alibali
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Phew what a long haul for you. Hopefully a straight forward recovery from now on in time for the better weather.
Wow that seemed to go slowly at first but suddenly you've got there! Congratulations. I know I would opt for GA if I were you but I am a complete baby about things like that.
A huge step forward but don't run before you can walk x
It sounds hideous and I think you are amazingly brave!
If I should ever need to do it again (heaven forbid), I would opt for the GA. I think I was rather naive but I also think that I was not well informed - and tbf I think the staff were encouraging most people to avoid the hospital as much as possible. There were 3 of us having frames removed yesterday morning and the 2 men's looked to be far more complicated than mine. One went over the knee and the other had a ring round his heel. I am told that one of them (don't know which one) burst into tears at the end of the procedure. I managed to avoid that.
I wish I’d seen this before you had it, we’d never do it without GA on an animal. I’m sorry you weren’t better informed
Although I am sorry it was so rough, I am glad that it is gone. Your body can hopefully start to recover now from the irritating pins. New bedsheets is always a nice feeling!
Well today should be discharge day but the Frame Nurse rang me yesterday to ask if I had had the x-ray that she forgot to ask my GP to refer me for, which is a long story that I won't go into. However she did tell me last week to wean my leg off using the walking boot in the house over the course of the week. Her advice yesterday was to walk around the house and garden or short distances outside without the boot and actually yesterday I drove to sit in a friend's garden. Thank goodness life is getting back to normal, 6 months down the line.
Considering that I before this thread wouldn't normally rate slipping on a wet, cobbled lane, even though being steep, with a particularly high danger factor, your accident is a very good reminder that everyday normal stuff that doesn't seem dangerous, can still lead to broken bones. And to think that it happened 13 October last year, and here we are, one week left of April 2021, and only now you're almost crossing the finish line.
By the way, regardless of bath or shower, the bathroom is apparently the most dangerous room in our homes, and as you know a little too well, it's easy to slip in wet conditions, so be careful. If you don't have one already, may I suggest you consider getting something like a PATRULL bathtub mat?
Thank you sg45.
I am *really* looking forward to a nice long bath but the skin over the fracture blister is extremely dry and doesn't like getting wet, it can be very uncomfortable, so I am saving that treat for later
Glad to hear you already have an antislip mat in the bath/shower.
Fingers crossed, hope the skin improvement on the leg soon begins to rapid up a bit.