Any Day that You Break Your Leg Before 7:30 AM is Going to Suck

[Belegon]

OUCH.

Heal quick, doll... but we'll be here to keep you company while you are keeping that foot up.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

OUCH.

Heal quick, doll... but we'll be here to keep you company while you are keeping that foot up.

Yeah, we'll put one foot up on this pillow here and the other one on that pillow there with lots of space between them.

 

[Guest]

Yeah, we'll put one foot up on this pillow here and the other one on that pillow there with lots of space between them.

Now stop!

I think it was almost a week before I could have sex again after I broke my leg!

And that was done very carefully, me propped up, no overt movements on my part.

Let her heal a bit, hmm?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Now stop!

I think it was almost a week before I could have sex again after I broke my leg!

And that was done very carefully, me propped up, no overt movements on my part.

Let her heal a bit, hmm?

Sigh I'm so bad, sometimes. Sorry. How about if I just sit on the sofa next to her and stroke her hair until she falls asleep then tiptoe out?

 

[Corylea]

Sigh I'm so bad, sometimes. Sorry. How about if I just sit on the sofa next to her and stroke her hair until she falls asleep then tiptoe out?

Better.

I mean, just think how much you want to be jostled when your leg is broken.

 

[shereads]

Well that sucks.

 

[SlickTony]

I'm so sorry that happened to you; that really sucks! It seems kinda unfair that a moment's misstep can keep you on crutches for six weeks.

A lot of people use crutches improperly and make things a lot harder for themselves than it needs to be; medical professionals often issue a patient a pair of crutches without telling them how they work. Dumb! Anyway, the top of the crutch should not touch your armpit; if you use the crutches by leaning your armpit on them, it will hurt. You use your hands to push up on the hand bar, and if the crutches are the right size for you, the top of the crutch won't touch your armpit. It's really your hands that are supposed to take your weight -- just think of all the muscles you'll build.

I was in a wheelchair for ten months after breaking my leg very, very thoroughly, so I feel for you!

That's too bad about the crutches. I'm not as tall as I used to be and those crutches have been adjusted down as short as they can be. I'm in the process of adjusting the hand bars. The crutches were originally obtained for my 6'2" son.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Better.

I mean, just think how much you want to be jostled when your leg is broken.

I'll tell you the story of my broken leg in Chicago. It's 'way too long to bother to type out. Let it suffice to say that I was only 22 at the time and I was really pissed that when Hot Mama came to see me in the hospital, we were out in the open on a 40-bed ward. Even in traction, I was ready. But then, I was only 22. Whaddya expect?

 

[jomar]

Bummer. I know of your pain.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Spiral fracture, fuuuck! That's so scary-- if it decides to break all the way through, it's a horrible one to put back together properly.

I hate, hate, hate that habit people have, of assessing someone who's sitting on the curb, and deciding that they are okay enough-- the driver can worry about getting to work on time, instead. My husband has been guilty of this-- we came around a curve, and a young man was in the gutter, untangling himself from his bike. hubby went around and on-- I yelled at him to stop. He said; "I hate seeing drunks like that!" and was horrified when he realised the man had had a bike accident. That made him willing to back up, and we got the man and his bike to his home. My kids still remember that, I'm happy to say.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Spiral fracture, fuuuck! That's so scary-- if it decides to break all the way through, it's a horrible one to put back together properly.

I hate, hate, hate that habit people have, of assessing someone who's sitting on the curb, and deciding that they are okay enough-- the driver can worry about getting to work on time, instead. My husband has been guilty of this-- we came around a curve, and a young man was in the gutter, untangling himself from his bike. hubby went around and on-- I yelled at him to stop. He said; "I hate seeing drunks like that!" and was horrified when he realised the man had had a bike accident. That made him willing to back up, and we got the man and his bike to his home. My kids still remember that, I'm happy to say.

As one who has crashed and burned on a gear bike, from all of us to those who help, thanx so much. It's amazing how much damage can be done to the human body from a 'mere' bike accident.

 

[Corylea]

That's too bad about the crutches. I'm not as tall as I used to be and those crutches have been adjusted down as short as they can be. I'm in the process of adjusting the hand bars. The crutches were originally obtained for my 6'2" son.

Crutches come in more than one size! If your son's are too long for you, ask your doc for some that fit.

 

[SlickTony]

Crutches come in more than one size! If your son's are too long for you, ask your doc for some that fit.

I'll have to see if I can get BCBS to pay for them...

Stella, good on ya for rescuing that guy on the bike. Something that happened later, after we'd finished lunching at Sonic after I'd been to the orthopedist, that I'd almost forgotten about. We were on Regency Square Bv about to turn onto Monument to go home when we saw this really large turtle attempting to cross the street. We were waiting for a light to change and I thought someone (namely, my son) ought to leap out and carry that turtle to safety, but then the light changed and so my husband made the left and we went on. "I had to go! The light changed!" My take on it was, if the people behind you can't understand that you're rescuing a turtle, fuck 'em. My son agreed with me. So we turned around. When we got back to the intersection, however, we saw that the turtle had managed to get to the other side and a man who was in the same lane as the turtle got out of his car and conveyed the turtle the rest of the way.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

So, turtles get rescued but matrons in distress are left to fend for themselves? Sad, Tony, really sad.

 

[SlickTony]

And a matron with pretty good legs, at that, even if my right ankle was in the process of swelling up. Yes, it's sad.

 

[SlickTony]

Now stop!

I think it was almost a week before I could have sex again after I broke my leg!

And that was done very carefully, me propped up, no overt movements on my part.

Let her heal a bit, hmm?

Well, it was this morning for me; my husband's idea, at first. He did mot of the work; all I had to do was use my hands to pleasant effect and make appreciative noises.

 

[SlickTony]

Here's a Revoltin' Development

So I'm wearing this orthopedic boot that the orthopedist put on my leg when I broke it a week ago last Friday...and I seem to have developed a pressure sore on the sole of my foot. At least it feels to the touch (and so far looks) like a burst blister and smells like dead sneakers, and feels raw.

I was at a choir retreat and told one of my fellow sopranos about it...she's married to a doctor and took this medical assistant course so they could go down south and open a clinic there...she told me that I needed to put a Tegaderm patch on it, and a bunch of gauze, and keep my foot elevated more than I have been. I'm thinking that I also had the boot inflated and strapped too tight, but I wanted to make sure it did its job, I wanted to go about my work and life as much as I could, and I did NOT want my so far stable fracture of the tibia to fall apart where I'd have to have pins put in.

As soon as I came home I wentand upstairs took off the boot, and took a bath. Then I sent my husband out to get Tegaderm patches and gauze, and right now am sitting downstairs with my foot on an ottoman and my boot open so I can put a cold gel pack on it.

I can't believe I let this damn thing sneak up on me. I know what pressure sores are; I wasn't expecting one to turn up on the bottom of my foot. I have an appointment with the orthopedist on Friday. He wanted me to come back on Tuesday but my son is transporting me everywhere and I didn't want him to have to cut a class.

Am I treating this thing all right? Do I need to move my appointment up?

 

[DesertPirate]

As a victim of 2 broken ankles, a broken wrist, 3 torn cartilages, and 2 neck operations, I think you are doing fine. Beware the sore on the foot.! Infection there is almost as easy as the hand. Other than cleanliness of the wound everything else is good.

Yes, I used to be either a target or a klutz.


*or both*

 

[SlickTony]

My husband put Bacitracin or something like it on there before he put on the Tegaderm. I gotta worry about this for five more weeks. man this sucks.

 

[starrkers]

Damn, Tony! I missed this thread.

Heal fast, girl.

 

[SlickTony]

I'm trying to!

The same soprano who told me what to do about my pressure sore also told me that my crutches are too long for me. I took a closer look at them, and apparently the minimum height for this pair is 5'11". Well, I said they used to belong to my 6'1" son. I think she's going to get me another pair, and if so, that's all good. The thing I like about my son's old crutches is that they're paid for.

 

[SeaCat]

Slick,

Is the skin broken at the site of the sore? Or is it just sore and red?

If the skin isn't broken and it's just at the red and sore phase you're going to be okay. Keep weight off that foot as much as you can, and make sure your foot doesn't move in the boot when you have to put weight on it.

The Tegederm is to protect the skin and help keep it from rupturing.

How is the swelling in the foot? A lot or going down finally?

Cat

 

[SlickTony]

Slick,

Is the skin broken at the site of the sore? Or is it just sore and red?

If the skin isn't broken and it's just at the red and sore phase you're going to be okay. Keep weight off that foot as much as you can, and make sure your foot doesn't move in the boot when you have to put weight on it.

The Tegederm is to protect the skin and help keep it from rupturing.

How is the swelling in the foot? A lot or going down finally?

Cat

it's broken and weepy, like a blister that's been broken and the skin rubbed off. And, as I say, it smells like a dead sneaker. There seemed to be another one in the making--it hadn't arrived at the blistery stage, it was just red and sore--so I put a Tegaderm patch on it, too.

It's still pretty much swollen, and there is still bruising.

 

[SeaCat]

it's broken and weepy, like a blister that's been broken and the skin rubbed off. And, as I say, it smells like a dead sneaker. There seemed to be another one in the making--it hadn't arrived at the blistery stage, it was just red and sore--so I put a Tegaderm patch on it, too.

It's still pretty much swollen, and there is still bruising.

OKay, the Tegeaderm on the closed one is a good idea. It's what we do in the hospital.

The open one you want to have looked at. It may have just been rubbed raw and created a bliter but from your report on the smell it doesn't really sound like it. You want this checked and possibly treated right away. (Have you ever smelled a good infection or wound? If so does it smell like one of those? How clean are you really keeping that foot? {I'm not being a wise ass with that last question. If you have ever had a cast on then had it removed you will remember the smell that comes from that. Sometimes smell is a good diagnostic tool. I can smell an infection or wound when I walk into a room. Sometimes I can even smell a persons Cancer if it far along. Other illnesses produce their own scents too.})

Cat

 

[SlickTony]

I clean my foot along witrh the rest of me, every time I bathe, which is at LEAST every other day or oftener. Should I put my foot in a footbath on a daily basis? And should I change the Tegaderm patch I've put on the problematic one when I wash/soak the foot, or can it stay there until I get it to the orthopedist? It's supposed to be semipermeable.

I'd like to be able to take the boot off in bed. I wasn't told I could, so I wear it pretty much all the time.

Yes, I remember it being kind of stinky when I had my cast removed after I broke my foot in '83. But I'd had to wear that cast for a solid month and it was the kind you couldn't take off to bathe, so I had to take a bath with my foot hanging out over the edge of the tub.