Very quick turnaround, company hired me before interim was granted.
Possible influencing factors (whether good or bad):
- Lived in friendly foreign country for 4 months in 2025
- Current Navy Dependent
- No drug/debt/criminal records
3/20 - SF86 filed
3/30 - Interim granted
4/15 - Interview
4/23 - Reference Contacted
5/14 - Secret Granted
I (19M) flew over handlebars of a sport quad after a death wobble at 30+ mph on Apr. 3, along with a few compressed vertebrae (one bordering severe) I also fractured my right talus clean across the neck with significant displacement but no apparent damage to surrounding ligaments.
I had it set back in place and splinted with local anesthesia at a trauma center around 4 hours after the injury (30min Jeep ride and 60min ambulance ride between then). Around Apr. 10 I was off essentially all pain meds and comfortably walking around on crutches. I went in Apr. 16 for the ORIF. Around Apr. 22 I was once again off pain meds.
On Apr. 30 I had my initial checkup where I was switched to a CAM boot, cleared to remove when showering/sleeping, and cleared to start PT (of course NWB). I was pretty quickly able to reach arpund 60-70% dorsiflexion but I was not cleared for rolling yet. On May 2, I was on my feet for 8+ hours without pain with sparse elevation throughout. Realized it was swelling too late and it took a day or 2 to return to normal but otherwise no issues. Scheduled for AVN check on June 2.
Throughout all of this I've hardly had any pain reaching above a 2 (other than initial injury, needles, tape, etc.) and haven't needed any pain meds for quite a bit of it. Overall a very smooth process for me, and I'm thankful for all the prayers over me throughout, praise God!🙌
TLDR;
Apr. 3 - Talus fracture and displacement
Apr. 10 - Off most pain meds and comfortable on crutches
Apr. 16 - Talus ORIF
Apr. 22 - Off most pain meds
Apr. 30 - Switched to removable CAM boot, cleared for movement