Almost five months ago, this happened to my left leg…
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The following day, they installed a titanium rod in my tibia, and later that day, I was able to walk, to a limited degree. The bone hasn't really been much of a problem since then, but I'm still suffering from several secondary effects of the injury, and the surgery done to repair it. Oddly, a very big problem has been some very bad, very painful muscle spasms mostly in my right leg. It seems odd that I broke my left leg, and it is my right leg that, as a result, has been the source of most of my problems. The other significant issue has been that my left ankle (yes, on the leg that was broken) has been stiff and sore, and sometimes very painful. I think that's more a result of the surgery to put the screws in at the lower end of my titanium rod, than from the primary injury. The muscle spasms, I think, are primarily a result of my whole body being thrown out of whack, from the injury and its effect on my walking, and from being too sedentary.
Anyway, here's my leg the following day, after surgery, with the titanium rod in it.
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