Comments on: broke my ankle. ouch. http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/ the time is gone, the song is over, thought i'd something more to say... Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:24:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ginger http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/comment-page-1/#comment-100341 Ginger Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:09:25 +0000 http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/#comment-100341 I love your story, it cracked me up. Like me (just had a Trimalleolar Ankle Fracture on 11/11/11) i broke myself, and they had to put me in an external fix for a couple weeks before surgery because it would not set in the plaster (not a pretty sight but sure if you google it there are pics or add me on FB i have pics :) Ginger Bell is my name but if you add to see don't laugh at the post plaster leg hair. I am hoping i can walk after the 19th but luckily they have me in an aircast boot. The awesome doctor made me promise no weight til she says go! lol so tempting. She said she might go ahead and take out two screws that aren't necessary for permanent fixation so i hope they let me keep them too :) I am also 30 and this is my first broken anything (well three bones might as well knock em out at once right). Our scars look the same, do you have them on both sides? SO GLAD I DRIVE AN AUTOMATIC ROOMY HONDA!!!! thanks for your site i am gonna finish laughing at your optimism now :) P.S. I highly discourage the use of 4" high heel stalleto shoes for extended periods of time... Door stoops get jealous and grab at them :p I love your story, it cracked me up. Like me (just had a Trimalleolar Ankle Fracture on 11/11/11) i broke myself, and they had to put me in an external fix for a couple weeks before surgery because it would not set in the plaster (not a pretty sight but sure if you google it there are pics or add me on FB i have pics :) Ginger Bell is my name but if you add to see don’t laugh at the post plaster leg hair. I am hoping i can walk after the 19th but luckily they have me in an aircast boot. The awesome doctor made me promise no weight til she says go! lol so tempting. She said she might go ahead and take out two screws that aren’t necessary for permanent fixation so i hope they let me keep them too :) I am also 30 and this is my first broken anything (well three bones might as well knock em out at once right). Our scars look the same, do you have them on both sides? SO GLAD I DRIVE AN AUTOMATIC ROOMY HONDA!!!! thanks for your site i am gonna finish laughing at your optimism now :)

P.S. I highly discourage the use of 4″ high heel stalleto shoes for extended periods of time… Door stoops get jealous and grab at them :p

]]> By: Ricardo http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/comment-page-1/#comment-99898 Ricardo Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:27:25 +0000 http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/#comment-99898 Wow, last reply 1 yr ago but oh well, I have not broken no ankle but every time i play softball i feel like i might break my ankle cuz of the pain i experience. I am a person who loves the sport of baseball, and because of that i play through injury. For the past 2 season (spring and fall) league i have pulled my hamstring twice and recently a week ago i pulled both quads and even though i couldnt run i play through the pain >.>. Reason why i brought that up is because i fear that the pain in my right ankle i am experiencing its a sign from god to not slide feet 1st no more, I know head 1st slides are more dangerous than feet 1st but at least i wont end up with a broken ankle right? Best of luck in the healing process to anyone who experience a broken ankle or any type of bones in their body, :( reading all this comments makes me sad specially Michelle's post. Wow, last reply 1 yr ago but oh well, I have not broken no ankle but every time i play softball i feel like i might break my ankle cuz of the pain i experience. I am a person who loves the sport of baseball, and because of that i play through injury. For the past 2 season (spring and fall) league i have pulled my hamstring twice and recently a week ago i pulled both quads and even though i couldnt run i play through the pain >.>. Reason why i brought that up is because i fear that the pain in my right ankle i am experiencing its a sign from god to not slide feet 1st no more, I know head 1st slides are more dangerous than feet 1st but at least i wont end up with a broken ankle right?

Best of luck in the healing process to anyone who experience a broken ankle or any type of bones in their body, :( reading all this comments makes me sad specially Michelle’s post.

]]> By: Baseball Regulation http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/comment-page-1/#comment-99369 Baseball Regulation Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:12:30 +0000 http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/#comment-99369 You fell? You'd better be careful next time. =) My friend had an injured knee due to a fall while playing baseball. Now we lost a player :( You fell? You’d better be careful next time. =) My friend had an injured knee due to a fall while playing baseball. Now we lost a player :(

]]> By: danni http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/comment-page-1/#comment-99345 danni Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:15:14 +0000 http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/#comment-99345 hey guys. well fate had it in for me big style, as i broke my ankle on xmas eve which was a bummer. but i managed to chip away the bottom of the tibia and fracture my fibula so had to have an opp on boxing day to put 2 screws in to hold the bone in place. i had a walking soft cast on for 3 weeks which great cause i could walk normally but i've just had it removed and my ankle is really sore. the dr said that it was good and healed and that i should walk on it and do leg stretches but its still swollen and stiff but i start PT on thurs and have been told that i cannot ride again for at least 3 months. so i'm bored out of my brain but its great to see other people going through the same thing, my flatmates just don't seem to understand the fustration. hey guys. well fate had it in for me big style, as i broke my ankle on xmas eve which was a bummer. but i managed to chip away the bottom of the tibia and fracture my fibula so had to have an opp on boxing day to put 2 screws in to hold the bone in place. i had a walking soft cast on for 3 weeks which great cause i could walk normally but i’ve just had it removed and my ankle is really sore. the dr said that it was good and healed and that i should walk on it and do leg stretches but its still swollen and stiff but i start PT on thurs and have been told that i cannot ride again for at least 3 months. so i’m bored out of my brain but its great to see other people going through the same thing, my flatmates just don’t seem to understand the fustration.

]]> By: Sara http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/comment-page-1/#comment-98782 Sara Thu, 15 May 2008 05:07:31 +0000 http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/#comment-98782 Note- if this starts out as a duplicate comment, I didn't mean to hit some key that made the message I was complosing, dissapear. 1/23/08 I broke me ankle. Stared to walk in March and got sore when I moved it much. I wish now that I had done isometric leg and foot exercizes. That would have keep my muscles from wasting and added to my flexability. The day 6 weeks was over I started exercising. Rolled a tenis ball and a lumpy ball with my foot. I took physical terapy HIGHLY RECCOMENDED! Especially interferential electronic stimulation. Makes my foot and ankle feel great and is stimulating regenation. Note- if this starts out as a duplicate comment, I didn’t mean to hit some key that made the message I was complosing, dissapear.

1/23/08 I broke me ankle. Stared to walk in March and got sore when I moved it much. I wish now that I had done isometric leg and foot exercizes. That would have keep my muscles from wasting and added to my flexability.

The day 6 weeks was over I started exercising. Rolled a tenis ball and a lumpy ball with my foot.

I took physical terapy HIGHLY RECCOMENDED!
Especially interferential electronic stimulation. Makes my foot and ankle feel great and is stimulating regenation.

]]> By: michelle http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/comment-page-1/#comment-98685 michelle Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:44:01 +0000 http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/#comment-98685 Hi, I was looking up "sliding when stealing second broken ankle" on google and found you! In March of '06, I suffered a tri-malaeor fracture of my tibia (split into three pieces from the base of the big ankle bone) and also a complete break in half of my fibula in my left leg at Joker Marchant Stadium (Tigers' home) during the New York Yankees' spring training. Yea, I'm a chick... after the game some gober who was grooming the field dared me to pretend it was a game and to steal second and slide . (I can still hear my mom..."would you jump off a cliff if someone told you to?") Whatever, it was baseball, the real field my heros had just played on, and of course pretending was the closest I'd ever get to being a player anyway, being female. So I did it. Felt like an idiot when I saw my poor ankle turned an impossible ankle like Gumbee or something cartoonish. Like you, no pain, just oh no, something's wrong. Grabbed my foot from its right angle position to my leg and janked it back straight, like it should be, if I was to save face and walk off that field - right!? THEN I realized, oh sh*t...and the pain was obscene. Carried off the field to the stupid TIGERS' dugout and my major league career ended! lol! Doctor said I did a great job setting my own ankle though. Plates and screws in both the tibia and fibula. That was two years ago... and I still cannot run. Last running I ever did, maybe ever? was on that infield between first and second base -same exact piece of the planet where the New York Yankees tread last before me. And we won 4-2 by the way... For the love of the game! - Michelle Hi, I was looking up “sliding when stealing second broken ankle” on google and found you! In March of ’06, I suffered a tri-malaeor fracture of my tibia (split into three pieces from the base of the big ankle bone) and also a complete break in half of my fibula in my left leg at Joker Marchant Stadium (Tigers’ home) during the New York Yankees’ spring training. Yea, I’m a chick… after the game some gober who was grooming the field dared me to pretend it was a game and to steal second and slide . (I can still hear my mom…”would you jump off a cliff if someone told you to?”) Whatever, it was baseball, the real field my heros had just played on, and of course pretending was the closest I’d ever get to being a player anyway, being female. So I did it. Felt like an idiot when I saw my poor ankle turned an impossible ankle like Gumbee or something cartoonish. Like you, no pain, just oh no, something’s wrong. Grabbed my foot from its right angle position to my leg and janked it back straight, like it should be, if I was to save face and walk off that field – right!? THEN I realized, oh sh*t…and the pain was obscene. Carried off the field to the stupid TIGERS’ dugout and my major league career ended! lol! Doctor said I did a great job setting my own ankle though. Plates and screws in both the tibia and fibula. That was two years ago… and I still cannot run. Last running I ever did, maybe ever? was on that infield between first and second base -same exact piece of the planet where the New York Yankees tread last before me. And we won 4-2 by the way…

For the love of the game! – Michelle

]]> By: nina http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/comment-page-1/#comment-97828 nina Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:42:37 +0000 http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/#comment-97828 hi i broke my ankle also 11/23/07 i fell down the stairs, im so clumbsy, but i am losin my natural mind.! i had surgery on 11/30/07 i never thought i would be so excited to walk again i hope it wont take a long time im hopin an prayin hi i broke my ankle also 11/23/07 i fell down the stairs, im so clumbsy, but i am losin my natural mind.! i had surgery on 11/30/07 i never thought i would be so excited to walk again i hope it wont take a long time im hopin an prayin

]]> By: geoffry lowe http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/comment-page-1/#comment-97818 geoffry lowe Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:50:11 +0000 http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/#comment-97818 Hi i just broke my ankle 11/26/07 and had the same surgery done.i am hoping to get back to work soon or i'm going to lose my mind,ha ha.i work at a prison on nite shift as a guard. Hi i just broke my ankle 11/26/07 and had the same surgery done.i am hoping to get back to work soon or i’m going to lose my mind,ha ha.i work at a prison on nite shift as a guard.

]]> By: lo http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/comment-page-1/#comment-96969 lo Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:39:17 +0000 http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/#comment-96969 I broke my ankle July 14th on my trip to Washington DC. Who breaks a foot on vacation!! I had a dislocation and broke my tibia and had three screws put in. Its almost been a month and I am having an amazing recovery. I have started physical therapy and started using a cane with my walking boot on. It is painful to walk but Dr assures me that I will be able to do more PT without the boot next week. He said that with injuries like this is better to start trying to move it around asap so that it heals faster (I thought it would be the opposite) My foot still swells up a little bit and my big toe is still a bit numb but just seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is great. From what I am reading it seems like everyone just has their own pace of healing and there is no set time frame. He assures me that I will be walking unaided by mid September - we will see. I broke my ankle July 14th on my trip to Washington DC. Who breaks a foot on vacation!! I had a dislocation and broke my tibia and had three screws put in. Its almost been a month and I am having an amazing recovery. I have started physical therapy and started using a cane with my walking boot on. It is painful to walk but Dr assures me that I will be able to do more PT without the boot next week. He said that with injuries like this is better to start trying to move it around asap so that it heals faster (I thought it would be the opposite) My foot still swells up a little bit and my big toe is still a bit numb but just seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is great. From what I am reading it seems like everyone just has their own pace of healing and there is no set time frame. He assures me that I will be walking unaided by mid September – we will see.

]]> By: Rick http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/comment-page-1/#comment-96597 Rick Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:49:59 +0000 http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/#comment-96597 meeboguest651680: Hey Dennis, I dont know if you are still on this blog, but here goes. My saga is a lot like yours, dislocation fracture of my fibula (hospital says at 110 degree dislocation it was the worst they have ever seen). I'm 8 weeks post injury, 61/2 weeks post surgery and got my walking boot yesterday. I'm told I WILL be out of the boot in 2 weeks, walking without aid. The question I have is this, I'm in more pain now that I have since I broke this stupid thing....I'm dedicated to rehab and last night within an hour of getting the boot I was rehabing.....when you got your boot were you in a bunch of pain? Thanks, Rick archers4@att.net meeboguest651680: Hey Dennis, I dont know if you are still on this blog, but here goes. My saga is a lot like yours, dislocation fracture of my fibula (hospital says at 110 degree dislocation it was the worst they have ever seen). I’m 8 weeks post injury, 61/2 weeks post surgery and got my walking boot yesterday. I’m told I WILL be out of the boot in 2 weeks, walking without aid. The question I have is this, I’m in more pain now that I have since I broke this stupid thing….I’m dedicated to rehab and last night within an hour of getting the boot I was rehabing…..when you got your boot were you in a bunch of pain? Thanks, Rick archers4@att.net

]]> By: Eli http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/comment-page-1/#comment-10978 Eli Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:26:06 +0000 http://www.dennisyang.com/archive/2006/04/10/broke-my-ankle-ouch/#comment-10978 My ankle has been broken for three weeks, my friends call me the hobbler and I wont be riding my bike for a long time. great site its hard to find good info on the net and this is the best I have found. thanks and I hope you are feeling better. My ankle has been broken for three weeks, my friends call me the hobbler and I wont be riding my bike for a long time. great site its hard to find good info on the net and this is the best I have found. thanks and I hope you are feeling better.

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