Let me start by saying that I don't think anything can compare to getting burnt. Just a little burn on your finger hurts like he**. Sorry to hear about that.
Now lets see here. The day I wrecked it didn't even start to hurt until I was about half way to the hospital and that is when it started. All of a sudden I had a 6 pain just above my knee and that is when I found out the my femur was broke. Traction knocked that down to a 3. Good drugs in the hospital took care of the rest for a while. Three days in the the hospital with a morphine drip and stayed at about a 2. Once released the pain kicked in. For about three weeks I stayed at 13 (givin your 15 level) I could't sit still for more then 5 minuets without wanting to die but it hurt more to move. I couldn't get out of be to goto the bathroom can you say pee bottle(unles I had to sit down then I would force myself up) I must have pulled every muscle in my left leg because when I went to sit down I would make it about half way and I would get a 25 pain spike in my hip. This would make the leg give out and I would fall the rest of the way down. 14 upon landing. From my bed to the bathroom was about 15 feet and if I didn't have a glass of water and a cold cloth to put on my head I felt like I was going to get sick and pass out. After those three weeks it dropped down to an 8. I could atleast find a comfortable position to stay in. This lasted for a week. Forth week I was starting to sit up some. Pain was 5 then back to 8 if I sat to long. Back to bed and a 5. After about five weeks it was down to 2-3 where it stayed for another month. Then for the third month physical therapy kicked in. Back up to a 5. Finally four months later I could go back to work on light duty which was about 3. Two months on light duty (behind a desk) then back to the floor. I'm a mechanic for Delta so I did a lot of walking. Stayed at a 3 for about another month or so. Finally after about 7 months I was pain free for the most part. Maybe a 1 once and while but Advil killed that.
I forgot about the two follow up surgeries within this time frame also. Once I started therapy I found out that one of the screws just above my knee was to long and when the tendon would rub it was a 7 easly. Once a callus formed it didn't hurt until I would get a little more range of motion(ROM). Then a new spot on the tendon would rub and back to a 7 again. Once I got almost full ROM then the tendon would slip over the screw and get stuck there. 12 until I could get it back where it belonged.
Surgery 2 (middle of third month after accident)
Get that pesky screw removed. Day one 7 each day after it droped. End of week back to where I was before the surgery.
Surgery 3 (five months after accident)
Tibia (Shin bone)still no healing but Fibula (little bone lower leg) healed Two screws removed from just below knee and the fibula had to have a 1/2 cut out of it to allow the tibia to compress so it would heal. Pain 8 first day then 5 for about two weeks.
Surgery 4 (1 year 11 months after accident)
Hardware removal. Day of surgery was a 4 that night stayed at a 7 even with morphine(not giving me as much as the original hospital stay) Second day getting home 8 once there and in bed back to a 6. Day three a 3 where it stayed for two days. Now it is just a dull ache in my knee and I have to keep it supported or it hits a 4 spike.
So I hope you injoyed the last two years of my life. I know I sure did.
And to top it all off now there is a guy on a bike racing up and down the road.
Now lets see here. The day I wrecked it didn't even start to hurt until I was about half way to the hospital and that is when it started. All of a sudden I had a 6 pain just above my knee and that is when I found out the my femur was broke. Traction knocked that down to a 3. Good drugs in the hospital took care of the rest for a while. Three days in the the hospital with a morphine drip and stayed at about a 2. Once released the pain kicked in. For about three weeks I stayed at 13 (givin your 15 level) I could't sit still for more then 5 minuets without wanting to die but it hurt more to move. I couldn't get out of be to goto the bathroom can you say pee bottle(unles I had to sit down then I would force myself up) I must have pulled every muscle in my left leg because when I went to sit down I would make it about half way and I would get a 25 pain spike in my hip. This would make the leg give out and I would fall the rest of the way down. 14 upon landing. From my bed to the bathroom was about 15 feet and if I didn't have a glass of water and a cold cloth to put on my head I felt like I was going to get sick and pass out. After those three weeks it dropped down to an 8. I could atleast find a comfortable position to stay in. This lasted for a week. Forth week I was starting to sit up some. Pain was 5 then back to 8 if I sat to long. Back to bed and a 5. After about five weeks it was down to 2-3 where it stayed for another month. Then for the third month physical therapy kicked in. Back up to a 5. Finally four months later I could go back to work on light duty which was about 3. Two months on light duty (behind a desk) then back to the floor. I'm a mechanic for Delta so I did a lot of walking. Stayed at a 3 for about another month or so. Finally after about 7 months I was pain free for the most part. Maybe a 1 once and while but Advil killed that.
I forgot about the two follow up surgeries within this time frame also. Once I started therapy I found out that one of the screws just above my knee was to long and when the tendon would rub it was a 7 easly. Once a callus formed it didn't hurt until I would get a little more range of motion(ROM). Then a new spot on the tendon would rub and back to a 7 again. Once I got almost full ROM then the tendon would slip over the screw and get stuck there. 12 until I could get it back where it belonged.
Surgery 2 (middle of third month after accident)
Get that pesky screw removed. Day one 7 each day after it droped. End of week back to where I was before the surgery.
Surgery 3 (five months after accident)
Tibia (Shin bone)still no healing but Fibula (little bone lower leg) healed Two screws removed from just below knee and the fibula had to have a 1/2 cut out of it to allow the tibia to compress so it would heal. Pain 8 first day then 5 for about two weeks.
Surgery 4 (1 year 11 months after accident)
Hardware removal. Day of surgery was a 4 that night stayed at a 7 even with morphine(not giving me as much as the original hospital stay) Second day getting home 8 once there and in bed back to a 6. Day three a 3 where it stayed for two days. Now it is just a dull ache in my knee and I have to keep it supported or it hits a 4 spike.
So I hope you injoyed the last two years of my life. I know I sure did.
And to top it all off now there is a guy on a bike racing up and down the road.
