OUCH !!!

[Finglas-Boy]

Hi folks; Sorry for not being around the last few days. On Thursday I was walking down the stairs when I suffered a seizure, waking up @ the bottom with my wife & kids around me & my wrist pointed in a different direction from what it should.

I've done a really good job of it - bones fractured & displaced & fingers twice their normal size & a wonderful shade of purple! Dr's can't pin the bones together until the swelling goes down so I can't go to Trauma Clinic til next Friday @ the earliest.

I'm forced to typing with one hand so if I don't respond to a post please don't think I haven't seen/read it.

Regards; FB 🇮🇪

[Celtic27]

Hi finglas boy sorry to about accident try not to make a habit of it i know its not nice but no one wants to see you hurt yourself ! Just get well bud david

[Finglas-Boy in reply to Celtic27]

Hi David & thanx for your wishes. This is just another injury to add to the list for me! It's not as painful as my cartilage removal but a lot more painful than the plethora of other injuries in my life. At least it gets me to work from home for the time being! But hell fire I didn't think it would hurt this much! Hope all is well with you. FB. 🇮🇪

[Celtic27 in reply to Finglas-Boy]

Hi finglas a big OUCHhope it get better soon ! Try not to fall it gets you down ! Hail hail

[Finglas-Boy in reply to Celtic27]

😀. 🇮🇪

[MAS_Nurse]

OMG Finglas-Boy! A definite OUCH!! You poor thing, I know how painful is a fractured wrist. Well done on one finger typing...it's very legible! Check out your computer's inbuilt accessibility features, and look for voice recognition/speech-to-text tools, which you can set up with a microphone to dictate to your document/speech and it will type for you!

On a medical note, do let your GP know about your seizure, and if these are out of the norm for you, you may need a medication review, or a review with your specialist.

Stay safe! Take care.

[Finglas-Boy in reply to MAS_Nurse]

Hi MAS & thank you for your advice. I've just gotten back from hospital where they've re-plastered my wrist & moved my Trauma Clinic appt. forward a couple of days. I didn't realise how much I use my wrist but I've got 4 fingers which look like big toes! I like your idea re; computer adaption but don't know if mine can recognise a West Cork accent & the obligatory swear words that go with an Irishman's diction anyway! Best wishes ; FB 🇮🇪

[Hidden]

Hi there sorry to hear of your accident .I can sort of relate to this. Nearly 2 months ago now I tripped on the last few stairs carrying a basket of washing down .Anyways next thing I knew me and the washing were in a pile at the bottom of the stairs. Wow was I in pain or what? My leg was sort of bent under me. This was 6am ~my youngest son gets up at 6 30am to get ready for work.I tried calling for him ~but his bedroom door was closer. I managed to sort of hobble into the living room.As well as the pain think I was in shock as well ~couldn't stop shaking.To cut a long story short ~turns out I'd pulled a tendon in my leg 6-8 wks recovery time. All well now tho and still managed to hobble about during those 6 weeks.So my sympathies are with you .Hope you feel better soon 🤕PS think a stair gate and slippers that had seen better days were the culprit when I tripped!! Said slippers were put in the bin!!

[Finglas-Boy in reply to Hidden]

Hi kittykat & thanx for your wishes. Best bit of being epileptic is I don't recall the fall! I didn't think such a comparitvely small injury could hurt so much. But it seems like you've been in the wars too

Best wishes 🇮🇪

[Hidden in reply to Finglas-Boy]

Well just take it easy and hope you are soon on the mend ~epilepsy can't be good tho ~wishing you well 😊

[Finglas-Boy]

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[Zoea]

Sorry to hear of your injury there. Are you getting the best available treatment for your seizures? I can envision a situation (and I don't want to freak you out) where such a seizure would have a worse outcome :/

Hope your wrist and hand heals well and glad you are still on the forum and talking about stuff

[Finglas-Boy]

Hi Zoea. Good to hear from you. Just got back from trauma clinic & it's gonna take an op to pin bones back in true alignment. So jury's out on that.

Because epilepsy is result of a TBI there are obviously other aspects of neurological condition to consider. There is an op I can have but my Drs aren't convinced the pros outweigh the cons @ the mo.

Hope you're well, FB 🇮🇪