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So I'm 15 weeks out from my motorcycle crash back in February. Left ankle is coming along pretty good given that it was dislocated and had three breaks of the tibia and fibula. Stainless steel plate and 10 screws seems to be getting the job done there. Right arm fully functional thanks to a titanium rod inside the humerous bone running the length from elbow to shoulder to set the break in that bone. Who needs marrow in there anyway. That leaves the old neck-a-reeno. Surgeon says my cervical vertebra fractures are similar to what is called "Clay Shoveler's Fracture" in that it's only the spinous process on C6 and C7 that took fractures. Still feels weird back there and still get lots of crackles and pops through the whole neck structure as it adjusts to being out of the c-collar immobilizer which came off May 15th. Trust me, you don't want to spend 12 weeks in one of those-- sleeping and showering were not optimal. Early on in the recovery I had a motto "Two showers a week whether I need it or not !!" (LoL). Was such a pain bagging up the lower leg and taping it off plus the c-collar and during that early time in recovery right arm was still marginal... bathing was just a real nuisance. Although while in in-patient rehab it was interesting to receive assistance in the sit down shower from the occupational therapists which were all attractive females.
So the problem child that remains is the right shoulder. Apparently whatever impact I took that broke the right humerous also knocked the living [censored] out of the shoulder girdle and AC joint and stretched most of the ligaments in there. 15 weeks and the shoulder blade still wants to float is how I describe the instability and looseness during motion. It works okay for most non weight bearing stuff and even up to moving about 15 lbs around in the hand but it feels and sound like someone is stepping on a box of pretzels when rotating it through range of motion. Surgeon says xrays show no broken bones in the shoulder and that its lined up okay, etc., but likely that the ligaments need to settle down mainly in the AC joint. Doesn't help that I did a type 2 separation to that AC in 2014.
So per the subj line, bones appear to heal faster and with less drama than ligaments if my experience is any guide. Been on a self imposed "healing diet" the whole time, eating clean and keeping the protein and calories up along with vitamin supplementation. But ligaments, they just seem to take their time.
So the problem child that remains is the right shoulder. Apparently whatever impact I took that broke the right humerous also knocked the living [censored] out of the shoulder girdle and AC joint and stretched most of the ligaments in there. 15 weeks and the shoulder blade still wants to float is how I describe the instability and looseness during motion. It works okay for most non weight bearing stuff and even up to moving about 15 lbs around in the hand but it feels and sound like someone is stepping on a box of pretzels when rotating it through range of motion. Surgeon says xrays show no broken bones in the shoulder and that its lined up okay, etc., but likely that the ligaments need to settle down mainly in the AC joint. Doesn't help that I did a type 2 separation to that AC in 2014.
So per the subj line, bones appear to heal faster and with less drama than ligaments if my experience is any guide. Been on a self imposed "healing diet" the whole time, eating clean and keeping the protein and calories up along with vitamin supplementation. But ligaments, they just seem to take their time.
