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[MX450]

So I broke my leg about 2 months ago.. just thought Id post a pic of the X-ray showing the metal rod and screws thats holding it together...

looks like mine :)

[<DRS>GPF]

ahh.. aftermarket parts ! :blah:

[bcg717]

Did that happen out in bremen? How is the leg coming along now?

[trx400EXtreme]

you ever set off alarms at airports or anything? lol. thats one hell of a metal rod.

[Honda#4]

Wah! what a break.

[rossignoldude81]

ha i just did the same thing a week ago. broke tib and fib. but i got 30 days of free leave and $900 travel money to get home and then back to the base. id say it was worth it lol

[416exfreak]

I did that about 3 years ago. Snapped my femur in 2 peices...

I'll get a picture of my rod tomorrow, its hanging on my wall:devil:

[Quad18star]

Looks similar to the hardware I had/have. Mine sets off metal detectors at airports all the time.

Here's the first rod that was put in, then taken out to put a larger one in.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/Quad18star/IMG_0354.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/Quad18star/IMG_0029.jpg

[trx310R#24]

this stuff always makes me want to stop what i do before i hurt my self more but them i remember its not somthing i can quit i dont drink, i dont do drugs, i like to scare the **** out of my self lol i like to make things fly that should not come of the ground cars, quads anything really i have a lot of air miles on the quad an hell if i brake somthing i brake somthing im going to live one time an one time only im not going to stop till i kick the bucket

[stoopidbot]

I snapped my femur while riding a jet ski. Try treading water with a broken femur!

[trx310R#24]

Originally posted by stoopidbot
I snapped my femur while riding a jet ski. Try treading water with a broken femur!
how the hell?

[stoopidbot]

Originally posted by trx310R#24
how the hell?

I managed to rotate the ski 90 degrees in the air so I landed sideways. It was actually on a sea doo. Not a stand up. But I landed sideways after catching HUGE air and it through me off the side. I got my leg tangled in the bars.

[MX450]

Originally posted by bcg717
Did that happen out in bremen? How is the leg coming along now?

yea it did, where you there that night?

You guys that have had similar breaks.. how long did yours take to heal? The doctor told me 6-8 months and if my tibia (shin bone) doesnt start coming back together in about 4 months then I have to get a bone graft. You can see in the pic there is about a 1/2 inch gap in it.

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by MX450
yea it did, where you there that night?

You guys that have had similar breaks.. how long did yours take to heal? The doctor told me 6-8 months and if my tibia (shin bone) doesnt start coming back together in about 4 months then I have to get a bone graft. You can see in the pic there is about a 1/2 inch gap in it.

It took me over a year to have the bone fused back together ... and that was after having a bone graft done , removing the original rod and installing a new one , and using an Exxogen Bone Stimulation machine. I spent 8 months in a full leg cast then a walking cast.

I hate to tell you this, but your leg will never be the same again. I've got pain 24/7 ... any prolonged standing makes my leg swell like a balloon , same as doing various types of work. Weather is going to be your number one killer ..... humidity , cold , rain , is going to affect it. I want to have my hardware removed to see if it'll make any kind of difference ... because it's becoming worse every month now.

[MX450]

dang! well its been a little over 2 months now for me, i was never in a cast and the im walking on it now without crutches. the doc said that could stimulate bone growth by using it and then we will see in another few months if i need a bone graft.

i dont see whats wrong there? looks normal to me.


all seriousness aside holy bajesus thats a break!


hope you heal up quick!

[bcg717]

Originally posted by MX450
yea it did, where you there that night?


Now i thought i saw you saying something about it on www.sequads.com

[rossignoldude81]

here is my break

[rossignoldude81]

and my rod

[MX450]

how long it take you to heal up?

[rossignoldude81]

i wish i could tell you... i just broke it less than 2 weeks ago. im not even supposed to put weight on it for 6 weeks. but i got somegood drugs. vicodin and oxycodone. what did you get?

[m.h.s.c.#527]

Originally posted by rossignoldude81
i wish i could tell you... i just broke it less than 2 weeks ago. im not even supposed to put weight on it for 6 weeks. but i got somegood drugs. vicodin and oxycodone. what did you get?

hydrocodone is generic for vikadin i just broke my armthey gave me vikadin and perkacet(sp?)