To cut a long story short........

A few years ago i had a big bike accident......i broke my right leg in 3 places with 7 fractures.............

There are 12 bolts in the ancle and knee and 2 rods that were implanted in the tibb and fibb.....the ancle pin got infected and started to extract itself.............

I got back on my bike again to soon and have since manageg to bend or snap most of the pins........

I have limited sensation in my right leg and have difficulty with stability ,Kneeling and walk with a perminent limp....

For the past year my left leg is causing pain as its compensating for the right.....I have to take morphine for the pain which im constantly in.......

A couple of years ago i was going to get it sorted as due to the infection and snaped,bent pins it all needs to come out....

I was sent for a Nucliar radiation scans at Preston....it showed that the infection had spread from my ancle upto my shin...................they told me i would have to be oporated on in London by a specialist and it may involve removal of the infected bone and implanted with a synthetic replacememt..........

I canceled the surgery 3 times as i knew what would be involved and just tryed to block it out........i was used to the pain so i just did nothing..........

In all this time things have got worce.....if i dont get ti done it will just get a lot more worce.........

So ive kicked myself up the arse and am seeing the consultant tommorow.....Its time to get it sorted before its to late...........

I think your doing the right thing ..personally YES you should defo of had it done a while back !

your not getting any younger  and boneds dont reheal as quick ..or arthritis may set in and then ya sh** out cus u wouldnt be able to have that Op

It is easy to push things aside,or just get used to ya current situ..but like u say ..U need to sort it whilst the bones,skin etc ..can repair easily

i hope the appt goes well 

lets us know how you get on ducks

hope all goes well

was it motorbike ...Or push bike ?

Mountain bike..............

It was about midnight....a was caining it down Cambridge road after a few drinks in town.....i was pratting abit TBH.....

zigzaging bettween the white line and crossed the bars to much.....got catopuled off........

I ended up in the middle of the road which was handy as the to cars that just drove pased didnt stop..................

I knew my leg was bad as when i saw it it wasent pointing ithe right way..............

Luckly ater about 5 mins an of duty polce officer came along and blocked the road.......he kept asking me if id been hit by a car.............

Ambuance pulled up 5 mins later.....i said im not going anywhere without the bike.....so that came along aswell.........

Was in hospital for 11 days........

I had a zimmer frame with wheels at the front but the buggers took them off as i was trying to do wheelys on the ward...................

Best of luck feller

I'm glad you've finally made the right decision matey, you can hide it but it wont go away.

Best of luck seeing the consultant tomorrow.

bloody el....U did come a cropper didnt you


U go & get sorted 

Good luck Qwackz

Hope you get yourself sorted qwacks ....can't have a limping ducky

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Thankyou for all your good wishes...............

I also have an alterior motive to get the 100% pure surgical Titainiun hardware given back to me.....weigh it in for a fair bit.............

Went Hozy this morning to see the consultant at 8.45.......

Got sent for x-rays.......they dont give you the x-ray images now...they send them electronicaly to the consultant....they then appear on a touch screen in the consulting room when you see him...............

The last time i saw him was 2004 and he remembered me..........or more like the task of the job i had for him........he still wants to send me to London..............

Aswell as snapping all 12 bolts in my ancle and knee i have now also managed to bend the long pin that goes from my knee to my ancle.........

He says the bolts are fairly easy to extract but the big long pin will be difficulaut and may cause more damage than good......

I then had to go for a Pre-op........45 mins ot tests and questions.....blood,urine,MRSA swabs from nose and mouth.....

They have got me down for mid July at Ormskirk and just see how much they can remove there.....

In the mean time i have to go to Preston again for a  Nucliar injection and x-rays........

Main thing is after putting it off for 6 years im finaly going to get it sorted.....if id have shaped myself to get it sorted sooner then it would have been a lot easyer for him as well as me...........

ah well you did right in the end

keep us informed hun

least u geting sorted