last Sunday while I was out with my sister and friends I unfortunately fell over even with having my stick, I new right away something was not right , lying on hotel floor I put my hand down to were pain was and it was bad, I could feel my leg bone sticking out and followed with blood,
It all happened so quickly, I had an open fracture of the tibia/fibia rushed to hospital, straight to surgery, been told it was bad because of my osteoporosis , still here in hospital a week later .what a week
Ouch! Poor you - what a week indeed! Did you know you had osteoporosis or did you find out when you had your accident.
I hope your hospital stay isn’t to awful, very best wishes for a speedy recovery.
I am so sorry to hear that it sounds awful. I hope you are able to get home shortly. Take care char
Sounds awful, my sister lost balance on a couch bending to pick up a fallen object, like you she crashed to floor with femur. She didn't know she had osteoporosis. I hope your pain meds are helping, I believe it was tough going post op for my sis. Best of luck moving forward
I’m so sorry you’ve done that. You make me feel so lucky because I had a fall about six weeks ago. I couldn’t even breathe for a minute or so. I was really sure I had broken some ribs. I called 111 as I’m on my own. I get so angry when I do silly things. Anyway I had an ambulance turn up five hours later. By then my ribs were terrible but my breathing was ok. They asked me if I wanted to go to hospital. I said no thank you. They were so relieved. They said they had just had a woman whose sats were fine but she insisted she goes to hospital. I do think I broke some ribs but they can’t do anything for them. They tested my oxygen and said that was ok so really there would be no need to go to hospital. And when you are on your own how do you get home after going in. I’ve got family but they are all busy people.
Hi Trevor6,
We’re so sorry to hear about the week you’ve been having, it sounds like an incredibly stressful time. Thank you for coming on and sharing with us here, we hope that our community can be a space for you to connect with others who understand. From your post, we’re not sure whether osteoporosis is a recent diagnosis for you or not, but we did just want to drop by to let you know that we have lots of information on our website that might be helpful: theros.org.uk/information-a...
Including information for when newly diagnosed: theros.org.uk/information-a...
Wishing you all the best at such a difficult time,
ROS Moderator
Hello thanks for post, yes I have had osteoporosis for 11yrs now , and I take the chewable tablets twice daily , before accident I just had aches and pains . Going off to stay at rehab after hospital take care everyone, o for got back last year I had a tooth removed by my dentist, she then after removal referred me to hospital, turned out I had erousion of my jaw , which was partially removed , not nice
Bless your heart! Are you new to OP? Did you have a clue why this happened? I am so sorry you are in this situation! Prayers for your recovery!
hello, i hope you are resting and recovering, may i ask did your leg break, which caused you to fall?,
or, did you fall, which caused your break?
an in-law of mine was playing cricket years ago and his tibia just broke to sticking out, at ankle sock height, he was 45 when it happened,
sorry, it's awful for you
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