Prognosis - Right Ankle?

[physiobob]

Best get a good set of physio hands on you to see why there's a mechanical block. If in Sydney for a weekend I'd suggest the gang as the NSW Academy of Sport in Narrabean. But for someone 1000km North you must be close to the border? There's some good physio's in Byron and the surrounding area.

[dibblego]

Just an update.

I saw an orthopaedic surgeon today who has ordered an MRI of the very specific areas of intense pain along my fibula (there are two very specific spots - about 25mm apart). I will do this on Tuesday 13 January. I have had friends and family confirm that there is certainly an abnormality along the bone as if someone has broken a rod in half then glued it but the surfaces didn't mate correctly. This can be felt at the two spots along my fibula (about 80mm and 105mm above the tip of lateral malleolus).

While I am on the verge of a diagnosis (529 days after the injury!), the condition is now so bad that I cannot walk without a brace (orthodic boot) and even then it is painful. This means I only do essential weight-bearing such as going to see a doctor. i.e. I am in jail for good now.

Thanks for the advice from this forum so far.

[Quickstart]

Just interested in asking a few questions, dibblego.

Have you had any changes to the skin around the foot or lower leg. Skin look glossy? Any hair growing around that area? Boiling hot or freezing cold at times? Skin super sensitive to the touch? Often red or purple? I tried to view on the photos but you didn't compare to the other side and the resolution quality isn't great.

Keen to hear back from you.

[dibblego]

Hello QuickStart,
"Have you had any changes to the skin around the foot or lower leg."

There is some very mild swelling. I think this swelling has always been there - just that the tissue debridement on 11 December 2008 has made the surrounding swelling subside a little.

"Skin look glossy?"

Maybe just a little around the area of pain, but then maybe I am biasing. If it is, it is barely noticeable.

"Any hair growing around that area?"

No more than everywhere else on my leg.

"Boiling hot or freezing cold at times?"

My leg feels cold at all times ever since recovering from the injury in 2007. I have also lost an enormous amount of muscle on the right side of my body - right up to my shoulders.

"Skin super sensitive to the touch?"

If you touch the area of pain, then I will make a noise - the pain is that gut wrenching type. Otherwise, no other sensitivity.

"Often red or purple?"

No.

Sorry about the photo. I might try to take another one.

What might be interesting to note is that I am finding it increasingly difficult to breath - I suspect due to the muscle atrophy. Twice now my breathing has been so difficult that I started to panic.

[dibblego]

I am booked for an MRI of my broken fibula on Tuesday 13 January and I have long maintained to doctors that whatever-it-is, it is deteriorating. I have only recently discovered I have a broken fibula since a tissue debridement on December 11 alleviated a lot of my general pain and swelling - I can feel it through the skin - it is most obvious.

However, my leg is cold and I keep getting sweaty flushes. I am worried about the potential for further complications - my body feels like it is in crisis.

Should I be worried?