see how long it takes for this one to get better. He thinks about four weeks and I should be 100% in the right leg.

Ranger deleon275, it seems like most doctors miss this condition because it's so rare. There are like four or five separate compartments in the lower leg and this can occur in any one of them, but some even some specialists barely know about it except when it comes to the acute version that occurs sometimes with really traumatic compound fractures. If you bring it up to the doctor you might want to bring some background info from the internet to support the self-diagnosis.

bulldogg · Post by **bulldogg** » May 4th, 2007, 11:53 pm

Good on ya Bulldawgs, here's to your speedy recovery. You're right about helping the MDs figure out stuff too... they might have a few extra years of school under their belt but two things to remember, they are only human in the end and there is a myriad of shit that can go wrong with the human body so its kinda irrational to expect any one person, MD or otherwise, to remember it all, let alone diagnose it. I've never had a doctor get shitty about trying to help him sort out what might be the trouble, in fact my ex was an MD and one of the things they were taught in med school at IU was to listen to the patient. The statistic was something around 80% of the time if a patient tells you what they think might be wrong with their body the patients were correct.

Sleepy Doc · Post by **Sleepy Doc** » June 7th, 2007, 10:32 pm

BTW, Congrats on graduating....