I fell in rain two weeks ago I slipped out my hand out instinctively and fractured my distal radius.I'm finding out there are so many things I can't do with only one hand.
How poor service men manage 😢? It's in plaster permanent cast now .
Heath unlocked would not let me share image of me in pink cast as it shows myself
Hope it heals quick and well.
Did similar when i was a teenager, was awkward doing everything left handed for a few weeks.
I can't open packets , coffee jars etc so frustrating Cast will be in for at least 6 weeks no driving
I have another orthopedic appt 15/6/23.
It's been two weeks already
Ouch poor you! Hope it mends quickly. Good excuse to get someone else to do your house jobs at least.
Oh goodness! What a nasty shock that must have been, I hope it heals well and quickly!
Oh no. Get well soon x
Aww bless you darling your are going through it aren't you. Sending love and hugs. xxxx
Ouch! I did that in January 2020 - I fell off my bed one night the room was pitch black so I haven’t a clue what happened because I ended up well away from the bed up against the wall.
It really was a nuisance. Had mine stretched back into place using Entonox then I was in plaster for six weeks. I had three plasters in all and my favourite colour was a black one. I gather from a physio I saw for something else that it is best if they can manipulate it back into shape rather than have to operate and pin it.
The thing I found worst of all was having my husband ‘try’ to wash my hair. That drove me nuts. He is pretty much bald so he’s not used to washing hair - I have long hair.
I bought a thing called a Limbo from Amazon and I was able to put it over the plaster cast to have showers and baths.
I also bought a Magimix mini chopper for chopping vegetables and a stick vacuum cleaner and a really lightweight hairdryer that I had fancied for ages and couldn’t really justify - so the broken wrist was the perfect excuse to indulge myself with things that I could use more or less one handed.
When I was plastered I was told to keep my hand held up, in fact when the sling was put on my hand was placed on my opposite shoulder and I was told to keep it up - unfortunately no one said for how long so I pretty much kept it there when I wasn’t doing my exercises etc. seems that was not a good thing to do and hand was a mess when the plaster came off, in the end I had to keep that hand in my pocket to get used to stop myself putting it up in the air.
Make sure you do all of your exercises though that is really important if you want to get back to how you used to be.
I have bought a limbo but my partner still insists on showering and washing me!I'm going to try tonight with him around.
I had a temp cast white now a pink one they have have said nothing about changing the cast ?
My orthopaedic appt is 15june about 5 weeks since temporary one I only put it in a sling for work.
In case I knock it
I don't wear one at night.
It sometimes itches and the wrist can hurt at end of day and it accidentally turn wrist wrong way it really hurts!
I keep moving my fingers
Can see why he might. I put lots of those safety strips on the base of the bath. I tried shower mats etc but I wasn’t comfortable with them.
I was surprised at how much it hurt even after it had been plastered. I remember years ago helping my mother into the bath when she had broken her wrist - I manhandled her arm and it hurt. It wasn’t until I broke mine that I realised just how much it hurt. Unfortunately she is no longer with us so I can’t apologise (again).
I had my plaster replaced because my hand was so swollen when the plaster went on and as the swelling went down the plaster was too loose. By the end though it was tight in places - when it came off I had a few red marks and the doctor commented that it had been tight.
I used to sleep with my plaster balanced on a nice soft pillow - that sort of worked, it wasn’t how I normally slept but it was ok.
If you’re not happy about how the plaster fits you can contact the plaster room and they will sort it out for you. I think they are quite used to doing that. I was told to get back to them directly if I had any problems, I must have been given a phone number because when I phoned I spoke to the person who did it - they told me how to come in without going through the regular waiting room they were really good.
Unfortunately I got far too comfortable holding my arm up on my shoulder. A sling is good when you are among people though - they see it and tend to keep out of your way. When my husband had his hip replacement I preferred it if he used his crutches when we were out even though he didn’t really need to. You would see people giving him a wide berth - like a parting of the waves as they came towards you - same with the sling.
I took vitamin C to help it heal - a friend was told by a consultant to give her son vitamin C tablets to help with healing when he broke his arm. I’d heard that before and I’ve read that since and it probably won’t do any harm.
Sending healing wishes to you, 💗
Sending you best wishes for healing! These accidents seem to be more frequent as we age! It seems to be the price we pay for getting older.🤓
And not a word about RA..... !! :-)
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