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Surgery to take pins out

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Ryguy920
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So last February, I totally ate shit trying to do my first 9. I broke my tibia and fibula clean in two. I had to have surgery, with a rod down my tibia and 4 pins to hold everything in place. Tomorrow I'm having another surgery to have the pins in the bottom of my leg taken out, and to be honest I'm kind of freaked out. Do any of you have any experience with surgeries like this? What should I expect? How long do you think the recovery would be? Thanks, and of course honest answers get +K.
Nov 6 2012 6:36PM
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ryano
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the most painful experience of your life!
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Nov 6 2012 6:38PM
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Piste.Off
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I have had the same injury and a year after I had the surgery to remove all 5 screws. I was walking on it by the second day and was probably 100% within 3-4 weeks.
Nov 6 2012 6:40PM
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Ye_ol_wild_Koala
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most likely youll be knocked out, enjoy the high man. Get a "your name" visits the dentist video
Nov 6 2012 6:52PM
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last_tango
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May not want to do that. When I went under I cried a lot and wanted to tell my loved ones I was okay and that I loved them. I think I maybe the only one to have that happen though.
Nov 6 2012 7:13PM
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charcharbinks
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-7ZCj4Bdgs this is a video of my 8th grade science teacher having pins removed from his wrist. he used to show it to his classes until some chick freaked out and threw up or something. semi-relevant to this thread. good luck!
Nov 6 2012 7:14PM
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beezey
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I had pins in my foot. Wa so horrible to get them out. He couldn't get a good grip so the pliers kept slipping off and I had a bad reaction to the medication and it made me shake I had to have my legs held down
Nov 6 2012 7:15PM
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Funkadelic
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I had pins taken out of my knee cap. It was 1000 times easier than the surgery to put them in. Way less pain, and I was back to walking in 2 weeks. Don't be worried about it.
Nov 6 2012 7:17PM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
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I had a pin through my thumb 2 inches into my hand. It was really hard to get out. They had to give a good yank with a couple twists for it to slide. The only painful part was it sliding in between the skin and bone. Otherwise you couldnt even feel it.
Nov 6 2012 7:23PM
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Sophistication.
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Gnar...
Nov 6 2012 7:25PM
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theabortionator
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Surgery is never really no big deal, but generally the surgery isn't as big a deal when they take it out. You're still going to be dkfugfiysdgfiusduf coming off surgery mode, but it shouldn't be as painful.


When you break something fucked up and they drill holes and bolt shit in there to piece it back together, it's generally a lot worse than removing the hardware.


Still surgery but you should be fine. You survived the gnarly part.


Good luck man. See if you can count down from 10 before they put you down, you can't.
Nov 6 2012 7:26PM
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Ryguy920
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Thanks for the honest input everyone, maybe I'm just hyping it up too much in my head. And I'm not even going to watch that video, I have a feeling it will just freak me out even more.
Nov 6 2012 7:31PM
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roddy116
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your going to die, and i will take all of your clothing >:)
Nov 6 2012 7:32PM
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theabortionator
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I really think you'll be fine. I mean you survived the first one. I wasn't sure if they could put me under my first surgery. I have really bizarre reactions to different chemicals now and some my brain simply doesn't react to. I spent some time explaining everything to the anesthesiologist. I think they made sure to do it proper and put me down hard.

I would say the surgery getting the hardware out was about half as bad as the first. The first, ridiculous pain, oxy's don't do it for me really. When the nerve block wore off I was in straight hate you all fuck my life this suck fuck fuck fuck mode. Just kind of rode it mostly. Second one was like, meh, I feel shitty, It hurts, I feel shitty, wow that hurts, I'm nibbling on some french fries, I feel shitty.


A lot less I hate everything and everyone, a lot less fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck(not fucking just oh fuck).



That was me explaining this in a really shitty way. But maybe that will make sense to you.



The bones already healed, that's why they take the hardware out. When they put it in, you just broke the fuck out of your body, you have a bone that's now in 2 pieces or more. Your body doesn't like that. Then creepy people with masks that call them selves doctors, pump you full of drugs, cut open your skin, start moving around the bones and jiggling them to match up, start drilling holes here or there, and start screwing in random pieces of metal to you bone, then they sew up the skin and tell you to get the fuck out.


^ That's why it sucks so bad. Second creepy people with masks pump you full of drugs but they only cut open your skin, on bolt the hardware, and sew you back up. A lot less intense of a process for your body.

Good luck
Nov 6 2012 7:53PM
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Ryguy920
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Thanks man that actually helped
Nov 6 2012 8:06PM
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Forcillo
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I had surgery for my broken ankle about 5.5 months ago. They put one huge screw fully through the bone, and they will never take it out.

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Nov 6 2012 9:15PM
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Bogs
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i had literally the same thing happen and my surgeon told me i'd never have to get any of the hardware taken out unless it caused some kind of complication. why are they taking yours out?
Nov 6 2012 9:41PM
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charcharbinks
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Watch it!
Nov 6 2012 10:08PM
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Ryguy920
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Its the bolts in my ankle, and they bump out a little and cause discomfort if I get bumped there at all. Also they said it would be super uncomfortable to ski in, especially if I was going for any tricks.
Nov 6 2012 10:29PM
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Bogs
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gotcha. that sucks, man. i'm glad i haven't had any problems with mine. but, like people have been saying, i doubt the surgery will be all that bad. obviously nowhere near as bad as getting it all put in and fixing the leg.
Nov 6 2012 10:52PM
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Ryguy920
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Just got home from the surgery, was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. Waking up from the anesthesia was sick, and it didn't hurt nearly as much as it did the first time. Thanks for all the encouragement guys.
Nov 7 2012 5:02PM
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PhaedeD
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youre a pussy.












jk luv u beeeeezzz :)
Nov 7 2012 5:05PM
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theabortionator
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Told ya. Now you're golden. Hopefully the rest of you stays intact. You gonna be skiing this winter?
Nov 8 2012 7:04AM
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KEVTRON
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I don't think theres much you should worry about OP. I broke my ankle in march and got 10pins/screws and a plate then right after i started walkig again i broke my hand and got another 3screwz and a plate.. ill prob have them removed eventually but its not a major surgery or anything. Like people before said you should be up and runnin again in a few weeks. I'm sure it wont give you any problems.
Nov 8 2012 10:53AM
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TOK
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Had external pins taken out a couple years ago, humerus fracture
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didn't go under though, I basically looked away while they slid them out with a pair of medical plier things. It didn't hurt that bad really, I just got light headed and queasy feeling from how gross they felt sliding out.
Nov 8 2012 10:56AM
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theabortionator
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You gotta be careful man. Your body had a rough summer.


Wanna go skate a mini ramp?
Nov 8 2012 11:45AM
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5oup5teeze
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I broke my femur in half a couple years ago when I hit a tree skiing in Colorado. They shoved a rod down the middle of my femur and put screws at the top and bottom to hold it in place. I had one surgery a few months later to take the bottom ones out. This was close to my knee so it was swollen. And of course with any surgery, your muscles and tissues will be traumatized for a while and the swelling will have to go down. Small range of motion and movement will help the process move quicker because that will help blood flow. Hope this helps.
Nov 8 2012 11:51AM
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Ryguy920
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Yep hopefully be out there in a couple of weeks!
Nov 8 2012 12:00PM
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