Pictures of screwing.

Not like that, you perv.

So, it has come to my attention (from my wonderful, caring, not at all Helga the Horrible physical therapist) that I have neglected to post photos of my xrays that show the metallic inside of my ankle. I shall remedy that situation.

This photo was taken DURING surgery as they are installing the long screw, which is going to be removed next week. As you can see, they use caliper thingies to line up the ankle the way it should be and then drill, baby, drill.

So there are 11 screws. Here's proof.

This one is my favorite because it totally freaks me out. You can actually see the break lines in the fibula (smaller bone) in the center of that bracket. Normally that bracket would be shorter, but they had to attach the bottom to un-shattered bone, so they had to travel a bit farther south.