Almost pain free!
Hi all. Long time since checking out what's been happening here!
After months of treating pain with drug patches and some radiotherapy, I finally found out what was causing all my pain. I had compl...
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Yes,we must be more assertive.A similar thing happened to me.I broke my ankle a few years back and got talked into a plate and 5 screws- the fracture wasn't really displaced but I wasn't about to argue with a top ankle surgeon. So ,like you,I endured 5mths of agony and on crutches with the pompous surgeon telling me I wasn't positive enough.He finally relented and sent me for an xray.His words were -o how did that screw get in there,that's too long.We'll get you in straight away to remove it.He had nailed my fibula to my tallus with a 3inch screw-no wonder I couldn't move my ankle.I told him to remove plate and ALL screws.But he accidentally left a screw behind sticking in a muscle. So another 8mths of physio and pain till I finally had a ct scan and then found another surgeon to clean up the mess.It will never be the same but at least I can walk ok(3hrs tops)and I don't need those pain killers.Hope you have a great holiday and keep those doctors on their toes!
Tonya xx