Feek's broken arm thread (now with plate, pins and screws x-ray, staples/wound and tongue surgery)
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Any break that's expected to unite with 6 weeks in a sling is not a 'very bad break'. Glad prognosis is good.
Where did you get this info from, Journal of the daily mail
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Thanks for the thoughts everyone.
It's a little annoying that all though my working life, I've had private medical care except for my current job.
Sitting here at my desk, not moving it, it's fine. However, as soon as I move around, start to get up, etc I would put it at an 8, going to 9.5 at times.
I walk really quickly, the momentum would have launched me at the deck with a lot of force. It was cold and I was keen to get home so I was giving it some.
I'm not saying I'd not had a few but I was far short of being ****holed.
Yup, I'm aware that it could have been a lot worse. I did knock my lower jaw quite hard and closer inspection of my tongue earlier this evening shows I bit almost all the way through. It's not pretty.Colleague of mine did practically the same thing a few years back but unfortunately by chance hit his head on a small stone that was just sat in the pavement where he fell, it killed him outright.
Can't use it at all.
I'm going to push for weekly x-rays if I can to make sure it's healing.
It's a little annoying that all though my working life, I've had private medical care except for my current job.
I don't know, really no idea how different it would have been.
Is it possible to get insurance against this sort of thing if you're self employed?
I've not been signed off yet, the hospital doesn't do that, I need to talk to my doctor tomorrow and I have no idea how long I'll be signed off for. I've just moved to a new team so it wouldn't be the end of the world if they sign me off for the full six weeks as I'm not fully integrated yet.
Ah, that's rough. The first few days and nights are always the worst. It's surprising how quickly we adapt and learn new ways of doing the simple things like getting up, lying comfortably etc.
The trouble is that by the time you're really getting into the swing of it, you'll be healed! GWS.
Yes of course but it is normally stupidly expensive. Its better to just save a good months worth of money back and use that as your insurance policy.
Unless you are particularly unlucky if course
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Get well soon mate, what a nightmare for you.
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I did a similar thing a few years ago and you will be off for that length of time at least. Its not the break itself its how vulnerable you feel with the security of the plaster. Initially I found that even walking was agony and I had to sleep sitting up. As I nodded off and my head and body moved it would jolt me awake in agony. Showering and taking the sling off was not fun at all.
They tried to get me to have an op but I wasn't keen, when I was having physio afterwards the physio told me to never have the op if its an option (obviously with some you have no choice) as its always better to have it heal naturally if possible.
The good news in this post of doom is that mine healed better than expected and I have almost total mobility back which I was told afterwards wasn't really all that likely.
Also one other piece of advice if I may, if you get to the point where you can stand not taking pain killers, stop taking them. The pain is a reminder to be careful and not instinctively try to move in a way you shouldn't. Sounds a bit daft but it helped me.
In 1975 I slipped off a kerb, as you do, with a couple of lunchtime pints inside. The next day I turned up to A+E with red streaks running up my leg, diagnosis was a fractured ankle bone. Cutting a long story short, my ankle and lower leg was put in plaster and I was given a wooden shoe to strap onto it. I was only signed off work for a week but I kept wearing out the plaster for the next six or seven weeks, walking around a construction site, going in to have it replaced every fortnight.
Good luck in your recovery.
Good luck in your recovery.
Ooof it does make you realise how all your bones move even if you're not necessarily using them. Which you'd only find out when one of them is giving you some bother.
Damn...
Sling isn't good but a cast would be worse with those breaks, it'd end up being a good chunk of your upper body, and you don't want that. Although, it may be easier to try sleeping while sitting upright, just to stop you accidentally rolling over when asleep.
It may be time to get a plumber to install a bidet, or alternatively learn how to utilise the shower head carefully.
Oh yeah, if you have private heath insurance (Thank you Kim's work!) get in touch with them. They were excellent for her and the physio support afterwards was better than anything I had over the years.
Take care though, it sucks, we've both been there but it gets better and you do get used to it.
Sling isn't good but a cast would be worse with those breaks, it'd end up being a good chunk of your upper body, and you don't want that. Although, it may be easier to try sleeping while sitting upright, just to stop you accidentally rolling over when asleep.
It may be time to get a plumber to install a bidet, or alternatively learn how to utilise the shower head carefully.
Oh yeah, if you have private heath insurance (Thank you Kim's work!) get in touch with them. They were excellent for her and the physio support afterwards was better than anything I had over the years.
Take care though, it sucks, we've both been there but it gets better and you do get used to it.
Any break that's expected to unite with 6 weeks in a sling is not a 'very bad break'
similar to an injury a mate had after a rugby game, 5 weeks in a sling, then surgery and pins.
If it's anything like a clavicle break then I feel very sorry for you. I had 4 weeks without anything longer than an hour of sleep at a time until I was awake with pain. Sitting up on a bean bag was by far the most comfortable way of getting any sort of relaxation done.
Then comes the , oh I can start using it a little bit to chop up my food, damn the knife has fallen........ ARGHHHHHHH... damn reflexes become your enemy. So yea, I'd say keep it as slinged up as possible as to avoid that early on in the healing process.
Then comes the , oh I can start using it a little bit to chop up my food, damn the knife has fallen........ ARGHHHHHHH... damn reflexes become your enemy. So yea, I'd say keep it as slinged up as possible as to avoid that early on in the healing process.
40 minutes is the best I've managed so far. Generally it's 20 to 30 minutes before I wake up and have to move my position. I've found I can get up, walk around a bit and then get back into bed and then I can get another few minutes sleep.
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Nightmare just before Christmas. Hope it heals quickly.