80 As Bad As It Gets

This is not the news I wanted to hear: A second surgeon recommending that I have another surgery, and that as soon as possible, lest I end up crippled or worse.

Because of the non-union of the bones, they want to cut open my leg and insert an internal fixation running the length of the bone, this new chunk of metal replacing the external one.

I am already aware of that I have experienced a compound fracture, where the broken bones perforate the skin, causing a laceration and tissue loss. What’s new is that I hear there are three degrees of compound fractures, and mine is the worse type. The trauma surgeon states that my break is "as bad as it it gets."

I feel very backed into a corner on this, not to speak of musing on the financial question of covering the costs of a second operation and so forth. ...

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