Anyone have pins in their legs?

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Hey Steve man so sorry to hear that....my brother-in-law had a racing boat accident a few years ago to where his leg was actually compound fractured where his foot/toes were actually touching his knee. Leg was bent straight back in half...YUCK

I pride myself on having a pretty tough stomach, but looking at that when they pulled him out of the water almost made me pass out.

He is a big guy too at about 6'3" 270-300lbs. He had huge pins and rods put in his leg and he healed up just fine and doesn't limp at all...

but that being said there have been a couple times when we were walking and for some reason his leg just gives out on him and he falls like a sack of bricks....lol

I always laugh and tell him "FLAGGED!! NO MORE CERVEZA FOR YOU"....lol

He doesn't drink....lol :D

Get well soon dude.
 
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Dan Ratcliffe

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Well, I'm going under the knife on Friday morning. I guess they're going to plate my fibula together and run a screw at the bottom through the fibula into the tibula to pull the ankle back together. Man it looks nasty. All kinds of colors around the inside of the ankle.
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Good luck!!!
 
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Kyle

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Oh boy , sorry I didnt get this earlier Steve. For starters you will have to quit smoking.. :)

I had the orthofix external fixator and the Ilizarov external fixator. The Ilizarov definately gets the job done.. The rod through the bone gets faster results but often results in knee problems further down the road....
 
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I say hardware is good!

I broke my Tibula and Fibula skiing about 8 years ago. Tib and Fib are the two bones in your lower leg. The tibula was "spiral fractured" all the way down to my ankle. The Doc said I coule either be in a cast that went clear up to my hip, graduating to smaller casts over the next 6 months, or get a rod put in there and be walking in 5 weeks, with a removable air cast. I chose the rod, and I am very glad I did! I was able to take my cast off to scratch, shower, ect, the day after the surgury, and was walking on my completely broken leg in 4 weeks! I completed Naval Academy "Plebe Summer" 4 months afterwards (lots of running and stuff) They put a rod, inside the bone, from my knee to my ankle with two screws on either end and its still there. No problems whatsoever. I definilty think that getting pins, rods, screws, ect.. all are a good idea and guarantee that your bone will be set properly. One of my buddies opted for just a cast, his leg was set improperly, they had to rebreak and set, and he still walks with a limp!

Good luck! and if you've got an automatic, you can still go wheelin' just reduce the morphine intake a little before heading out.
 
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We can rebuild him. We have the technology.
We have the capability to make the world's first Bionic man.
Steve Rupp will be that man. Better than he was before.
Better . . . stronger . . . faster.
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Looking good man... Take it easy on that thing and listen to the rehab advice... ;)
 
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KEJ

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Very impressive, Steve! I've seen tons of horse x-rays like that :D Glad the op is behind you. Hope the recovery is uneventful and quick.

KJ
 
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Sorry to hear about the leg-looks like a nasty break!

Good luck on the recovery. Maybe now is the time to catch upon any truck projects requiring lots of creeper time? :D
 
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Rupp...that sucks man..I am just beginning my orthopaedic surgery residency at Utah..and it looks like you have a nice high fib fracture with syndesmotic injury (connective tissue between fibula and tibia)...that syndesmotic screw going to your tibia is standard...should heal up great...the good thing is that the fibula is not really a weight bearing bone and you can actually function without it... when it heals up and you make your way back to slc/moab hopefully we can hook up. Cheers and happy rehabilitation. :D
 
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Yeah, I think when I start feeling better I'm going to head over to the garage and grab the old man's wheelchair. It'll be interesting to work under the lift on a wheelchair, but I'll be damned if I don't figure out a way to do it. Now that I have a daily driver (which I only used half a day) , I have some routine maintenence that I need to catch up on. Things like fixing those leaky oil cooler lines, motor/tcase mounts, swivel rebuilds, etc. So once I start to feel better I'll have things to do. I gotta say though that right now sucks pretty bad. I don't need the prozac yet but like I said before, I can't sit still for too long.
 
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You started this post late last week, and last weekend I had to paint our upstairs. No biggie, except for cutting in the vaulted ceilings that are about 18 feet high. Thought about you and coming off that ladder the entire time, hands shaking, flop sweat going, the whole works.

Glad you're on the mend.
 
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KEJ

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No kidding, I was VERY careful jumping in and out of the back of our rather high pickup truck bed tonight. I was thinking the very same thing, "Don't Rupp it, Karen...."

KJ :eek:
 
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Hmmm..
http://www.rikstaboogie.com/images/hospital/11_01_05_rik_plasterpain/index.htm

I was playing roller hockey, I turned this way... then that... 'SNAP'... then I spent a week in hospital and 3 months in plaster... The boss at work felt sorry for me so let me back to work after 6 months. This happened on November 7 last year. Still can't walk properly. Still don't have full movement. Oh yeah... because it has healed with 'rotation' I can have it re-broken and set straight again. Only after I have achieved proper movement first. This would involve another 3 months of leg cast. No pins or plates because the break(s) extend to low into the ankle I'm OK. I've made alot of adjustments to how I go about things. I've just started to skate again, albeit a little wobbly!
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Ok. It's been a month now and I've been bored out of my mind. Thank god Marc sent me a couple of movies, a climbing magazine, a book on knots and some rope. That kept me busy and I'm now a master of knots for climbing. Also Ho sent me a couple of Camel Trophy movies. Thanks guys.

So anyway, I've been meaning to work on my front end. I'm rebuilding my swivel balls, getting new radius arms for my new lift, having my swivel balls castor corrected, and replacing my left side knuckle with a one from a RHD truck (I'm putting my track rod up front). I also picked up a set of GBR HD axles and CV's that'll go in for my new tires. Finally, I'm cutting off the diff cover and welding on my sewer cap for good. So my truck is now going to drive like Marc's.

This is what I did today after lunch. Not bad for a cripple I think. I might do a write up for servicing the swivel balls and the castor corrected arms. Lord knows I have the time.

Step 2 for tomorrow is to get the frame supported and move the jack to the radius arms. I would like to get the housing out so I can get the sewer cap welded on.

Here's a link to the rest of the pics I took today: http://steverupp.phanfare.com/album/6209
 
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