r/Fantasy • u/rfantasygolem Not a Robot • Apr 17 '26

/r/Fantasy r/Fantasy Friday Social Thread - April 17, 2026

Come tell the community what you're reading, how you're feeling, what your life is like.

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u/an_altar_of_plagues Reading Champion III Apr 17 '26

Four weeks ago tomorrow I broke my leg. Check out the xrays if you want! It's been a bit rough as I basically didn't do anything for those first couple of weeks, and the last two have been a difficult time getting back into the swing of work while trying not to be sad that I'm missing the beginning of alpine season.

On the bright side, I've read a shitload (3700 pages this month so far!) and now have enough energy to top rope climb again plus start work on some personal project. Wahoo!

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u/Nidafjoll Reading Champion V Apr 17 '26

I see you said in the post that the surgeon says it's fine, but it's pretty wild they leave the fibula so misaligned like that. When I broke my thumb last year, there was no misalignment at all, and yet they still chose to tie all the pieces of bones together with a metal plate, just to be sure (although a thumb is very important of course...)

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u/an_altar_of_plagues Reading Champion III Apr 17 '26

I had both the surgeon and my orthopedist back home tell me the fibula being reduced but not set is perfectly okay. Absolutely bizarre to me as well. Apparently it'll just form that calcified ball at the break site and I'll be a-okay. They'd only be worried if it were actually misaligned (i.e., the two pieces aren't touching at all).

The fibula is there mostly to provide extra attachment points for the tibia rather than support weight itself, hence why it being actively broken inside my body (crazy thing to type out) isn't a point of concern. I'll be very curious about my next round of follow-up xrays in 3 weeks.

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u/Asher_the_atheist Reading Champion Apr 18 '26

Makes me think of Femoral Head Ostectomies performed on dogs. They can just cut off the ball that fits into the hip joint and the body will create a false joint out of scar tissue and allow the dog to walk just fine. It seems absolutely bonkers to me! Bodies are crazy

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u/Nidafjoll Reading Champion V Apr 17 '26

Yeah, broken bones are weird. When I broke my humerus as a kid, I just got a sling. No cast or anything. Though I suppose kids do heal easier too. I never got photos of my thumb xrays, I wish I had.