collarbone update for those interested :)

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thank you for all the well wishes and good vibes :)

i saw the consultant this morning and looking at it the bones have started to settle downwards but the ligaments are displaced and are pulling it at the wrong angle so soft tissue is in the gap and basically it wont heal left to its own devices.

i cant fault the NHS at all, i am scheduled for surgery 01.07.15 so a week to wait which is great, only 1 week of wasted time :)

i told them i want to be riding by then end of july and they didnt laugh in my face so we shall see!

i should only be in overnight, 2 nights at the most.

i am really pleased with the outcome tbh, they decided as soon as they saw the x ray today it needed doing and i was booked in within 10mins.
 
Sending you get better vibes - hope your hospital stay isn't too horrendous - sounds like it will give you the quickest/best recovery having it operated on :)
 
thank you. i go in first thing on the wed and am in the morning surgery slot so i hope that if the pains not too bad ill be going home thur pm. so only just over 36 hours in to deal with lol!
 
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thank you. i go in first thing on the wed and am in the morning surgery slot so i hope that if the pains not too bad ill be going home thur pm. so only just over 36 hours in to deal with lol!
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Bah - hope its not too hot!

Interestingly my collarbone has been the only bone I have broken - falling down the stairs when I was a child - frantically touches wood :)
 
Good luck when you go in at least from the moment you wake up you are getting closer to being back in the saddle and you can focus on that .
 
Good that you've got a plan! The lady that I posted about yest felt so much better as soon as it was all stabilised & was back riding a lot quicker than I thought she'd be, & was pretty much back to normal v fast.

Hope it all goes well!

T x
 
it was im sad to say!

sat on him once and he was fine, second time around humped and bronced before i had a chance to grab hold. just one of those things i think, 5 seconds later and i would have been seated better etc, if id landed 1cm further on to my back rather than shoulder i might have just been bruised etc.

but it happened so we have to plan for now, i heal and he has a new jockey to continue his backing so when im recovered i can hop straight on :)
 
Oh no!!! Ouchies!!! Well thats horses I guess and, as they say, it could be worse! Lol!! Please keep us posted with updates on Goof if his temp jockey doesnt mind!
 
Glad to hear that!

I broke my collar bone as a teenager 9 years ago. Didn't have it plated, was only given one of those sling things and the result is its two cm shorter than the other. All these years later I am seeing an osteopath almost weekly to try and undo some of the damage this caused to the muscles. Did think I might have to have it operated on, but given how much it's responded hopefully this will be enough!
 
Glad it's being sorted. Daughter has broken both collarbones. Last year badly broke right one and cracked shoulder in horse fall on 15th August and she was back eventing on 10th October. Surgeon uuhmed and aahed about pinning it but decided to leave it in the end.
 
Glad they got you sorted- fingers and toes crossed for smith quick recovery- get yourself to a private physio Ideally about day 7 post op- I rehabbed my OH with his and he was backto work at 4 weeks post op although not doing heavy lifting as that's a 6week ban. He was out of the sling fully by day 14 and using it pretty normally. Once he got over the actually op (first 48hours) he flew into recovery.
He had his op about 5pm came back from surgery at 9pm as it was more complicated than expected (small bone graft required) and was home by 12pm the next day so you should be all good- may even be home by evening if done early- make sure they discharge you with adequate pain relief not just to go to pharmacy and buy over counter!!
All the best
 
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If you have a surgery in the morning and everything is simple you could be home the same evening, depends only on the length of the surgery and your reaction to the aneasthetic. I was released on the same day when they removed the pins from my leg (once I had proved I could be a piece of toast to eat and hold it down) . You could be there the night (not recommended this to many other patients and the wards are usually very warm, so it's hard to get to sleep), but you can probably released the next morning at to morning rounds. They love to as soon as possible free beds.

Recovery time is an individual thing and some people pain more than others (not a case of being hard, how you respond to pain), but at about 3 weeks, the bone should have begun to knit properly and without a doubt you will back in the saddle then.

It also depends if you've done any other damage, broken bones themselves aren't a lot of pain when they are stablised (have never seen anything more than ibuprofen made with most of mine), but if you torn or damaged tendons and ligaments take longer and more painful.

Hope the new coach / Jockey can be back Goofy, sounds like he is a little complicated and live up to his sharp breed!
 
this is great news thank you guys!

i have physio/therapist on standby, i am seeing her tonight and we are formulating a plan :)

tbf to the horse, hes just bred to be sharp and like you say for once actually lives up to it. He is the nicest horse to handle/be around so im sure he will settle quickly its just working through his initial flight response to a new situation because however much prep you do, an actual human sitting up on them cannot be recreated.

he loose schooled last night with a giant teddy, and then a lightweight plastic bucket clipped to the saddle and was actually really chilled. a couple of broncs with each but mostly just pranced round looking pretty. so will be trying to think of other things we can use to add a bit more weight/bounce before new trainer steps in :) hes a good lad, and im annoyed at myself for landing badly and putting a spanner in the works because it reflects badly on the horse!
 
Glad you've been booked in so quickly! May I recommend, for the hospital visit:

1. Take some extra food. Lots of extra food. Hospital food sucks, and is scarce, too.
2. Packing chargers for devices is good.
3. Packing pants and socks and toothbrush is good.
4. Packing books of Christmas carols even though it's not Christmas is not necessary, and may be a symptom of concussion.
 
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