Originally Posted by
jppe
Good luck! What’s the recovery time for that procedure?
Hey there! Only a couple of weeks. No PT. No pain killers. I had it done Monday, and my leg is wrapped up in what amounts to an ace bandage. I can bend it and walk on it. I can even walk up and down stairs. I just need to be reasonable (weight bearing as tolerated) for the next couple of weeks.
I was kind of on the fence about it, but when I was advised to take an antibiotic before a teeth cleaning, I was reminded why I want to get it out. You never know when you might get a serious infection (I've known a few people who have) and in those cases, it's better to have the hardware out so infections don't settle in there.
Here was my last x-ray before getting it removed. Fully healed.
Funny thing ... when you're a cyclist in reasonable shape, your heart rate, BP and respiration rate can be really low under anesthesia. When I woke up after surgery, the OR nurses were making jokes about Mr. Code Blue.
