ot - i was naive

to think that once my slingie was off next tuesday i could jump in my car
and be independent again.
going against medical advice, but judging it was very near coming off
anyway, i released my arm just for 5 minutes to wash.
omg. no way, i tried practising air gear changes but it's agony so no can
do. back in the sling straight away not that it helps particularly as it
still feels like severe toothache all the time.
i was released from hospital without much advice. i had a copy of what they
sent to my doctor that said orif left shoulder and have no idea what that
means, neither would i have known that i'd been screwed together had a nurse
not mentioned it in passing.
when i get to the fracture clinic on tues i will be asking all these
questions and why the ward did not give me a phone number to tell them if i
had problems, as i had to go back with dreadful dia/vom soon on a sunday
and the doc said did they not give you a phone number to call if you had a
prob and the answer was no.

it tooks me nearly 4 weeks to recover from it. it's one thing to be in pain
from your operation, it's another thing to pick up a bowel infection from
the ward that makes you want to die very soon..
my aunt who was looking after me at the time was so startled by the colour
and quantity of my vomit - sorry tmi - that she called emergency at 11 pm

when i was there they did seem to clean very well, all the time, but i was
there for two days and i was ill within 8 hours of coming home.
i'm not sure it wasn't food poisoning - the food was dire and not hot.

"hopitus" wrote in message
...
On May 7, 4:59 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
to think that once my slingie was off next tuesday i could jump in my car
and be independent again.
going against medical advice, but judging it was very near coming off
anyway, i released my arm just for 5 minutes to wash.
omg. no way, i tried practising air gear changes but it's agony so no can
do. back in the sling straight away not that it helps particularly as it
still feels like severe toothache all the time.
i was released from hospital without much advice. i had a copy of what
they
sent to my doctor that said orif left shoulder and have no idea what that
means, neither would i have known that i'd been screwed together had a
nurse
not mentioned it in passing.
when i get to the fracture clinic on tues i will be asking all these
questions and why the ward did not give me a phone number to tell them if
i
had problems, as i had to go back with dreadful dia/vom soon on a sunday
and the doc said did they not give you a phone number to call if you had a
prob and the answer was no.

it tooks me nearly 4 weeks to recover from it. it's one thing to be in
pain
from your operation, it's another thing to pick up a bowel infection from
the ward that makes you want to die very soon..
my aunt who was looking after me at the time was so startled by the colour
and quantity of my vomit - sorry tmi - that she called emergency at 11 pm

when i was there they did seem to clean very well, all the time, but i was
there for two days and i was ill within 8 hours of coming home.
i'm not sure it wasn't food poisoning - the food was dire and not hot.

The terms on what hospital sent to your doc means this: open reduction
internal fixation. Now you know as much as before I told you that,
right?
Open reduction means your fracture (break) was fixed during surgery in
the operating room...internal fixation means the doc nailed your
busted off
bone fragment to the big bone part with a nail or screw, permanently
(fixation).
What you were *hoping* (driving right away, independence) is what you
*(want*
to happen, and not realistic but I am not blaming you for that, we all
tend to be
thinking like that, hoping for the best. I know you are tired of me
telling you
this again, but since I never broke any bones or dislocated anything
(well,
one finger playing softball but that doesn't count) I speak not from
experience

--------
oh., i thank you so much for explaining orif. it should have been done by
the hospital but they were so keen to get me out of there so another patient
could come in that they forgot what to do.

Christina Websell wrote:

to think that once my slingie was off next tuesday i could jump in my car
and be independent again.
going against medical advice, but judging it was very near coming off
anyway, i released my arm just for 5 minutes to wash.
omg. no way, i tried practising air gear changes but it's agony so no can
do. back in the sling straight away not that it helps particularly as it
still feels like severe toothache all the time.

It might feel that way when it first comes off, but only for a short
while. You might need to get used to having it off, and it might hurt
badly for a day or two until you are used to it. Or maybe I have no
idea what I'm talking about, but it's a thought. The main idea being
that just because it feels terrible when you first take it off doesn't
mean it's going to stay that way.

it tooks me nearly 4 weeks to recover from it. it's one thing to be in pain
from your operation, it's another thing to pick up a bowel infection from
the ward that makes you want to die very soon..
my aunt who was looking after me at the time was so startled by the colour
and quantity of my vomit - sorry tmi - that she called emergency at 11 pm

when i was there they did seem to clean very well, all the time, but i was
there for two days and i was ill within 8 hours of coming home.
i'm not sure it wasn't food poisoning - the food was dire and not hot.

As I'm sure you already know, hospitals are full of nasty bacteria, and
a lot of it is antibiotic-resistant. And I suppose it could have gotten
into your food, who knows. But it wouldn't be necessary - the bacteria's
on the beds, in the bathrooms, everywhere that people touch. There's no
way they can clean it all. I'm just sorry you got so sick, at the worst
possible time.

I hope it goes well on Tuesday.

Joyce

--
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he
grows up, he'll never be able to merge his car onto a freeway.

wrote in message
...
Christina Websell wrote:

to think that once my slingie was off next tuesday i could jump in my
car
and be independent again.
going against medical advice, but judging it was very near coming off
anyway, i released my arm just for 5 minutes to wash.
omg. no way, i tried practising air gear changes but it's agony so no
can
do. back in the sling straight away not that it helps particularly as
it
still feels like severe toothache all the time.

It might feel that way when it first comes off, but only for a short
while. You might need to get used to having it off, and it might hurt
badly for a day or two until you are used to it. Or maybe I have no
idea what I'm talking about, but it's a thought. The main idea being
that just because it feels terrible when you first take it off doesn't
mean it's going to stay that way.

[...]
I hope it goes well on Tuesday.


Well, I went to the fracture clinic today and my slingie thing ws removed. I
get to keep it as a souvenir, hey, who knows how useful it might be if
someone falls and breaks their arm in fron of my house ;-)
Surgeon is reasonably pleased with the result, even though I cannot raise
my arm more than 30 degrees. I had to ask to see the ironwork installed so
he showed me the x-ray taken on my last visit. Blimey! There are two
screws and one of them is big enough to hold a car body together.
He referred me for physiotherapy and I thought I would have to wait for an
appointment letter to come through the post, but no, I had to go today.
The physiotherapist was really good and gave me some mega stuff to do x 10,
3-4 x day, which I tried when I got home. OMG I could not do it that hard
today - and I really tried but my sense told me too much, too soon.
The surgeon told her there were two ways he did not want me to move my arm
for the moment and she said it was probably because he wants more scar
tissue to develop inside to prevent an easy redisclocation in the future.
It will mean even more weeks of physio later but I have to trust him.
I was really worried when I saw the physio that I could hardly raise my
arm - I said "I'm going to be permanently disabled by this, aren't I?"
especially as I was told I could not drive for at least until I saw the
surgeon again in another 3 weeks (not like I can even attempt it atm)
However she said she'd seen much worse regain *almost* full function so I
have hope.
I'm shot if if I can't drive. I walked nearly two miles to the supermarket
today after I'd been to the hospital, with my new suitcase-on-wheels that I
bought to go to Germany on 20 May - that ain't gonna happen- to use it like
a shopping trolley (and back of course) and I wish I had not done it.
I'd forgotten how unfit I'd become by being holed up injured for 8 weeks.
It seemed like a great idea at the time to walk 4 miles and put my suitcase
in a big shopping trolley when I got there and putting my shopping into it
through the checkout.
I totally forgot that - loaded - I could not get it out of the trolley with
one hand nor could I even get it zipped up properly as properly loading to
get everything in tidily can't be done.
So what to do?
I went to the security man on the door on the way out and explained my
predicament. He rearranged my shopping, zipped up my suitcase and put it on
the floor so I could haul it home.
Great service, Asda!

Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:

I went to the security man on the door on the way out and explained my
predicament. He rearranged my shopping, zipped up my suitcase and put it on
the floor so I could haul it home.

Would it be a good plan to make use of online food shopping until you
are able to safely go yourself again? I know delivery costs extra but
you could think of it as being paid for by the money you aren't spending
on petrol at the moment. You can go via the supermarket's own site
http://www.asda.com/ or use http://www.mysupermarket.com where you type
in your shopping list and it tells you the cheapest supermarket to get
it from.

Deb.
--
http://www.scientific-art.com

"He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would;
He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield

"Christina Websell" wrote in message ...


wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

to think that once my slingie was off next tuesday i could jump in my
car
and be independent again.
going against medical advice, but judging it was very near coming off
anyway, i released my arm just for 5 minutes to wash.
omg. no way, i tried practising air gear changes but it's agony so no
can
do. back in the sling straight away not that it helps particularly as
it
still feels like severe toothache all the time.

It might feel that way when it first comes off, but only for a short
while. You might need to get used to having it off, and it might hurt
badly for a day or two until you are used to it. Or maybe I have no
idea what I'm talking about, but it's a thought. The main idea being
that just because it feels terrible when you first take it off doesn't
mean it's going to stay that way.

[...]
I hope it goes well on Tuesday.


Well, I went to the fracture clinic today and my slingie thing ws removed. I
get to keep it as a souvenir, hey, who knows how useful it might be if
someone falls and breaks their arm in fron of my house ;-)
Surgeon is reasonably pleased with the result, even though I cannot raise
my arm more than 30 degrees. I had to ask to see the ironwork installed so
he showed me the x-ray taken on my last visit. Blimey! There are two
screws and one of them is big enough to hold a car body together.
He referred me for physiotherapy and I thought I would have to wait for an
appointment letter to come through the post, but no, I had to go today.
The physiotherapist was really good and gave me some mega stuff to do x 10,
3-4 x day, which I tried when I got home. OMG I could not do it that hard
today - and I really tried but my sense told me too much, too soon.
The surgeon told her there were two ways he did not want me to move my arm
for the moment and she said it was probably because he wants more scar
tissue to develop inside to prevent an easy redisclocation in the future.
It will mean even more weeks of physio later but I have to trust him.
I was really worried when I saw the physio that I could hardly raise my
arm - I said "I'm going to be permanently disabled by this, aren't I?"
especially as I was told I could not drive for at least until I saw the
surgeon again in another 3 weeks (not like I can even attempt it atm)
However she said she'd seen much worse regain *almost* full function so I
have hope.
I'm shot if if I can't drive. I walked nearly two miles to the supermarket
today after I'd been to the hospital, with my new suitcase-on-wheels that I
bought to go to Germany on 20 May - that ain't gonna happen- to use it like
a shopping trolley (and back of course) and I wish I had not done it.
I'd forgotten how unfit I'd become by being holed up injured for 8 weeks.
It seemed like a great idea at the time to walk 4 miles and put my suitcase
in a big shopping trolley when I got there and putting my shopping into it
through the checkout.
I totally forgot that - loaded - I could not get it out of the trolley with
one hand nor could I even get it zipped up properly as properly loading to
get everything in tidily can't be done.
So what to do?
I went to the security man on the door on the way out and explained my
predicament. He rearranged my shopping, zipped up my suitcase and put it on
the floor so I could haul it home.
Great service, Asda!

Tweed


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
That's really good news that the slingie thing has been removed. Now, as to
your shopping problem: When I was a college student, I had one of those
upright wire baskets with two wheels (and two supports to set it down). I
could easily roll it over curbs and up and down stairs. At the grocery, it
folded flat so it could be hung on the back of the grocery cart. Do you
have something similar in the UK? If so, I think it would help a lot. Here
is an example of what I tried to describe, although this one has 4 wheels:
http://www.amazon.com/Narita-Trading...5101349&sr=8-4
If you get one, try to get one where the two back wheels are large--they
roll much more easily over curbs and rough sidewalks. Also, some of them
have liners as an extra accessory. I used that when I did laundry (no
laundry in the apartment I rented when I was a student and I did not have a
car, so I walked several blocks to a laundromat).

MaryL


MaryL

"Debbie Wilson" wrote in message
...
Christina Websell wrote:

I went to the security man on the door on the way out and explained my
predicament. He rearranged my shopping, zipped up my suitcase and put it
on
the floor so I could haul it home.

Would it be a good plan to make use of online food shopping until you
are able to safely go yourself again? I know delivery costs extra but
you could think of it as being paid for by the money you aren't spending
on petrol at the moment. You can go via the supermarket's own site
http://www.asda.com/ or use http://www.mysupermarket.com where you type
in your shopping list and it tells you the cheapest supermarket to get
it from.

I've used Asda's online shopping service 3 times since my shoulder injury.
They were good at arriving within the time slot but I had three problems
with them. The first one was that I could not find several items I buy
regularly, on their website (although I know they have them) which led to
the second problem of needing a personal visit. The 3rd was their minimum
order charge for home delivery which is £25 - not a problem for a couple or
family - but I found myself buying more expensive things I did not want just
to reach that amount for a weekly delivery.

"MaryL" wrote in message
. ..
wrote in message
...
That's really good news that the slingie thing has been removed. Now, as
to your shopping problem: When I was a college student, I had one of
those upright wire baskets with two wheels (and two supports to set it
down). I could easily roll it over curbs and up and down stairs. At the
grocery, it folded flat so it could be hung on the back of the grocery
cart. Do you have something similar in the UK? If so, I think it would
help a lot. Here is an example of what I tried to describe, although this
one has 4 wheels:
http://www.amazon.com/Narita-Trading...5101349&sr=8-4
If you get one, try to get one where the two back wheels are large--they
roll much more easily over curbs and rough sidewalks. Also, some of them
have liners as an extra accessory. I used that when I did laundry (no
laundry in the apartment I rented when I was a student and I did not have
a car, so I walked several blocks to a laundromat).

Thank you for the suggestion, however I'm not going to buy any sort of
shopping trolley because firstly I cannot get anywhere to buy one and
secondly (and more importantly) I don't envisage needing one ever again so
it would be a waste of money!
*When* I get back to driving which I intend to be soon if I work hard at
physio I'll be able to food shop at my heart's content.

Tweed

"hopitus" wrote in message
news:eeaff314-7cc9-4a3a-ba70-
...

You can now rock the tech taking your future chest xrays by informing
he/she prior to the filming of existence of your mega shoulder screws; they
will always show
on chesst films. Just my little attempt at gallows humor.

I won't be able to rock a tech as I never have a chest x-ray - is this a
routine thing in USA? I'm more worried about setting off the alarms in the
airport


No comment on your hiking 4 miles to grocery; I should probably be doing
the same
to keep my cardiac arteries clear and happy instead of driving.

I won't be doing it again any time soon. It was too much for me as dragging
the suitcase so far has made my other shoulder painful.
As I said, I've hardly walked anywhere for the past 8 weeks. For the first
3 weeks before I sought medical advice I could hardly creep around, every
step was agony but I still managed to give my chickens food & water even
though I cried with pain walking down the garden to them.
I'm actually proud of myself for doing that.
I'm not proud of myself for being stupid and not realising I needed urgent
help NOW and not "well, it doesn't hurt much more than when I fell down the
stairs and that was OK"

Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...


"MaryL" wrote in message
. ..
wrote in message
...
That's really good news that the slingie thing has been removed. Now, as
to your shopping problem: When I was a college student, I had one of
those upright wire baskets with two wheels (and two supports to set it
down). I could easily roll it over curbs and up and down stairs. At the
grocery, it folded flat so it could be hung on the back of the grocery
cart. Do you have something similar in the UK? If so, I think it would
help a lot. Here is an example of what I tried to describe, although this
one has 4 wheels:
http://www.amazon.com/Narita-Trading...5101349&sr=8-4

Thank you for the suggestion, however I'm not going to buy any sort of
shopping trolley because firstly I cannot get anywhere to buy one and
secondly (and more importantly) I don't envisage needing one ever again so
it would be a waste of money!
*When* I get back to driving which I intend to be soon if I work hard at
physio I'll be able to food shop at my heart's content.

Tweed

- - - - - - - - - - - -

You're welcome. I thought perhaps it would be awhile before you could use
your left arm for driving (extensive therapy), but I'm glad to hear you will
soon be able to drive. Please, follow your therapist's advice and don't try
to "push" too much.

MaryL