I broke my leg about 10 years ago. I have osteoporosis and I went to 3 different doctors and none of them would do anything, not even a boot. I was so upset because I had just got insurance that would allow me to get a standing. 5 1/2 years ago I had foot surgery for footdrop. They left the fixator on for 7 days without checking and I got gangrene. I had to be on a special antibiotic for one month. They let me have a hospital and gave be a wound VAC for 2 months until I could get the skin graft. Then a year later I foot broke, because the skin fixator was taken off too soon because of the doctors neglect. They couldn't do anything because of my osteoporosis. I did not realize that with osteoporosis surgery will not work.. Has anyone else run into that experience? Dana 4-5 complete quadriplegic, 43 years. I get yearly injections is called IV therapy reclast up to six years .
On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 4:01 PM, Nichole Rohling <zoocr...@windstream.net> wrote: > More than once. We used a boot and even then had to be sure and check for > pressure sores. My dr absolutely would not do a hard cast. > > > > Nicki > > > > *From:* BeeJ [mailto:mrbeej...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, September 21, 2017 7:04 PM > *To:* quad-list@eskimo.com > *Subject:* [QUAD-L] Broken leg.. > > > > So I broke my leg Last Friday Night turning around in the dark with my > power chair. The toe of my boot caught on my bed and I twisted it and heard > a pop. So now I have a cast up to my knee that I can't feel. Anyone on here > have any experience dealing with a broken bone below your level of injury? > I'm a little worried about what's going on inside that cast. > > > > -Bj >
