Re: ok. i got my xray stuff


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i picked up my xray disk and the radiologist's report. this fracture
extends across the fibular styloid, 10mm from it's distal tip. it is
well
aligned, and i can see that on the disk films. looks like a clean break.
so
it is a simple fracture. maybe i'll get lucky and they can leave me in
this
aircast. yesssss????? i hope. especially since it is the fibula and
not
the main support bone, tibia, for the lower leg.

interesting other stuff showed up in the xrays, though--"diffuse poor
mineralization"; "osteophytosis at the ankle joint" (not sure exactly
what
that means, but sounds like bone spurs to me. and hey, with the injuries
this leg sustained in '71, i'd be surprised if i didn't have bone spurs
everywhere.) ; "superimposed degenerative squelae" at the ankle (probably
evidence of my having had polio. i'm guessing, but it makes sense to
me.).
and the old healed fractures, of course.

i think i'm going to have to have a talk with my pcp about this diffuse
poor
mineralization stuff and see if this is actionable (i'm thinking most of
the
left side of my body must be like this, possibly because of injuries, and
maybe it is diffuse on both sides)--cuz my rd is not on top of this
stuff.
she leaves me hanging--sometimes for months and months--after labs and
even
when an mri shows something that is an issue, albeit not an emergency,
without telling me what's found. if i didn't go and get reports myself,
i
wouldn't know the results (until my next appmt. months away), cuz her
nurse
won't/can't tell me (end of discussion) when i call about results.

kate



Break doesn't sound awful. I pray.

Bone density sounds like it might could be better. Hope if so that is
doable.

Damn I wish I could share some of my doctors habits with yours.

I always get copies of lab and radiology reports in the mail.

Jo

i think so, too. so, i'm hopeful of a good ortho appmt. tomorrow. i'm
for
your doctor's habits being shared with my doctor. hmmm . . . how can we
pull that off?

i've been thinking . . . since my leg fracture and my wrist pulverization
were the direct result of my left ankle doing wobbly things . . . and i'm
wondering if the sequelae at my ankle are remnants of my having had polio,
leading me to believe my left ankle is impared/weak (like maybe that
ankle's
neurons have been trying to give up the ghost, as the result of polio in
my
distant past.) . . .i'm thinking . . . maybe we can stop this bone
breaking
stuff from continuing to happen, if i asked my orthopod to prescribe an
ankle brace after this leg heals. y'think? what do you think about that
idea, jo? nobody's ever suggested it before, but i don't think anybody's
put 2 and 2 together, either, to come up with a reason i fall so much,
which
breaks bones. i'm trying to, anyway.<smile>

kate

I know that people who have had polio as children often begin to have
problems again as adults. But I'm guessing you have already done the
research on that.

I've had doctors that oppose any long term bracing because it could further
weaken the already weak joint.

I'd be looking at physical therapy to strengthen some of those weak spots if
that is an option. And some nerve conduction tests to make sure your left
foot is getting the messages it is sent.

Also if I were falling flat on my face more than twice (been there, done
that. I'm well padded and fall well so no bone damage) I'd be considering a
cane. I don't know if your right wrist is up to handling one though.

Then there is the good old, 'up with the good leg, down with the bad leg'
mantra. Of course there are times it is hard to know which is which.

Jo





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