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Advice about recently broken ankles

Treevey134777

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone had any advice. 

Just before this Christmas just gone, I fell down the stairs after loosing consciousness on the stairs. I came to moments later but had landed at the bottom of the stairs and had broken both my ankles at the same time. I was in hospital for a week unable to move, then moved in with my grandparents for a further 8 weeks whilst I was in casts as I couldn’t get up and down stairs, and their house has a downstairs bathroom and enough space for a bed downstairs. 

Anyways, the doctors would have operated on my left ankle which was the more serious break, but didn’t because I had a huge fracture blister and it was too close to the site and dangerous in case of infection. So I had to heal naturally. Months after getting casts of and of walking around, I’ve got really bad pain in both ankles and struggle to walk around for too long, and my feet and ankles swell up quite big. I’m booking to see a doctor but it’s quite difficult to get appointments at my local medical centre. 

Has anyone else had any experiences of breaks like these? And am I right to be concerned about how painful and swollen they get at times? I can maybes walk, aided with a crutch, for around 20 minutes maximum before my ankles are up huge and I have to sit down. It’s starting to affect how I get on with my daily life and it’s a constant struggle and painful experience. 

I appreciate any and all advice.

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  • I think that for fractures of the bone, anything to help rebuild that bone would be helpful. Bones are living, and they can rebuild themselves to an extent, if given the right building supplies (nutrients) and time to rebuild.

    I know that people commonly know about calcium, which is the hard parts of the bone, but "collagen" is really important as well. It makes up the majority of the bone, and if there's not enough of it, bones become brittle and fractures can occur. But collagen is also good for the entire body, like muscles, organs, joints, tissues, and it helps skin retain it's elasticity, so people enjoy the youthful appearance that collagen can provide them with. 

    There's a lot of collagen products out there now, like collagen powder to stir a spoonful into coffee or tea, which is what I have.

    But people can also make "bone broth" with a slow cooker, which takes a long time to make, but it's packed with nutrients for the body. It's just usually a mix of vegetables and bones boiled over a 12 hour period to extract the nutrition, and then all the physical bits are strained (all the vegetables and the bones), and the result is a rich and hearty broth that helps keep the body healthy.  

    Massaging could help the swelling, and maybe a gel pack as well.

    Maybe try walking around for half of that time, like instead of walking around until your ankles are all swollen and in pain, which is 20 minutes, try to walk around briefly, like for 10 minutes, and then have a break. And then build up the time from there, like maybe after a day or two you can increase that time by a minute, so that your bones and muscles have enough time to build up and deal with the additional strain on it. I mean your feet take up the weight of your entire body, so don't be so hard on it. It'll take time to heal. 

  • in reply to Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

    Thanks for your advice. I will try some of these suggestions. It’s just been a while now since they broke, and it seems like it’s not getting any better. I’m also going to see doctor about them soon see if they can do anything. 

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