Hi Mary, welcome to the board. This is a great resource to utilize, read the whole thread, it truly is great therapy. My advice is to be absolutely crazy about your pt, eat right, and the swelling...

Haven't been around to do an update lately, I'm at 13 months from a type 6 (hi crystal ^^^) 16 screws, 2 plates and what I have to report is...it just gets better. I'm 41, so the road was a bit...

I know the feeling (type 6, Sept. 3, 2011, 16 screws), it does get better, keep working at it and you will improve and the pain will subside, really!

Just thought I'd give an update, to encourage everyone and let you know that it will get better. I did my type VI on 09/03/11 and had 16 screws and 3 plates installed 3 weeks later. Weight bearing on...

I have a VI as well, low speed (under 10MPH) on a small motocross bike. It's unbelievable to me how severe my injury is for what I was doing. I've also been using PPI acid reducing drugs for close...

Hey all, just want to thank everyone on this thread for all of your experiences as I have been lurking for a while. I did mine on Sept. 4th in a freaky low speed (like 7mph) small CC dirt bike...

jesse0307 that's encouraging! I did mine on Sept 4th of this year in a freak low speed dirt bike dump. Gotta a long way to go from what it looks like. I don't know where I am on the scale, but I...