It's not often that I can find a reason to be grateful that I have MS , but today was one of them! It was a day full of relief and hope.
I was diagnosed with MS 26 years ago and it has progressed to the point that I don't have much use of my legs and am unable to walk. It is also the reason that I fell on Halloween and broke my leg in two places.
This x-ray shows the break in the tibia. The second break is higher up on the fibula and doesn't show in this x-ray image that we were able to take a photo of while it was on the surgeons computer screen.
Now for the part where I can be grateful for having MS.
The surgeon made the decision that since I can't use that leg, the bone can take its time healing on its own and would not require pins in the bones to help strengthen them, and he would be able to skip doing surgery. That was huge relief.
And he also decided that I would not have to be in a heavy awkward plaster cast for 6-8 weeks but rather would be able to wear a custom-molded thermoplastic orthosis (splint) with Velcro straps and ventilation perforations.
This is my room in rehab where I have spent nearly two weeks. I will be moving to a new facility very soon , possibly today or tomorrow, where they will have Assisted Living facilities available and is very near my house in the woods.
I'm not in nearly as much pain as before and am ready to move on to the next part of this adventure! I'm hoping my new room will have a much better view than this room had!