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Old 25th Jul 2003, 18:46
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Chasing some advice from those out there that may have been through the same experience as me.

Thanks to a dirt bike incident I have a right tibia that is being held together with a metal plate and about nine screws. The fibula is broken too but apparently not much is done with this bone and it heals by itself.

I normally fly for a small charter company, mostly C310/402 and being a "full time casual" have no money coming in whilst waiting for aforementioned leg to mend.

I have been told that it takes 3 months from the date of injury for this type of fracture to heal sufficiently to get around without a leg cast. Has anyone done it sooner?

If anyone else has been down this road, was it a hassle getting your medical back? I imagine it would be a case of proving that the recently mended leg is capable of providing sufficient rudder force to deal with an engine failure.
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