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Reelyfe Added a reply to Nerve damage from broken tibia fibula

3/6/2017 9:31am
Thanks guys for sharing your experiences! I feel it's really the only way in our situations to know what works and what to expect, as it seems the physians only repair the damage and they are done! I'm around 8 weeks post final surgery (5) and I don't have a physical therapist because I didn't have insurance, so I have...

Reelyfe Added a reply to Nerve damage from broken tibia fibula

3/5/2017 2:18pm
**UPDATE** Just wanted to update my condition in case someone else comes along needing answers to the same condition. After I went to the Dr last month, I asked him if he could increase my dosage of gabapentin before changing me to lyrica since it was so expensive. I was on 300 mg 3 times a day. He increased my...

Reelyfe Added a reply to Nerve damage from broken tibia fibula

2/14/2017 1:18pm
My Dr has me on 300 mg of Neurontin three times a day. I was under the impression that was the maximum dosage. That being said, it may be the case that I'm not being prescribed enough to make a difference. I go for 6 week tomorrow, so I'll be sure to question my Dr. Its so crazy that my...

Reelyfe Added a reply to Nerve damage from broken tibia fibula

2/14/2017 12:04pm
. My new side by side was the cause of my break. I was the passenger and it started to tip over and I kicked out my leg to try and prevent it from turning over and the rest is history. I remained pinned under it for a good 30 minutes until 3 or four other riders st the...

Reelyfe Added a reply to Nerve damage from broken tibia fibula

2/14/2017 11:57am
Thanks guys for the quick response. I'm currently taking the gabapentin which is supposed to help ease the nerve pain but it doesn't seem to work. From what I gather from you guys and the tpf community at large, it's going to be a long , slow process, and one needs to be patient and fight through it. ...

Reelyfe Added a reply to Nerve damage from broken tibia fibula

2/14/2017 10:41am
I too suffered from a tpf with a total of 4 surgeries. I had compartmental syndrome, external fixator, and now have a plate with a number of pins and screws. The injury happened on December 23, 2016 and I remained hospitalized almost a month. From the very beginning I suffered from extreme nerve pain in the foot of my damaged...