After affects of fall....

[sylvi]

I am downstairs at 2.30am as i can't sleep. Both my hands ache and the knee that is too be operated on as well. I am in so much pain i could cry at the moment. Not sure if the fall hasn't kcked off a flare by the way my joints feel. I'm stuck as to what to write as i'm in pain and that is unusual for me so i will write off and wish you have a lovely bank holiday. xxx

[Judi]

So sorry to hear you've had a bad fall. (I haven't been on here this week so don't know when your fall was.)

My reaction when I saw your post was 'Oh no poor Sylvi'. You've already got enough on your plate without falling. Hope by now you've managed some sleep (06.48 Monday morning). Being in pain through the night always seem worse than during the day time, we seem better able to cope with the pain then but I suppose the night time is when our bodies should be relaxing and repairing itself (... ? ... I did say ... 'should be repairing itself').

Hope you feel some relief by now. Thinking of you.

Judi

[sylvi]

Judi, i was in bedworth last saturday,and we were a charity shop and the was a stool that looked good for me to sit on while i was outside potting on plants. It was a fold up chair so we thought we had put it together,so as i went to sit on it, it gave way and i fell flat on my back. I have a massive bruise on my left elbow which is very sore and swollen. I think it has aggravated my ra. I don't know what its done to my right knee,it is the one being operated on in 10days time. Sadly though i have had some sleep i still ache all over.

Thanks for your thoughts, sylvi.xx

[Judi]

Bless you. Next time get a healthy person to test things out for you! (nag, nag, nag) they do say that hindsight is a wonderful thing.

I will be counting down the next 10 days with you. Assume you will be going in a day or so before?

Please come on here and let us know (as soon as you can after the op) how you are. We will all be waiting to hear from you.

(I haven't been on here for a week hence I didn't know about your fall).

My family bought me a kindle and besides reading the books, I seem to have a new obsession - finding and downloading free books! (The dog has realised that he hasn't got my full attention when he needs something and I've got the kindle in my hand, he struggles up on to my lap and licks me to death!)

Ah well, another coffee and back to my kindle 'free' book search (I do have some ironing to do and also some more washing to put on but ............)

Judi

[Hidden in reply to Judi]

Hi Judi, My family also bought me a kindle, and I sure did use it during my conv. from wrist surgery 2 months ago. I love it, as I have not been able to handle a real paper book for a few years. Reading James Patterson's latest now, have other free ones in line ready. Coffee and a good book, maybe a nice spot in the shade on a summer day, what more could we need? L.xxx

[Judi in reply to Hidden]

Hi Loret, I had a bad night (Monday through to Tuesday morning) woken with pain and then couldn't get back to sleep regardless of trying the usual things (i.e. getting out of bed and wandering about for a while and etc. etc.) eventually I went back to bed and plugged in some ear things and listened to the book I was reading on my kindle instead of reading. It did take some getting used to as the reader doesn't tell the story with any feeling but I did find it helped and eventually managed to get back to sleep. Judi

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Sorry about your fall. Keep fingers crossed its not a flare, hopefully in a couple of days the pains will ease. You probably gave your whole body a big shock.

All the best, Mary

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Hope things are feeling a little better Sylvi and you manage some rest today. Lack of sleep makes the best day seem tough. Not long now till your op and we'll all be sending positive vibes for your recovery.

Paula x

[Sharon56]

Hi Sylvi havent been on here for ages and ages. So sorry to hear you had a fall. I fell downstairs last week whilst hoovering the stairs. Clever eh! Anyway just had a bruised arm and a few aches and pains. Two days later though my right hand was so painful I had to wear my wrist splint. I do think a fall can set off our RA. Hope you soon feel much better.

Sharon

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Sylvi gosh sorry to hear that you fell, hopefully when the bruises fade the pain will ease and you will be in the best possible form for the surgery - doesn't time go fast.

[sylvi]

Thank you all for your kind wishes. I wish i could say i am feeling brighter,but i still ache. I have been asleep again,but i feel so tired. I do believe that i'm having a flare due to falling,my right side is very sore. I am sorry that i can't be more cheerful,but thats how i feel. I hope i feel brighter tomorrow. xxx

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sylvi im sorry to hear you are in so much pain. maybe you should get gp or practise nurse to check? i have finally been out albeit in a wheelchair with my twins and husband taking it in turns to push. using my blue badge for the first time was a bit weird but i could get used to it. only one idiot asked my husband if i was able to move onto a seat at a restaurant - i said to the man. my body doesnt work but my mouth and mind do to which he apologised. im still fighting the need to sleep but my head is better (only small thumps). keep safe and warm sylvi as you need this operation to have a better life.

Angie xxx

[sylvi]

Angie i had started a reply and then my hands somehow lost all that i had written. I am down the hospital tomorrow to see the hand therapist so i will tell her and if my rheumy nurse is in i will pop and see her too. Hubby thinks its shock from the fall,but i don't know.

Some people are so igorant aren't they, they think because your in a wheelchair your not all there in the head. Its amazing how invisible your become in a wheelchair or scooter.

sylvi.xx

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OMG, Sylvie!! Disaster seems to be chasing after you! Please don't go anywhere outside your garden for the next 10 days!

I spent 4 days away from home, until this afternoon, so am way behind the news here! Was at Tim and Heather's, helping prepare his 50th birthday party, held Sunday. Had a chance to shop at an Herb Garden Center, brought back some additions for my Herb garden. Will try to get them into the ground tomorrow-Tues. Promise me you will avoid any other mishaps. Love, Loretta

[sylvi]

Loretta my love, i won't be doing anything stupid now. Oh boy did i suffer yesterday,i slept on and off most of the day. I felt pretty awful all day. I was so tired last hubby and i put the lights out at 9.30pm and i slept like a log. I didn't even hear my Grace come home from work. I got up about 7.00am this morning. My knee is very sore and the bruise on my elbow is still sore. I feel brighter in myself but i ache everywhere else, but i've always said if i can sleep i can cope with the pain.

I hope you had a lovely time at your son and daughter-in-laws home. You deserve some good times. How is your wrist now,is it recovering how it should be.

My love to you, sylvi.xx

[nugget]

hi all i.m new to you ? i have had RA for seven years i also have psoriatic A i read all your comments with great interest and know i.m not on my own i am 64 and feel like ninety a lot of the time but i still keep happy as i know there are worse off than me .my name is maureen

[sylvi]

Maureen, welcome we are a mixed bunch on here. I'm 56 going on 96,like you i feel very old at times. I try to stay happy,but at times its very hard. I am still recovering from a fall i had on saturday in bedworth. I had a good nights sleep so i feel happier. I still ache and i have some very sore bruises even now. But hey ho in 9 days time i go into walsgrace hospital to get my knee redone and hopefully i will be able to walk with less pain than i'm geting now.

I hope to hear more from you maureen about your adventures with ra.

Sylvi.xx

[Judi]

Hi Maureen, welcome.

As Sylvi says we are a very mixed bunch on here. Different ages (I'm 62) and from different parts of the country (Kent in my case) and even some from across the water. Some work and some don't. Some have family living with them and some don't.

The good thing is that there is always someone to listen to any ranting and ravings you may have, give some sympathy and also some advice when asked (most especially with regard to medications, their side effects and etc. etc.) Also sometimes we share things to laugh about so we're not always doom and gloom.

Hope to see many posts from you in the future, it's nice to meet someone new especially for those of us who can't get around as much as we used to.

Judi