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anyone else have this done to their leg?
Just returned last night from a 2 day hospital stay. Was biking when a car made a quick turn into the path of me crossing the street. Prob only a 10-15 mph hit, but when landing, my left leg hit the pavement first and forced it in the wrong direction. Femur bone making a bulge in my upper leg just below the hip, like a big goider!
They used this procedure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI2Jvgt9Z8c Sent me home the day after surgery with a walker...which is not fun. Right now, can't put any weight on that leg. Anyone that has had this done..how long did it take to be able to take some steps w/o the walker...or drive (clutch car)
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More than a couple weeks? I don't smoke..5'10 weigh 155...but I am almost 64yo
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Sorry to hear Steve,
I can't directly answer your question and am too squeamish to watch the video, but about 4 years ago I took my bicycle to the ground on a huge ice patch breaking both the lower bones- the main one got a rod and screws in it and the other had to just heal by being immobile. One day in the hospital; could have left a bit earlier, but nurse was super cute, so I delayed my ride home by a tad! I was unable to drive for 8 weeks, doctors orders. Mine was the right leg. 6 weeks before weight on it I think. Best of luck- stop eating like you did while riding or you'll balloon!
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Yeah, the hospital food just gives a person more appetite for good food!
The video is a 3D simulation...so it's not gory.
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Ouch! Is this going on the insurance for the person that was driving the car?
I hope you heal fast!
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The x-rays showed a mass of splintered bone around the break. I asked the surgeon what he does about those? He says "they heal-up on their own"!
Amazing that a body can do that.
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Good luck with the recovery Steve. Lets hope you feel like the million dollar man.
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My lower leg. Sort of a crappy picture of a crappy picture. Its amazing what they can do. That was 4 years ago. The hardware is still in there but it functions pretty normal.
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^^^ That's a lot of hardware in there!
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My wife's shattered elbow - post surgery one year ago today.
She has full range of motion, but still some nerve pain. Good luck on your recovery!   
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They call it the " Black and Decker school of medicine"
Had three screws put in the head of my femur in '91, I think it was, motorcycle accident. Then, I had them removed a few years later....THEN another 15 or so had a total hip resurface (kind of a replacement type of thing) since the cartilage was gone. . Just chill out and read books & watch movies. Bone's always heal slower than you want them to, 5-6 weeks? Maybe three on crutches then three with a cane. You can probably ditch the walker right now if you are 'good at crutches' 3 weeks post op you can also get on an exercise bicycle and make your s/o shoot you some worried looks. Get off the pain med's asap. These are all just my opinions having broken.... maybe 8 bones in my life. Femur is a big one, nothing worse except breaking the head... take care bro. Sue that driver.
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Glad your OK
I used to sell Femoral Nails. I had one on my desk for years. Miracles of modern surgery. Hope you heal fast ! 
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Thanks all!
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Completely broke my femur, textbook break in the middle of the femur. Put a pin from my knee to my hip.
It was many years ago. Took 2 weeks in hospital. Traction for several days before they pinned it. Then had to be able to do stairs on the crutches before they let me out. 8 weeks at home with the keep weight off stipulation. Wasn't until x-rays showed bone was knit back together before they let me put weight on it.
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This fine piece of hardware spent a year in my right femur.
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While serious, good to know the damage wasn't more extensive.
I was hit by a car riding my bike in college...multiple tib/fib breaks as well as a mushed metatarsals. Changed my life. My only advice is don't push it. Let your body heal. Billy, don't be a hero  I'd post pics of the X-rays but the accident was so long ago W. C. Roentgen was my x-ray technician.
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