Anyone Ever Had Screws Surgically Placed Into a Fracture?

Putting this in the fitness board cause I'm a fitness junkie and hopefully some of you fellow athletes have been through a similar ordeal.

Long story short, this girl hits me head on and totals my car (wouldn't have been in this accident had I lived in Saudi Arabia) and fractures my distal radius and the proximal phalanx on my right thumb, and I'm right handed so typing this out with my left only is a pain. Since the accident, haven't been able to weight-train, work (I'm an EMT), play guitar, etc etc. Just got home from Duke and dying for the recovery to be quick & easy. Just want to regain full use of my hand with no limitations whatsoever.

So for those here who have had this or something similar performed, what was your post-op experience like and getting back into the gym?