Prognosis - Right Ankle?

[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?