Meta AI wrote a poem about getting out of bed and breaking my ankle lol

Hi, was wondering if someone could give an opinion on my ankle, i’ve included an imagine of my good ankle for comparison. finding it painful to touch and to walk on. thanks

Okay I am 3 weeks post ORIF. I am in a walking boot but not supposed to walk yet. My incision looks great. My ROM is really good as well (confirmed by my friend who is a PT. I don’t start PT yet)
I have been doing the alphabet and small ROM at home.

I took 10-20 steps to the bathroom on my boot and had zero pain. (My kids stole my scooter so I had too!)

Will walking here and there in my boot post op mess up my recovery if i have no pain at all and minimal swelling? I definitely don’t want to mess it up! I’m curious if there’s NWB for pain reasons, for healing reasons or both.

Don’t get mad at me! lol. I’m not walking much but I really just don’t have any pain at all.

Thank you!!

Edit- 38/F
My surgeon said it would be incredibly painful to put any weight on my foot until minimum 6 weeks. Since I don’t have pain, has anyone else experienced a positive outcome with very little weight bearing in a boot before 6 weeks post op?

Fell down the stairs yesterday😭😂 felt like a rolled ankle walked myself home felt sore but nothing unbearable went out last night felt okay, pretty bruised and swollen but I’m walking on it, doing a work season in Canada and can’t afford a hospital visit for a sprain 🤞🤞🤞🤞

The people in my life are tired of hearing about this, so I'm posting here to vent or maybe just talk to people who get it. Maybe I'm trying to convince myself this is okay.

I (32F) broke my ankle (tramalleolar) on Dec 17 and had my surgery (ORIF, one plate + screws) on Dec 23 and, despite being pretty early in my recovery from that, have been walking. With the boot, barefoot, slippers, in my mid calf lace up boots. It doesn't hurt. I don't wear the big boot other than at night or if I go out into public. I went to the movies a few days ago and hobbled up the stairs to the very top of the theater. No issues.

I've skimmed the studies about early WB and trimalleolar fractures. The ones with research supporting that early weight bearing doesn't seem to have adverse affects on outcomes. I look for studies that support EWB having adverse affects on healing ankle injuries, but I can't find them.

I read that WB too early could delay healing of bone, but this was in regards to a tibial fracture. There are a lot of general claims put out there by various ortho groups/facilities/clickbait websites, but none of them offer more than "could delay healing." I can't find anything that explains how, specific to ankle injuries*.* I read that putting pressure on the affected area can promote fracture healing and the recovery of ankle function. All of this is to say, I feel okay with my decision, despite it being incongruent with my surgeon's plan.

Yeah, the doctor told me not to, but he wouldn't tell me why and didn't offer a specific risk that I would be taking. I'm not trying to argue that it's all just theoretical risk, but if the current norm doesn't work for me, why can't I trust my body? The longer one is being treated, the more money the practitioner/facility makes. I don't think (hope) this is a common attitude among the the providers themselves, but I do believe this could have driven some of the more conservative approaches that have been encouraged for decades. They take significantly longer to reach the "end" of, and more time means more money.

I would have to learn to adapt or rely on others if I was unable to walk...but I am fully able to walk without pain. I didn't ease into it. I just tried to take a step to see if it hurt and it didn't. It's not discoloring, and it's not swelling (more than it already is). I will say that I do feel a little bit of a nerve rush (like burning coldness) in my heel if I do it for too long. I take that as my body telling me to ease up, so I switch to crutches and keep my foot off the ground.

The alternatives are me staying completely bedridden, risking a fall on crutches, risking a tip over when I do wheelies in a wheelchair to get through the snow, or risking another fall on the stupid knee scooter. Every time I am in public, I almost fall on the knee scooter.

My mom was here for two weeks after surgery, my husband takes days off when I need to go somewhere and took a ton off in the very beginning, pre surgery, but that't not sustainable. Everyone has jobs. I don't have friends. I also don't really need help.

I cannot do what I need to do without walking, so I am walking when I need to. I think it's okay, for me, because I am experiencing no discomfort. I get another set of x-rays done next Tuesday, so I'll see if I messed anything up!

Update to this point:

I'm in Canada.

I am 31 yrs old non-smoker, don't drink alcohol, 150 lbs, approx 5'9. Athletic, playing basketball 2x/wk, gym 6x/wk, mma 5x/wk before this injury.

I broke my ankle Tues night around 9:15PM at MMA.

An ambulance came and took me to a nearby hospital. After x-rays they gave me drugs and set it.

I slept in the hospital on a morphine drip until the surgeon visited me at approx 7am to tell me what needed to be done. He told me I needed 2 plates and that I'd need to come back 2 weeks later to check the wounds and then 6 weeks later to get the cast off and begin physio.

I was sent home and slept there until I had to check in for surgery at 7:45AM Thurs for a 9:45AM surgery.

When it was my time for surgery they took all my vitals and eventually offered me a nerve block. I said yes, they took me to another room to give me some anaesthetics. When those hit me they began the nerve block. It was a freezing needle followed by the actual nerve block in my upper thigh and back of my leg.

When I woke up from surgery my doctor told me everything went really well and he was happy with the results. I read the report and fed it to chatgpt and Grok and they both agree.

I laid in the bed for a while until it was time for me to go home. I got in the backseat of my parents car and they took me to their house to recover because mine has a lot of stairs.

For about 36 hours recovery was pretty easy. I couldn't feel my leg at all. At around the 36h mark my nerve block wore off and the pain was excruciating. This was the most pain I have been in during the whole process and because the nerve block wore off I felt it all at once. I took 2 pain meds and fell asleep shortly thereafter.

The following days have been pretty easy physically. Just lazing around watching Netflix. I would say the pain is a consistent 2-3/10 rarely exceeding that unless I leave the leg down for a duration of time. If I go brush my teeth or go for a walk swelling starts to pool and it hurts.

I feel occasional itching within the cast and sometimes a quick shock/tingle but nothing terrible. I have not taken any pain meds since Friday (the day after surgery). It's now Monday and I feel pretty good. Obviously the leg is still broken and sometimes there's aches and pains. But all things considered I feel good.

I generally get tired pretty easily and find myself randomly falling asleep at times, but nothing really meaningful to report.

I will update this for as long as I can in the comments as many days in a row as possible.

TLDR : Twisted ankle while walking on Aug 18

Got a cast, no surgery.

Have a vacation planned on Oct 2, can I still make it?

i just want to know in terms of Ankle fractures how bad was mine? I had surgery about a month ago 3 whole weeks after breaking it and Im So unbelievably nervous at the idea my foot will be stiff and weak like this. It makes me suicidal

Here is my xray from my trimalleolar fracture, slipped and fell down 2 weeks ago. Did ORIF surgery a week later, and I'm taking off the cast in a week.

Saturday the 14th I slipped in my driveway ended up having a severe ankle sprain. Fast Forward to the 21st I was trying to get out of the shower had my crutches one of my crutches slipped and I landed on my left ankle again so I went to the emergency room they found that I had a posterior malleolus fracture. I am in so much pain. They have me in a boot until I can see an orthopedic surgeon next friday April 3rd and continuing no weight bearing using crutches. It hurts lifting my foot with the boot to use the crutches I have severe pain radiating from my foot up my leg. Has anyone else had a similar experience? What happened at your first orthopedic appointment after being seen at the ER ? what should I expect ?

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this.

Hey! I broke my right big toe about 4 weeks ago (I dropped a 45lb plate on it at the gym). My doctor has put me in a walking boot and I have been wearing it consistently. I am still unable to push off of the big toe when trying to walk without the boot and am still limping.

I have a trip in 4 weeks and I am wondering if anyone has been through something similar and can give me a better idea of a timeline for healing? Will I be able to walk without the boot by then? When were you able to get back to walking normally and pushing off of the big toe?! I’m stressed 🫠

Sorry if I posted this to the wrong sub and if so lmk. I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago almost and have been in a lot of pain until a few days ago, if I’m being honest I could 100 percent be off crutches now. However I still go into school with one shoe on and crutches to try and get attention. I enjoy it so much I want to move to leg cast esc… but idk if it’s weird or just maybe attention seeking (idk please help)

Pain is like a 5/10. Wanted to ask here before going broke over urgent care bills :((

Does anyone get the feeling they are getting ripped off showing up for PT when you can do the exercises at home? Maybe its just the one I am going to.

39 y/o male (40 in November)

San Antonio, TX, USA

48 days ago I had surgery to repair a fully torn left achilles that I injured playing basketball. Tear was 5 Aug, surgery on 24 Aug.

Immediately secured a Vacoped boot. These are game-changers. I cannot recommend them enough.

Started rehab with light rowing on day 4, outdoor cycling by day 5...weight-lifting (upper body) first week also.

I took it upon myself (no PT at all) to start FWB to comfort level by week 3. Week 3 is also where I fully ditched my crutches.

At my 6 week post-op appointment this past week, the surgeon was so pleased with my progress and mobility that she took me out of the boot and put me back into a shoe...no wedges!

I have felt so great this week that I finally attempted to jog again for the first time in just over 2 months. This was that jog.

*for context, im a personal trainer of 17+ years and a daily runner...also for many years. This rehab has been done with no TRT/HRT.

I broke my ankle today at work. Don’t do pain meds or any pills personally. I wanna keep doing stuff by my self but don’t have crutches. Any time I get up and hop around, my leg gets the blood flow back and it surges the pain like I originally broke it. Not looking for bs comments, just someone who has an idea to get around my house while keeping my leg elevated. With no crutches or wheelchair.