Long Leg Cast?!


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Long Leg Cast?

Sometimes when you get knee surgery like I'm probably going to need You get a long leg cast. I am 14 and I'm probably going to need ACl Reconstruction surgery. I saw this long leg cast and it is not made out of fiberglass or plaster, Its made out of The stuff that goes under the fiberglass cast and elastic bandages. Have you guys ever seen these casts. I think it would be cool to have after my surgery because people could sign it.Does anyone also know what its called.


Answers:

Usually they use a brace that looks like this one after surgery- here is a picture of one of the ones they usually use http://www.orthomerica.com/products/lowe...
It's not something that people would typically be able to sign, and you probably wouldn't want people to put much pressure on it because your knee and leg will be so sore- it won't be hard it just stabilizes the knee after surgery- you will not wear the brace long because you will start physical therapy, and not need to wear it anymore- you probably won't even go to school after wards for a week or so because after my knee surgery my knee and ankle would swell really badly and it would be very painful...so I had to remain lying down with my leg above my heart for a while. Have you been to the doctor? Usually they won't do surgery unless you have no other option because of the risks and how invasive surgery is because you don't want to end up like me where now I'm in more pain because I had the surgery (even though it was a last resort) and my entire leg is sensitive to touch...but don't be scared if you have to have surgery because my complication (I got Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome- I know you probably have no idea or ever heard of this before) was rare, but it is just one of the risks of surgery.




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