This past week, after a year and a half of pain, I decided to go back under the knife in hopes that some of my worst pain could be alleviated by getting the hardware removed. This includes 18 screws and 2 steel plates, one of them 9 inches long! So did it work, is the pain lessened? At this point I cannot tell because my leg hurts from the incisions, the debridement, the holes, and the swelling. I will spend about a month on crutches and then slowly return to full weight bearing and normal activity. My guess is I will know sometime in late February or early March if this procedure was worth it. At least I have had lots of practice with crutches so that part is no sweat, but I miss riding my bike to work.
The Hardware (scale is 6 inches)
The day after: new Frankenstein scars.
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