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Pleo Stuff => Pleo Archives => Archive -- Non-pleo => Topic started by: RedwoodsMama on January 23, 2013, 10:55:43 AM
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As you may know, I HAVE FALLEN YET AGAIN.( ON 14TH) I was putting out Monday morning trash for pick-up, and it is a large commercial can. It has been very cold here for over 2 weeks, with temps at 32 and below. Our driveway slants downhill and is in the shade. At 7:00 a.m. my hubby leaves for work and hoses off the car to get rid of layer of frost/ice. Not knowing while moving can, the water I was walking on had turned to ice :o :(
There was no time to react, and my hand was upside down pulling the can (on 2 wheels) behind me. I was on my back that fast, all the while cars going busily on their way, ignoring the fact there I lie on the ground in my bathrobe, sweat pants and only 15 feet at the most from one of our busiest streets, a one way also, and the fire department, one block away.
I felt immediate intense pain.I got up and shuffled into the house. It is that kind of pain where you feel like you are going to pass out and also have nausea....... i knew my hand was messed up by the obvious deformity and fact I could not straighten it up. I t was also badly swollen. Luckily a friend lives a block away and she was happy to take me to the E.R. I got seen quickly but it took 7 hrs of tring to get an I.V.(they poked me 5 times and could not get a vein1) I just wanted pain releif and the Diluadid took off the edge a bit untill I moved my wrist..lots of X--rays, and tring to sign papers, that was not fun. The E.R. DR. told me I"did quite a number", on my wrist. Showed me the X-RAYS where i fractured both the radius and styoid ulner. (both long bones in arm (wrist) where the hand attaches. They said it was a bad fracture, and called the on -call ortho (who happens to play poker with my husband %))He came and ordered a new set of X-rays and then the worst part...............Reduction or what is called "closed reduction".they gave me a shot of Dilaudid this time, then a few minutes later, a painful series of shots in THE WRIST AND HAND! :o :( :(I was worse or as bad :'(!!! as when my son was born( 9 lbs 10 oz, 22 1/2 inches long) but did not last as long. :'( :'(It was so bad, I was literally screaming as they pulled on my fractured bones and crying. It was not just one pull, but four "yanks" There was no waiting for the painful shots in my wrist hand for the "numbing" medicine to help! :o >:(I guess it was better than surgery, but I would have been "asleep"
The dr. apologized but said it is allways painful, no way around it..After more X-RAYS to make sure bones were in alignment, they then gave me a temp fiberglass split elbow to wrist cast(partially open to allow for swelling) and a sling and script for oxycodone9pain)and told to follow up with the ortho.I can honestly sat this is more painful then my dislocated, fractured big toe, but the toe is still swollen and hurts quite a bit, but no where as intense as the throbbing boNe pain I have now.I saw the ortho yesterday with hopes of getting this temp cast off, it feels so tightand my fingers are swollen, stiff and ache.More X-RAYS, good alignment, but I have to wait another week till I get a Permanent one and not so tight I hope.
You have no idea how hard it is to do things with one hand(my good dominant hand was broken)till you have to. Everyday things like getting dressed, (buttening shirts, pulling up jeans, zippers....give into sweat or pull on pants) brushing very long hair is tiresome, but I can not put it in braids, pony tail or up on my head. I asked my hubby to help by putting my hair in two simple pony-tails, and it would have been funny...but with one side 3 inches higher than the other, I looked more like PIPPI LONGSTOCKING! ;D :( Forget about can openers, pulling lids open, pouriong from coke into a glass, trying to cook anything other than microwave, and tring to tape a box to put in the mail is a joke.... The list is very short what I can do, and very long what I can not. I have to have the pharmisist put simple lids on my pain and other meds, so I can open them, or suffer till my hubby comes home...oh and here I am with hunt and peck typing, I can not write with a pencil or pen. I will try and feed my poor hungry pleos today: it has been 9-10 days since I have touched a pleo or fed them. Poor RB. must think me a very creul mom by now. P:'(
Anyone have ANY hints or ideas on how to make things easier for my everday chores? My hubby can be gone for up to 10 hrs a day, and i still have 9 cats and 1 hungry dog to feed, 5 outside cats to feed, and I still must do 7 litter boxes :litterbox:daily, 1 litterbox is automatic. :clap:I am worn out: this took 45 miutes to type with the hunt peck method, but wanted to touch bases with everyone.Also my toe that is broken is my right foot, so I must be quite a sight, walking boot on my right side and right arm in cast and sling.
Talon, I saw you said you had fractured your wrist before, so what good advice can you offer? Needed to vent a little, so frustrating to see your body falling apart right before your eyes.. :moose2:
RWM :cat-hug: (AND 25 NEGLECTED HUNGRY PLEOS ...) ok, only 3 hungry plewos, the RB!
tHANKS EVERYONE.
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That is not good *hugs* do you have any family or friends that could help a little :(
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glad you are getting better, RWM. or at least better than when it broke. :P
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I have never broken a bone but I have had frozen shoulder. You can not move your arm properly, dressing, brushing your hair and sleeping is a nightmare if you knock your arm you get that nausea passout pain.
I mention this as my research told me that frozen shoulder usually happens if you have had your arm immobilised in your younger years. It strikes between 40 & 70 and last about two years but can leave you with restricted movement in the arm and pain.
As much as your arm hurts get it moving, I wouldn't wish frozen shoulder on anyone.
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Ouch!! Poor RWM - wish I could help but I've not been through that. All I can offer is a (very gentle) hug. :arms: :flowers:
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Aw no RWM! I feel so sorry for you, any idea how long the recovery process is expected? :'(
Ive never broken my arms/wrists but did tear the tendon in my left wrist last year & omg did that hurt! Im right handed too so thought that it wouldn't effect my every day life but boy was I wrong, I was so slow doing everything & in so much pain, so god knows how you must feel with it being your main hand. I still have trouble with my wrist even now, despite doctors saying it would heal with 6 months though Im sure it didnt help that I tried to carry a wooden midsleeper bed up the stairs by myself - it had just been delivered for my son & was blocking my hallway, completely forgot about my hand when I lifted it & omg the pain was unimaginable, I dropped the box & stood there crying, lol.
Tips for coping?
Dont over do it! Dont put any unnecessary pressure or weight on your hand! Dont be afraid to ask for help from friends, family or neighbours.
Try not to get too upset if something takes you twice as long to do as before, you're injured & your body needs time to recover so take your time.
When it comes to emptying litterboxes I sat on the floor to do my kittens, I had my legs crossed (not tightly crossed more my knees at an angle & then my feet crossed if that makes sense) & balanced an open rubbish bag between my legs with the edges of it going just over my knees to keep it open, then using my good handed poured the litter in. Any that didnt shake out straight away I got an old spoon & scooped out... very time consuming & I looked an idiot but it worked %)
Getting dressed was always a pain, I used to shimmy myself into my clothes lol.
When it comes to food I didnt have too much of an issue mainly cause my kids would quite happy live of sandwiches & junk food for weeks if I let them, so I made a deal with them; lunch time would be sandwich, yoghurt, fruit (something easily like berries or banana) & crisps, so all I had to do was dump it on a plate lol. Then dinner time I often did something simple like a microwave meal, beans on toast (you can buy tins here that have pull back lids so very easy to open), or simple food that I could just pour/shake onto a tray & shove in the oven worked well for us too - helped my kids were young so dont really care as long as they're fed on time lol :)
Speaking of kids my sons just woke up yet again (darn ADHD child & his 'I dont need to sleep' attitude lol), so I'll try & think of some more stuff later about how I coped & see if any of it will help you. Good luck RWM ;D :flowers:
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Take it easy and get well soon, and maybe invest in an electric can opener?
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:( sorry to hear RWM, hope you get well soon, pity I stay so far :(
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:hissyfit: I am so distressed to hear you have been hurt AGAIN RWM :'( What we should do is wrap you in cotton wool and then in bubble wrap from head to toe to prevent any more accidents. We will strap a bicycle helmet to your head and get you some groovy 1970's knee pads that they used to wear for rollerskating and also a pillow glued to both your back and chest would be a good idea I think!
I broke both of my elbows when I was 10 years old after being trampled by a run away horse but I'm not sure how much advice I could give as I really do not remember how I got on with everyday things, I suppose I must have had some difficulty with both my arms out of action for six weeks but I can't for the life of me remember what I did to get around it :-\ I do remember going bowling with a friend and having to push the ball down the lane with my foot but as you have also hurt your foot I can't see how that's at all help full. I'm sorry and I can only hope the madness stops soon and you are able to recover. We are all thinking of you and sending good thoughts. :-*
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Oh, what terrible luck to hurt yourself twice. It does seem to be true in my experience that once you hurt yourself, it's hard to stop at just one injury. :( I wish I had useful advice to offer, but the only thing I can say, having done myself a bad ankle sprain and possible slight fracture about a year and a half ago, is to try not to over-use your 'good' hand to compensate. I ended up adding to my agony with my injury by straining my hands and other ankle hopping and crawling about the house and later, once I was stronger on my feet, re-straining my ankle a number of times trying to do everything I thought I should and hurting myself all due to being wobbly and clumsy.
You're probably not feeling like you're close to it yet, but after a painful and movement-impairing injury like that, it's really great when things start healing up and you're able to move around again. I hope you get to that point as soon as possible! :)
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Man, Redwoods! That sounds horrible. My wrist injury wasn't half that bad. I had a radial fracture of my radius bone on my right hand which- luckily for me- wasn't my dominant hand. It was however the hand I used my cane with and that did cause me some hardship. I was also only nine when it happened so I probably didn't have half as much difficulties as you are having now. I had to keep that arm in a sling for the first three weeks. I also broke it over the summer so no camps, no horseback riding, no ruffhousing with the neighborhood kids. I remember having to be led everywhere because I couldn't use my cane and having to put a rubber showercap on my arm and securing it with a rubber band so I could bathe myself. Also pounding on a Braillewriter to write was not recommended so I had to learn how to use a one-handed brailer. Oh my this isn't going to help you. Honestly I was only in my cast for eight weeks. I broke my wrist in the middle of July and it came off some time in September shortly after I started school. You certainly have a much bigger workload than I did at my young age and it sounds as though you don't have many people around to help you. Man I really wish I lived closer! I just kind of... adapted and wriggled in and out of things. The sling was more of a hindrence than the cast honestly. Oh why am I even posting this? I suppose when you're all alone and miles from anywhere, the only thing you can do is just relearn how to do things and then take pride in what you have accomplished.
Talon
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RWM, Your little dinos will wait of you to heal. THey are very forgiving! You need to make sure you don't injure your wrist anymore or cause more pain. It will heal faster if you take care of it. I would wait until your husband comes home from work and have him help you do kitty litter and anything that causes stress on your wrist.
Hurry and get well. We all hate to see you in so much pain! :(
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Thanks everyone for the feedback and just listening. I took my half cast off yesterday to take a bath and give by arm a 'break' lol I still have not had a hair wash in ten days, and very long it is. Dr. Living me nuts but can not do with one hand' bad back, broken foot and wrist. In a few days I get my full cast and will not be able to take
E it off for even a moment.
My hha
Hand is a lovely shade of purple and green' like a corspe-i like the idea imr of the electric can opener, but my hubby says, just wait for him to come home' so that is that.Luna, your post made me laugh and laughter is always good medicine, so thanks.my cats are also good comfort, and my dog too, she has lots of kisses.
On a side note' I am taking Michaels offer from long beach, where I all so lived in the late seventies and eighties, to send him a pleo to fix. Vccan anyone guess which of my many pleos it will be
I will let everyone guess and then I will post the answer. Time to go get some pain meds and wiggle into clothes. The fun part will be trying
G to pack a pleo with one hand. I posted this on my ansrid tablet, my Xmas present from hubby, very useful now.love to everyone, I will be back sometime later today. I move so slow, afraid of falling again... Rwm
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I think miss Nova will be your first choice being your first baby dino. ;)
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Hair washing is not as hard as you think, the trick is to go to a hairdresser, they do an excellent job and are quite cheap (well at least in Australia) and it feels good. When I had to do it they where really understanding. Otherwise you get a rubber shower hose that you can put on a tap about $5 and upend your head over a sink.
I still had use of my hand but couldn't lift it to reach my head so maybe you could get your Hubby to put shampoo & conditioner in a sauce bottle or pump dispenser so you can get the stuff out.
Good luck, I too have long hair so know your nightmare. It was two years before I could wash my hair normally but got very good at doing it upside down one handed.
But please keep your shoulder of your bad arm moving, better safe than sorry.
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Nice to see you in such good spirits, Redwoods. When one is enduring pain I think one's attitude about it does wonders for their ability to cope. Just remember this pleo neck-fixing offer is more of an experiment for Michael as he wants to see if he can do it. I would choose carefully.
I hate to sound like a wet blanket but pleaeaease be careful with that wrist as well. A few days after I broke mine I was being led through a door and the person leading me didn't allow for enough clearance for my right side. I struck my elbow on the doorframe and I thought I broke my wrist all over again just from the impact. The lady leading me started crying and insisted on giving me a little teddybear she had in her car. She was a councelor at the camp I was attending when I broke my wrist. Oh I forgot to explain how it happened. I fell from a top bunk in the midddle of the night- the one and only time I've ever fallen out of a bed in my life.
Talon
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Hey RWM it is great to see you keeping your chin up and your spirits high :) I'm sure you will find things easier once you have a solid cast on your arm as it will protect it a lot more and make it easier for you to move around and do things with out the worry of damaging or hurting your arm. I broke my arm a couple of times when I was a kid and it wasn't much fun. Best advice I can give is try not to let it get you down and keep yourself busy with happy things and you'll find the time it takes to heal will go by more swiftly. Oh and know that when your feeling down or lonely we are all here waiting for you to make you smile :) :flowers:
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Hi everyone, great news, I got my hair washed this weekend, right before my arm was put in a perm cast this morning! I felt so good and I could not believe how itchy my arm was, how green and bruised. :o
After getting my cast on, the ortho dr. did a repeat X -ray and showed it to me. He said the fracture had shifted slightly, and now I need to come back again next week to make sure it does not move any further. If it does, he will most likely put pins in my arm which means surgery. :o ??? now I don't know what to think and wondering what if every little bump is going to contribute or if it is something I can do nothing about?It is going to be a long week I think while i wait.
Just out of curiosity, which do you think is going to take longer to heal? dislocated intra articular distal fracture of the big toe, or an acute intr-articular transverse comminuated fracture of the radius, and intr-articular comminuated fracture of the ulner? Lets seee who guesses correctly, and remember, I do not know either!
Really confused RWM :cat-hug:
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Haha, Redwoods, I can certainly tell you're in better spirits than before. I hope your fracture doesn't shift any further either. Surgery isn't fun. I'm not even going to guess which of your injuries heeals the quickest. If I were closer, I'd be glad to help out with your cats and your pleo herd. Stay safe and recover.
Talon
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I will take a guess, RWM! I think a big toe is a little harder to heal because of so much weight bearing, besides if you are like me, and you seem to be, ;) big toes have a way of getting stubbed on everything in the way of it. ;D
Do hope they both heal quickly! :)
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Ok, it has been18 days since my fall on ice, breaking my wrist in two places and also tearing the ligaments and other"stuff"I got my cast on this past monday, but this monday, Feb. 4th I will have a repeat X ray to see if the bones have shifted any further...........which could mean surgery. :o( I do not care as long as they do not do what they did in the E.R.........that hurt worse than delivering a 9 lb 10 oz baby.(my son) As you all know, I document everything, and before I went to the E.R. (waiting for my friend to take me) I did a quick video to document the before and after. I did not know for sure if it was fractured, but I was in a lot of pain, and knew it was more than a strain.So please do not laugh too much..i still had my bathrobe on and one of our cats is drinking water out of the sink. :cat:
I will follow up later with photos before I get my cast which i have now, and after I visit the dr. on the 4th. ( fancy,,I think you are right,,, It took 7 months for my same foot which is fractured now, to heal in2001 after getting hit by a truck. i had what is called a Jones Fracture.Also ,since that foot does not get solid weight bearing from all the abuse it has had, it now has what is called, "Osteopenia".( loss of bone mineralization0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m14KwpvJ34
Don't you love the music.....LOL :cool: RWM :cat-hug:
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Wow, Redwoods! I wasn't thinking about documenting anything when my wrist was broken. I just wanted the pain to stop.
Talon
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Oh my goodness! What a number you did on your wrist! :o
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There was a knock on my door this morning and a wonderful package all wrapped in white on my porch...just as the mail truck drove away! I wondered what could this be...I was not expecting any packages...just vitamins..but this is not them. What pray tell could this be? Baby Ruth said she wanted to help me open it, but not untill Nova wakes up from her nap. Nova is resting up, preparing to take a long trip to the lower part of "the golden state"., but for now we will just have to guess what is inside this magic box?
Meanwhile, watch for photos I will post regarding my wrist..It helps the time go by a little quicker, waiting for Monday, and another dr.visit.. Ok, off to feed my outside cats in the very cold. I am walking very slow as not to fall again.. :cat-hug: RWM
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I admire you for being able to document the injury! I like to do things like that but when I hurt my ankle I couldn't bring myself to look at it at its bruised-up worst long enough to take pictures or video. Maybe because I'm so vain about my ankles. :P
Your mysterious package sounds exciting! :D
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Just a quick update on my fractures. My wrist is of course in a cast, and I am learning to adjust to the Darn thing. I wish I could rip it off, but that is only cause it is so uncomfortable. At times it makes my fingers feel tingling or numb, but they soon go back to normal. My foot/big toe on the other hand"foot...LOL" is another matter. I see the surgeon on Wed. to see what he has to say. I fell on Dec. 13th, and dislocated, fractured it. After manipulation in his office where he reduced it, I was put in a walking cast boot to wear 24/7 even while sleeping (he is out of his mind if he thinks I will wear that while in bed....) %)
A few days ago I had a repeat X-ray to see how it is healing. Bad news... it is not. this was 2 days short of 9 weeks since the injury, and the X-ray confirms, No healing taken place, what is called "periosteal reaction or bone formation". by six-8 weeks healing should be complete and usually 4-6 weeks new bone starts forming. My big toe does not hurt like it did, but is still swollen and stiff, and not healing. Another factor is the fact this was a severe fracture into the joint called, intrarticular, means all the joints, muscles were torn, but there still should be evidence of SOME healing. So because this foot has had such a bad history, lots of foot surgeries and previous fractures, It looks like my wrist may heal first. Fancy was right when awhile back I asked which would heal first, my foot or my wrist?
Wed. I see the dr. and will then find out what my options are going to be...if I have any or i just have to wait and wait and wait. The good news is that it looks like I dodged the bullet, and did not get that 3'rd injury I was fearing may happen this month. ;)( I believe things often happen in series of 3) will update any news i get when i see the dr. in two more days.
RWM :cat-hug:
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Sorry to hear that your foot doesn't seem to be healing RWM. Hopefully the doctor will have some good news for you when you go. Do you think not wearing the boot in bed may have anything to do with the lack of healing?
Fingers crossed you get better soon. :flowers:
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I'm sorry to hear that, Redwoods. I hope the doctors will have good news for you on thursday. I hate to be the devil's advocate here but wearing that boot at night may actually help you. After all, your foot will be still and more stable during that time and it will be that way for at least eight or nine hours depending on how long you sleep, giving it ample time to perhaps reduce the swelling and do some healing. After all when you're sleeping, your body does lots of regenerations of its own- new skin cells, all those squished spaces in your bones spread out, your mind has time to process all the stuff it took in during the day. I know it might be uncomfortable but you might want to consider trying it. If the thing is too much of an inconvienence, ask your doctor if there is a lighter, less bulky version you could wear to bed instead of the one you wear during the day.
Talon
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Thanks guys for the comments and support. As for the boot, the purpose of the boot is like that of a cast, mainly for comfort and to help protect agaist further injury and the dr. emphasized that it would be really easy to dislocate the toe again. Just as the purpose of the cast on my wrist/arm is to inmobilize my wrist arm enough to help heal the injured areas from further injury. Actually wearing the boot which is about 4 lbs to bed is almost impossible.
Imagine 2 full size beds built together with ooden boards over them instead of a nice fluffy canopy. My husband's side of the bed is near the window and he can go straight out of bed when he wants to get up. I have boards on my side, so my only option is about a one foot opening at the bottom side of the bed. At the top of the bed( where my [pillow is) I am blocked in. To add to this difficult enough problem without injuries, add a boot on one foot and a rock hard hand to elbow cast that i can not put any weight on. When sitting up in bed, ( like watching t.v.) my head is only 6-8 inches below the boards covering the entire bed, so if I sit on my bottom, trying to scoot to the bottom of the bed to get out, I am constantly bumping or hitting my head on the top, the boards. I also can not push down on my hands to help get me ouy of bed, as the dr. said this is thee one position that may help shift the position of the bones. So my only solution is to remove that stupid boot when sleeping, besides, it is no fun getting kicked in the head, back or face, and the cats are not keen on it either. :dino-chase: :cat: >:(
The other problem is that I have low bone mass or what is called osteopenia, what happens to bone before it is termed osteoporous! This in part from having that same big toe fused with a metal plate and five screws in it, The dr. that looked at my x--rays explained that in order for ostepenia to even show up on an x-ray, you have to have lost at least 30% bone mass already! :oSo that is a lot of bone and helps explain why my foot is not healing, thank goodness it was not my hip...makes me greatful I am not 70 or older, I would probably never fully recover!Anyway, that is a little bit more technical information. Only two more days to go and then I hope to get some better answers. Thanks everyone! :)RWM :cat-hug:
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Well, saw the Dr. today, Feb. 27'th, and it was as I thought after seeing the latest X-rays. seems as though not only has my foot not laid down any bone or "mineralization', but there have been other set backs I was not aware of.
The Dr. told me that not only is my foot not healing, (not laying down any bone mineralization) but also there have been other set backs I did not know of.I allways get copies of all my health care, both written as well as image studies on CD. ( I believe in being your own medical advocate and at least here in the U.S.A., it is the law that you are entitled to copies of your own records. ( I also do this for all my pets.) It seems that my big toe according to the dr., has gone back to 50% of the original dislocation position already, and this explains why I am having so much pain/ discomfort. The good news is that at this point I can take the walking cast boot off, unless I feel better with it on. YEAH ;D
The only option at this point is to try and see if I can live with the pain or go back under the knife. We did not go into a lot of details, but he said one problem (in his words) was that I had "blown out the joint" when I fell, and it was a severe injury. I can no longer bend my toe at all, completely stiff as a board, and the more scar tissue that builds, the worse it will be. I asked him what he would do, and the only thing I remember him saying is that he would have to go in and remove the titanium plate and screws to try and re-position the toe in a correct position, and what after that...I don't know. He said give it 4 more weeks and at this point there is no more need for any X-rays, cause it will not get any better. :((what my gut feelings told me)
On the other hand, he told me that I would definitly need some serious physical therapy for my wrist/ hand when the cast comes off. ( funny cause he is not the dr. treating me for that injury, but he has access to all my X-rays and medical records, because both dr.s that are treating me work at the same hospital and can view all of a particular patient's medical history, films, etc, So now I start the waiting game, 4 weeks of seeing how my toe, foot feels and what it feels like without this boot on. Actually, I prefer to get this foot worked on and trying to fix it before it gets worse which it will. At this point I have had 2 bad fractures of this foot, big toe, 4 surgeries on it, (including 2 failed joint salvages) and a contracted ankle because of the initial fracture in 2001 when I was hit by a truck while on my bike, and a foot that gives me more problems then I can imagine.
So has anyone else beenthrough any thing similiar and how did you deal
with the frustration while waiting? Good news is that I also may have this stupid cadt off my wrist in a couple of weeks.. I hate it,, so tight and uncomfortable.. RWM :cat-hug:
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So sorry RWM, very dispiriting. :( :arms:
If it's any help, when I first broke my hip when I was 20 I ended up waiting 3 years before I could walk on it. Non weight-bearing for 6 months after the first op, followed by another 6 months, another op, another year keeping weight off it, another op to replace the hip altogether ..... back to 6 months .... and so on. It's VERY frustrating, but you just kind of have to poodle along as best you can. I was very well-read by the end of those three years, and a lot better at asking people for help and generally being bossy! My family were hopeless, but some good friends got me through it. :)
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I am so sad to hear this disappointing news :'(
As for being through anything similar I can now say yes I have, you know I broke my nose last Thursday (I fell over my own foot...) and because it is my nose they obviously can't put a bandage on it so I have to be so careful not to touch it at all, it is broken in three places and I'm so worried about bumping it and making the bones move out of alignment again because the 'putting back in alignment' procedure was the worst thing to ever happen to me in my life and I never want them to do it again! :o To sleep I have to sit up because if I lie down I can't breath and I have to have pillows around me so I can't roll over in my sleep and squish my nose. And I worry about sneezing, trust me you do not want to sneeze when you have a broken nose, it hurts!
My nose is fixing itself though and it should be OK in about 4-5 more weeks. I wish I could give you a hug, you are such a good friend to me and I hate hearing you are in pain. :arms:
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I think we all need body suits made of Charmin TPaper! So sorry to hear latest news RWM and Luna! :(
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Awwwwww, I'm so sorry to hear about your fall and the subsequent complications! Ot sounds as if this last doctor is helpful though, so hopefully things will get resolved for the best!
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First of all, I want to thank everyone for reading this post, it gives me a place to vent my frustration, and secondly, I have no-one else to talk to, and it lets me share familiar experiences with others who have been injured. :) Crewella, wow that is terrible having your hip broken at such an early age, and then to have a hip replacement also! Was this caused by a accident or something else entirely? I can only assume you must have artritis in that area now because of your hip, and it being replaced. You have excellent attitude to have gone through that and be able to get around now. I hope it does not cause you too much residual pain. Talon, I don't think falling out of a bed, let alone a bunk bed and being blind is any fun at all. The one advantage is that the younger you are with an injury, you tend to heal easier and faster than an adult. And Luna, dear girl, your noseOUCH! I hate the sight of blood and I once had a boyfriend whose parents were in a minor car accident, and I remember his mom suffered a broken nose: blood is what I remember mostly! I can feel for you, having the fractured body part :reduced", or set, hurts quite often more than the actual break.
I remember when the ortho surgeon yanked on my arm 3 times to reduce it,( it hurt worse, more intense)I screamed because of the pain, and the tears were streaming down my face. ( so much for nerve blocks....they did nothing for pain...is thaty your experience also? Please heal quickly and try not to trip over anything, including your own feet. ( I thought only I did that sort of thing. :arms:(hugs to everyone who has had some sort of injury like tis, make the pain go away fast)I can't type much more as my fingers are numb, and also cold.
I saw the ortho Dr. yesterday, March 4th, and the good news is that I had my cast removed!Bad news, is that there are some setbacks. Besides the fact I am shedding like a lizard, ( dry, super dry skin literally peeling off in layers...) is that my wrist is "deformed". I have a pronounced "bump" on both thhe top of the back of my hand, and also the side of the Ulnar. The dr, said I will have to live with that, but he was concerned when I told him that my thumb, forefinger and index finger are tingling and also partially numb, but not the ring finger or pinkie. (he said it is more likely the nerve being pinched from when thw radius and ulnar were fractured and all the ligaments, tendons torn, trapping or pinching the median ? nerve, resulting in something like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. He gave me a special wrist splint to wear at night to help prevent the hand from curling up. He said I may have to have surgery so i go back in 3 weeks, both for my foot and my wrist.
Besides all this, I have very little range of motion in this wrist at all, and when I asked him about how long it would take to "heal". He just said" It is a long slow road". I googled several sites, and they all state up to 2 years, and then you often still do not get back the motion you once had.....So now it looks like I may be having TWO surgeries, and of course the pain is still there, but not severe like it was. Makes you want to not get out of bed !... :(Good thing, is at least my hubby is supportive instead of yelling at me.. Thanks for listening.. RWM :cat-hug:
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Poor RWM ((((hugs)))), it must be awful to have ongoing problems on both an arm and a leg. At least the cast is off for a while, lets hope the wrist improves. :flowers:
..... and my broken hip was my own fault - I fell off a horse! Due to the blood supply being damaged in the accident, the bone at the joint just wouldn't set and kept crumbling, which is why they eventually replaced it. %) :moose:
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I wish and hope you will get well soon~ :pray:
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Feel better soon! :cool: :cat-hug:
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Wow, Redwoods! I honestly don't know what to say. I think I would go crazy if I had a foot and a wrist broken at the same time with possible surgeries ahead for both injuries. You must have nerves of steel. I'll be praying for you and sending good thoughts your way.
Talon
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Facing surgery for a broken bone is a very daunting task. I just spent 6 hours yesterday going from doctors to xrays and back to doctors then off the the children's hospital with my 13yo daughter who it seems has broken her finger - on her right hand and she is right handed. She had it hit by a ball in sport at school and has broken it through the joint - last knuckle at the tip of the finger. Because it is broken in the joint and there is a floating bit of bone they are considering surgery. So we cam e home from the hospital last night with her arm and hand in a cast up to her elbow (seems like a whole lot for one little finger) and we are headed back to the hospital this morning to see the surgeon and find out what they are going to do. Apparently if they don't do what needs to be done to make it right now then she could loose the movement in that joint which will affect her for the rest of her life. So If they say they need to operate then that's what we will be doing.
So now I'm off to pack a bag with a good book for another day sitting around in waiting rooms.
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Oh my goodness! I guess I need to start making a list. I'm so sorry, Kat. Having a broken bone yourself is one thing but when it's your child who's hurting that's entirely another. I was so worried when my niece had Belle's Paulsy. I think I was more worried than her mother was. Keep us posted.
Talon
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Good news on Paige for the moment :) They ended up manipulating the bone fragment back into place and splinting her finger and now we give it a week and see what happens. If we are very lucky the bone fragment will stay put and she will then just need to keep the splint on for about 6 weeks. If we are not so lucky the fragment will have moved and then it will be off to surgery. So fingers crossed the splint will be enough.
We go back next Friday for more x-rays.
One good thing about the day at the hospital was that all the doctors were lovely and a few of them were even nice to look at :D Nothing like a nice bit of eye candy to make the sitting around in the waiting room more tolerable :-X :D
Hope your feeling better soon RWM. Thinking of you. xx
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First RWM, then me, then Talon's little dog and now Kat's daughter... EVERYONE STOP HURTING YOURSELF! :crash:
Best of luck to her Kat, I hope the surgery is not nessisary and she can go back to her piano and sport soon :arms:
Big hugs to little Teddy Talon, he is so cute and sweet. What bad luck for him to have to have surgery so soon after you getting him. I hope he will be alright now.
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Kat, i hope everything works out for your daughter, she is young and that will help her in the long run,. Talon, glad Teddy is doing better, and I hope he continues to improve. Luna, keep your chin up and you will be back to normal sooner than you think. Having fractures of any kind is no fun, and as this update video shows, bones do not allways heal properly, esp if you are older and have other problems. It looks like I will have surgery for my wrist and foot. My wrist is numb and the fingers tingling and besides the pain, I have very little range of motion . My foot is no better either,, makes me wish I were a lot younger so I could recover faster and properly.
Here is a short video of what my wtist looks like without the cast, crooked and actually almost an inch wider at the wrist, the bone has shifted....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pntq9bwo8Ww Glad your daughter is doing better Kat, hope the bone stays in place. RWM :cat-hug:
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Well it looks better than it did when you first broke it but still looks pretty bad. :( I do hope they can do something more for you to improve the situation adn give you back the movement.
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Me too. :flowers:
I'd say I'll cross my fingers ...... but with all the injuries recently it would just sound like I was showing off ..... ;) :P :moose:
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I'd say I'll cross my fingers ...... but with all the injuries recently it would just sound like I was showing off ..... ;) :P :moose:
Oh you are terrible! :P
I hope something can be worked out for you RWM, it sounds like a really tricky situation. I hope at the very least the pain goes away for you soon :flowers:
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Wow! I hope something can be done for you, Redwoods. I can only hope that surgery will help this time. Well, just to give everyone a brief update. Teddy came through his surgery. He no longer looks like a shark and he was able to eat the same day. I was really nervous I'd have to puray his food or something. Please forgive my spelling. I'm really being lazy and not looking this word up in the dictionary. He's almost back to his normal self. His pain medication seems to be suppressing his apitite a little but he is still eating and drinking. They also found some sort of skin tumor in his ear and he has three stitches in it from having it removed. He is due back in two weeks to get them taken out. Now I'm parinoied and I'm constantly checking his body for lumps and bumps. To me it just looked like a small bump with a scabby sort of place on it. You'd think my being blind I'd be a lot more scensitive to that sort of thing. Luckily the vet hasn't uttered the dreaded C word yet. I am very greatful for that.
Talon