Yeah that sounds nasty. Apart from the initial injury and compartment syndrome I have been pretty lucky, no other complications yet. I am looking forward to the leg feeling close to normal again. Right now the whole front of my shin is numb but I get lots of nerve pain. I reckon I am about 6 weeks away from riding single track again (real slow, wheels on the ground).I Feel your pain Flint. I copped a Tibial Plateau fracture from an off back in 2010. With the bone damage I also copped 2 crushed arteries. They fixed one artery and left the other. As part of the deal I copped a Staph infection as well.
Bottom line, 4 weeks in hospital over 2 x 2 week stints, 6 surgeries, 1 to fix artery, 1 to fix bones, 3 to wash out infection, then last one to remove the hardware. Once an area with plates etc is infected they need to remove the hardware as the infection can hide amongst the metal etc. As soon as the metal was removed the pain was instantly reduced (ie that same afternoon sitting in the day surgery ward).
I had 1 year off the bike almost to the day. Riding was the best medicine as the stronger my leg is, the better it feels. I still ride every weekend.
Long story short, my knee will never be the same. It has arthritis in it now and will need a replacement down the track they tell me. The Staph infection also ate away at the cartilage which didn't help matters. It doesn't stop me doing anything, but I just get varying levels of pain and discomfort.
If I can give you any advice, do your exercises and keep it as strong as possible. Muscle strength helps me because it seems to keep the knee joint in place better
Good luck mate. Excuse the crappy old Nokia Phone pics
Cheers