Brave or stupid?...Probably stupid! OUCHY! :( Lessons learnt!

G

Gracie21

Well-Known Member
Joined
9 March 2011
Messages
1,886
Location
Sunny Bournemouth!
Visit site
Went over on my ankle at the yard last night, my phone was in my car.

I had to crawl (yes..on my hands and knees) to the car, screaming in agony.
I decided to drive home, hyperventilating, screaming and crying, because I thought if I could get some ice on it and take some paracetamol I would be okay! I wasn't sure what to do first, to pass out from the pain or be sick, decisions decisions!

After an hour of screaming at home, dad took me to A&E, and I have torn my posterior talofibular ligament in half, and that apparently means it is okay to scream like a big baby because it is more painful than breaking the ankle? Round of applause for bournemouth A&E, they were brilliant, for once, seen within 40mins and out within 2 hours!

Lessons learnt...
1) always take my phone
2) ring 999 because I am entitled too, don't be brave/stupid
3) If you are injured car insurance is invalid.
4) mum's Oramorph is AMAZING at calming the pain but has masked it too.

It is amazing what you can do when adrenalin kicks in! I drove the 4 miles home, sick outside the house then iced it. Mum fed me a teaspoon of oramorph and I didn't even bat an eye lid. I was shaking form the pain and could not stop screaming. I actually thought it was going to fall off!!

The paramedic and doctor said I am a very brave idiot...I'll take that as a compliment :D

After some sympathy, cookies and similar bravery/stupidity stories please! I am grumpy after little sleep and bored at work!

:) xxxxx
 
I did that ligament too, bloody painful isn't it? Glad a&e where so good with you, I'm afraid they weren't with me, had to pay a private physio to actually find out what I'd done!

And there's times where we'll all try to be brave cos we don't want to bother anybody! Lol. Don't worry about it!

Wishing you a speedy recovery!
 
First a comment from the Nurse in me .... I understand you were in pain but i do think You were stupid to take your mums oramorph,:eek: and aknowledging the pain was so bad you felt the need to take someone elses precription drug for pain should have been enough for you to get medical help asap.
Generally - yep that wouldve nipped like a beggar, glad youve got it sortrd and hopefully on the mend
 
I drove home after breaking my pelvis after a bad fall off a shared horse!
Only collapsed in pain when I got in the door.. amazing what shock/adrenaline can do..
 
I drove home in my Audi TT after cracking 2 ribs falling off over a XC jump on my old shared horse. Getting in and out of that Hirt like a bugger!!

Swapped the coupe for a more sensible 4x4 after that!!
 
I've tried driving after bashing a shin so bad I couldn't feel my leg. Was on private land but still couldn't use the clutch properly... Is particularly stupid as failure to apply the brakes properly could have killed someone, not to mention the insurance being void.

Also, taking someone elses meds is stupider. I can get away with it as they're normally handed to me by a doctor anyway, but not ideal. You wouldn't bute you horse up before calling the vet, so why take painkillers before going to A&E??
 
Serenity087 said:
Also, taking someone elses meds is stupider. I can get away with it as they're normally handed to me by a doctor anyway, but not ideal. You wouldn't bute you horse up before calling the vet, so why take painkillers before going to A&E??
Click to expand...

Actually, it's even stupider than that analogy - bute is just an NSAID - like ibuprofen - incomparable to taking opiates :eek:
 
I get told off for leaving my phone in the car too ! I really hurt my ankle back in august when I fell off my horse and tried to avoid falling on the fence ! I somehow managed to get back on and jump another fence but it's still bad now - I leave my phone in the car incase it gets broken .... but I guess what if I get broken ??
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top