Just curious what the general consensus, if any, there is on how our bodies respond to fractures and other injuries of the bone/tendons.
I've read there is a definite inflammatory response, but has anyone had experience with slow healing, or has it generally been normal?
Thanks in advance for all your responses.
Posted by IckyTicky (Member # 21466) on :
I had a bone break in my foot 3 years ago.. I stepped wrong and a tendon pulled and pulled a chunk of bone off with it. Doctors couldn't do anything, said it would heal on it's own. It still hurts sometimes to this day, some days worse than others.
Posted by astriapage (Member # 17120) on :
I have had open heart surgery-ribs broken 18 months ago, and where they broke the bones it is very painful and there is arthritis there now.
I know it is because of Lyme.
Posted by opus2828 (Member # 15407) on :
I broke my ankle last week (distal fibula) and so far it's been awful.
I've had to get my cast off after three days, get checked for a blood clot and then get recasted because I have all these weird tingling sensations in the cast.
Also have awful calf cramps with this cast.
But everything checked out fine and the docs don't know why I'm having a hard time wearing the cast. They put me on an aspirin regimen just to be safe.
I think it's the lyme doing this.
I go back in a week for a follow up x-ray. They told me most people are healed enough at that point to get an air cast boot put on, so we'll see if I've healed enough too.