Hi,broke my arm very badly and am scheduled for surgery

[Warpy]

7. Broken bones are awful and I can't say the surgery will be an

immediate fix. What they'll likely do is put in screws and quite possibly a plate to hold them to hold the bone together while it heals. You'll get the good drugs afterward and make sure ice on it is replenished every few hours, ice can help a lot during the first 48-72 hours. And take your drugs while you can get them.

A clot will form around the break in about 2 weeks. The clot calcifies and turns into a bony callus holding the bone together in another 4 weeks. 6 weeks is about the time period before you can start more strenuous rehab. Gentle rehab will start right after the op.

The pain of fractures is generally nasty for the first couple of weeks and really annoying for the next month or so and after that it will gradually fade. You'll have incisional pain on top of it after your op, but that will fade in a matter of days.

There is no way out of this but through it, I'm afraid. Back in the bad old days, you'd have been in traction for weeks.