Had my Doctor's appointment and the femur is healing good. The bone is forming around the rod. But I still have the crack which has healed a bit but the doctor is being cautious and said no weight bearing for another 4 weeks.
He said I can use a stationary bike, swim and walk on one crutch and take about 6 to 8 steps without crutches. Well I took about 50 steps today and my shin is pretty sore. During the surgery that's when the crack was discovered and they were not anticipating it being there. They were thinking about going up in my knee with a nail to block the crack but knew that would cause running problems later. So they decided to use the screws and that's why I have to be real careful and not do anything to let the crack expand into the knee, being its above it. So another 4 weeks on crutches basically and no weight bearing.
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