I'm male 66 yo. with, fractured femur-neck from a minor cycle accident.

The fracture was hardly visible on the X-ray and when I queried
the ortho-Doc's ability to immediately diagnose from a 1 second
glance at the X-ray, he emphasisied that he knows all about bones,
if not about lungs and brains.     He 'presrcibed just putting in a
few [4] screws' as if he was ordering coffee.

Since I was in hospital, I decided to also initiate investigation
into my enlarged prostrate, which together with the enforced
reduced activety brought on a whole sequence of symptoms,
to an otherwise healthy person: sudden increase in bp, swollen
ankles, nausea, diarrhea. I'm now waiting for prostate biopsy results.

I've now diagnosed that when I lie on the fractured femur side I
get vague general discomfort, which I suspect results from restricted
circulation in the leg.  Since my legs are large, the needed volume
flow through the femur area must be quiet substantial.   Because the
symptoms seem to be effecting the 'whole body', I susupect something
like circulation.

I've only started trying to walk without crutches now, 15 weeks after
the screws were fitted.

Q  -  Is'nt the circulation via the femur region critical and can't
be 'monitored' by just looking at the X-rays ?

Thanks for any feeedback,

== ResistSpam.