 Poster: A snowHead
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April '08 spiral fracture of Tib and Fib and operated on in Switzerland with a titanium pin pushed in the full length of the Tibia.
Healing was a bit slow (allegedly because I am "not 17" as a doctor put it!) but all healed up. I skied about 35 days last season, not at my old pace, and somedays the leg hurt a lot but I was skiing.
I still had residual pain (every step I take, every day) not bad, a niggly pain that your mind blanks out until somebody asks "how is your leg?" and I realise it still hurts.
It was reccommended that I have the metalwork removed (though there is no harm if it stays) as that might cure things.
So yesterday I went into the Day Surgery Unit for what should have been a 20-30 minute procedure: unscew a couple of screws and pull the pin out from the head of the tibia.
Two and a half HOURS of surgery later....they gave up, it would not budge.
Suffice to say that with all the extra anaesthettic and pushing/pulling/straining I feel like shoite. Leg hurts like hell, back on crutches, and feel woozy and lifeless.
So like I said....don't break your leg skiing!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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rungsp, really sorry to hear that. Hope the rehabilitation gets back on track soon.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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rungsp, Ooo...Poor you, very sorry to hear that, I hope things end up OK for you.
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rungsp, OUCH !!! Hope things get better for you. A lady I know had op on fractured femur a few years back . She had just got back to more or less normal, and had started skiing again. Metalwork gave way on her in the UK in the Autumn.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Commiserations. Really sorry to hear that 
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| pam w wrote: |
| They couldn't get the metalwork out. Wrong kind of screws. |
What they only had a flat head and needed a phillips? 
My metalwork all came out and I felt a load better but still took a few years to be anything near normal
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rungsp, poor fella. Big hugs.
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Hubby's metal work is permanent, and I'm not sure he'd want it removed.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Sorry to hear that.. you've obviously healed too well around the metal. Even better news today + six weeks = only marginally into glacier pre season so still plenty of skiing for you this season?
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rungsp, Commiserations
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Really sorry to hear that noise J!
I'll try and give you a call next week.
Keep your head up and re-hab like no tomorrow. Rent / download Kickboxer and other inspirational 'training' films! You can do it 
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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they only had a flat head and needed a phillips?
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something about their being self-tapping.......
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hells Bells, that's only because his head would fall off. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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rungsp, that's rotten. I hope things improve
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holidayloverxx, I don't think he is supposed to headbang
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I wouldn't feel too down just because they failed to get out the all the metalwork. If they managed to get out the screws which run perpendicular to the intamedullary nail you may well find the original pain is much better (in about a month when the post op pain settles). So I wouldn't go rushing to have more invasive surgery as more often than not if the nail is well fixed the little screws are the ones that are causing the problem.
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Tue 31-08-10 13:31; edited 1 time in total
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betterinblack, I have no intention of going back.....they said they woulkd have to re-break my leg to get it out!
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It's fairly unusal to "have to re-break" in order to get it out unless the metalworks broken however it is a risk in removing any metal so discretion is often the better part of valour
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Yikes - any thoughts of mine coming out have just been ditched! Hope things improve quickly & it's better than before
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rungsp, Bad job, hope it improves soon.
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I have had the exact same operation 1 year earlier, no mention of the metal pin coming out for me and it's fine now, you wont notice it next season skiing especially if you managed 35 days this year And you wont break it again in a hurry
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Breaking news and BIG thread resurrection:
As of yesterday the metalwork is out!
15 years after the original break, and 15 years of low/mid level pain on just about every single step I've taken I went back for a second try at extracting the Tibial Nail.
The surgeon managed my expectations as 50-50 at best, but he ordered the big slide hammer attachment.
The downside if it failed: a couple of weeks to recover and 4,000 pounds lost...the upside of no more pain.
A risk worth taking.
40 minutes of hammering, with two others pulling on my leg!
So a few days of lying around with an elevated leg, crutches as well.
I'm not taking the strong co-codomol they prescribed, it's sore but manageable with paracetamol and ibuprofen (and lying around!).
Last season there were several days I gave up skiing due to pain, and some days taken off too.
No more excuses next year 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@rungsp, jeepers. Fingers very much crossed. Good luck and best wishes for getting back on the planks!
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| under a new name wrote: |
| @rungsp, jeepers. Fingers very much crossed. Good luck and best wishes for getting back on the planks! |
+1
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You know it makes sense.
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@rungsp, excellent. Really good persistence and I hope your quality of daily life genuinely improves. Keep posting here re outcome. Now…although you are 4k lighter, probably worth further €€€ getting coaching when you are back on snow?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@rungsp, excellent. Now…although you are 4k lighter, probably worth further €€€ getting coaching when you are back on snow?
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Poster: A snowHead
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@valais2, I think I will go back to "school", my daughter (BASI 2) put me right on a few things:
Dad...shag the turn don't 5hit it!"
If I can find some pre season glacier race training again I'll try to do that.
I don't race, and I'm easily old enough to be their dad, but I have found such training transformational for recovery and recreational skiing.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@rungsp, excellent. Now…although you are 4k lighter, probably worth further €€€ getting coaching when you are back on snow?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@rungsp, gosh, excellent.
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My ex-brother-in-law had bolts in this elbow following a cycle crash. The bolts started undoing all by themselves and pushing through the skin.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Excellent news.
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Wow! Fantastic.
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@rungsp, Wow, kudos for the commitment. Hope it all works out 100% for you.
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Excellent news! No more excuses 
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@rungsp, great to read!
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Hope it soon settles down again.
