Riverbank collapsed. Leg be broken in multiple places. Surgery next week. I am in a temporary cast.
Find all the fractures
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Crap!
Hope the healing up goes quickly and well!
Hope the healing up goes quickly and well!
Oh damn...sorry! Hope for a speedy recovery and none of the neuropathic pain I had a few months ago when I got my cast off!
To pass the time, I put together a workout routine that didn't need my foot, so upper body, sitting, stuff on back, etc. I'm slowing incorporating more weight on my foot into it still, not quite doing weighted squats at this point, but getting close.
To pass the time, I put together a workout routine that didn't need my foot, so upper body, sitting, stuff on back, etc. I'm slowing incorporating more weight on my foot into it still, not quite doing weighted squats at this point, but getting close.
Dang! That looks rough. Heal up and sending good vibes your way!
sorry man! hope you heal up quickly. maybe you should stick to a safer sport. like, you know, ummmm...mountain biking!
Well god damnit....... that's not how you do fishing
Riverbanks suck - heal up quickly.
Dang dude, arent you a bit old to be pulling shit like that? 
Heal up fast man.
Heal up fast man.
Heal up fast, Erik!
Hardware time
Damn, heal well!
That sucks, Eric. Heal up soon.
So, I can only spot the obvious break in the fib, above the joint. Where are the other fractures?
So, I can only spot the obvious break in the fib, above the joint. Where are the other fractures?
The one you saw is an oblique lateral malleolus fracture at the syndesmosis.
The other one is a transverse medial malleolus fracture.
Ankle mortise is also a little widened.
Should be a good recovery as the articular surface, the tibial plafond, looks ok.
I was about to say the same, plus he has a slight contusion on his knee the x-ray doesn't show.
Glad it wasn't worse and you were somewhere accessible/with someone who could help you out.
The resident from podiatry went to town on the leg getting the mortice back into its proper place.4 mg of morphine and a nerve block made it tolerable while he did it.
I saw these two
but had to look this up. I assume this is a result of the nature of the way the ankle twisted/broke? Everything "shifting" one direction?
time to fire up the ms paint machine and mark up that xray for me!
looks like Xbox and Cheetos are in your near future. Were you fishing the LA river? lol
It must be pretty common injury, I found this image:
You can clearly see the one break in the tibia similar to Eric's.
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The red and purple lines in the first picture show Ankle mortise shift. Is that correct @Toshi?
So much for fishing being a safe alternative.
Heal up quick! Hate to see you down just as the weather starts turning nice.
This mean no more ambalamps duty for a while?
oofdah.
Heal up!
Still up for lunch in Auburn area?
I’ll see how the schedule progresses.
Heal up!
Still up for lunch in Auburn area?
I’ll see how the schedule progresses.
Ok so now that I am not all doped up. Here is what happened. The creek was running really high and fast and there were limited access points to fish. I had tried 3-4 spots and had no bites. I was walking up stream on the bluff above the creek when I spotted a likely place to fish. so I made my way down a tiny trail to creek level. I was probably a 50-75 foot descent then made my way to the water. It looked solid but as I got near the bank gave way and took me with it. I think my leg got caught on a root as I twisted and fell back first into the water and mud. I got lucky that it was shallow slack water. I knew instantly that the Fibula was broken. I grabbed some brush and pulled myself up and onto the bank. When I was able to stand and put weight on the leg I figured that the Tibia was mostly intact. One of the guys in the group I was with from the Tri Valley Fly Fishing Club saw the fall and came over to check on me. I used his wading staff to work my way back up to the truck. Once there I got a cardboard splint out from behind the back seat and my first aid kit out and got my waders and boots off. I could feel the fibula break and with that we splinted the ankle and I got in the truck and drove myself 18 miles to Kaiser Vacaville. The pain was intense but bearable
Damn heal up fast dude. I’ve had many tumbles down streambanks, but nothing that bad. Just a broken fly rod or ten.
In retrospect I got damn lucky. I was up by the big trees on thr right of the photo when the bank failed. If I had gone into the fast water I would have gone into the strainer on the right. Not a good situation.
The most common fishing issue we have here is people getting stuck in the mud, then the 20 foot tide comes in. They had one that was stuck so bad they had to use a pipe so they could breathe, but they ended up dying because the suction was so great. They've revised procedures some, but people still get caught and die.
Now i understand the post about Tylenol 3... damn son... glad you're "good" (i.e. not stuck underwater). Here's to a swift and full recovery.
Damn man. Bummer.
Surgery went well. I have an IV nerve block in my leg for the next 3 days.one plate, many screws
Part man, part machine.