Not the day I planned… but I got an ambulance ride!

[ycbm]

I was so worried that I was going to gain weight but the reality is quite the opposite. Having to make myself eat really.
I wonder how many calories it takes to mend a few broken bones?

I have read, up to 6000 a day for bedridden with multiple fractures, and that certainly fits with every broken bone I've done, even one metatarsal let me eat as much cake as I wanted for a week. My broken ulna, broken shoulder blade and double wrist break all gave me licence to eat pretty much unrestricted for weeks. If you can get your appetite back, enjoy! .

Good diet advice here I think (and the 6,000 calories mentioned)

https://www.betterbones.com/fractures-and-healing/speed-up-fracture-healing/

 

[catembi]

Glad that you've got an appointment to look forward to, Scats, if that's the right word for it! At least you haven't been forgotten about. Hopefully the itching that you mentioned on your other post means that it's healing...? It must be infuriating!

I have got an appt time for my toe surgery - 7.30 am. It's in London (on Monday), so that will be a 4 am start to do the horses before leaving at 5.20 to catch the train...

I am worried about my ADHD going nuts if I can't exercise! I am hyperactive & self-medicate with heavy exercise & lots of outdoor work. If I am going to be immobile on box rest (might not be...fingers crossed...) I will need to break out the ACP...!

 

[scats]

Glad that you've got an appointment to look forward to, Scats, if that's the right word for it! At least you haven't been forgotten about. Hopefully the itching that you mentioned on your other post means that it's healing...? It must be infuriating!

I have got an appt time for my toe surgery - 7.30 am. It's in London (on Monday), so that will be a 4 am start to do the horses before leaving at 5.20 to catch the train...

I am worried about my ADHD going nuts if I can't exercise! I am hyperactive & self-medicate with heavy exercise & lots of outdoor work. If I am going to be immobile on box rest (might not be...fingers crossed...) I will need to break out the ACP...!

The itching is pretty horrific. It seems to come in stages. It calmed down a bit today but it’s ramped up now. I’ve got to be careful where I poke a knitting needle incase I hit the incisions as I’m not entirely sure where they are in there.

Hope all goes well with the op, what are you having done?

 

[ycbm]

The itching is pretty horrific. It seems to come in stages. It calmed down a bit today but it’s ramped up now. I’ve got to be careful where I poke a knitting needle incase I hit the incisions as I’m not entirely sure where they are in there.

Hope all goes well with the op, what are you having done?

Can you take antihistamines Scats? That's what they told me to do when a cast itched.
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[AmyMay]

Can you take antihistamines Scats? That's what they told me to do when a cast itched.
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Your gp should be able to prescribe higher level antihistamines for you.

 

[catembi]

I know it's probably not much consolation, but at least you're plated up & mending rather than stuck in the queue for another couple of weeks with broken bones moving about! So you're ahead of where you would have been, even if it's not much fun.

My little toe on my right foot has always been curled up and it's uncomfortable as it's in the wrong place in shoes so gets pinched & I also never wear shoes that show my toes. I have now ordered 3 pairs of open toed shoes from ebay! Not going brilliantly so far - first pair turned up today with 2 x right shoes and no left. The second pair are stunningly beautiful - but the seller can't find them! The third pair haven't arrived yet. All I ever wear are slippers, trainers, wellies & riding boots so I am making up for lost time!

 

[scats]

I’ve taken over the counter antihistamine but do you think my doctor would prescribe some just over the phone? Doubt I’ll get an appointment there at the moment, you can be half dead but they still don’t want to see you!

 

[planete]

I’ve taken over the counter antihistamine but do you think my doctor would prescribe some just over the phone? Doubt I’ll get an appointment there at the moment, you can be half dead but they still don’t want to see you!

You might. I got a prescription after a phone appointment, worth trying.

 

[rabatsa]

I went and spoke to a pharmacist about antihistamines and he told me i could take a fair bit more of the over the counter ones when needed.

 

[Bradsmum]

Izzwall, that is shocking treatment. It is worrying that so often you see different consultants and they each have very differing opinions on what is wrong and the subsequent treatment. Surely our notes should be available to authorised consultants and should be updated with diagnosis and appropriate treatment. How can they differ so much? Good luck on Friday, hope the op goes ahead and is successful.

 

[Skib]

It is not unusual for consultants to disagree. There is often a different approach to risk and to intervention. and to the type and extent of intervention.
Our daughter is a consultant and progress in any specialty may depend on people exploring different ways of treating people, or leaving things.
That is why the NH allows patients to seek a second opinion.
And then discuss any conflicting advice with their GP.
These are not black and white situations. Our grandson recently broke his leg playing football and had to keep it non load bearing (not touch the ground) and in a cast. It was eventually decided at the main fracture clinic that his leg looked to be healing without surgery. But medics cant always forecast how things will be. Nor in the long term once back in normal use and he is playing football again.

 

[scats]

Another day feeling washed out and looking really quite pale and rough. I can only assume it’s from lack of exercise/fresh air but I’m pretty much see-through at the moment. Even my mum commented on how unwell I look and I’ve started scaring myself in the mirror ?
I think the plan is to get some fresh air tomorrow and head to a garden centre for a couple of hours. We have my nans old wheelchair so I can be pushed around in that (I’m wobbly on crutches and very exhausted doing just short hops through the house).
My leg itself feels good though! It feels far better than the rest of me anyway ? I think my body’s just trying to get over the trauma, surgery, drug reaction etc

 

[AmyMay]

Another day feeling washed out and looking really quite pale and rough. I can only assume it’s from lack of exercise/fresh air but I’m pretty much see-through at the moment. Even my mum commented on how unwell I look and I’ve started scaring myself in the mirror ?
I think the plan is to get some fresh air tomorrow and head to a garden centre for a couple of hours. We have my nans old wheelchair so I can be pushed around in that (I’m wobbly on crutches and very exhausted doing just short hops through the house).
My leg itself feels good though! It feels far better than the rest of me anyway ? I think my body’s just trying to get over the trauma, surgery, drug reaction etc

Don’t underestimate how much the surgery and its length (let alone your injury) will be impacting your body. Don’t push yourself too hard, you really do need to allow your system to heal as much as your leg.

Did you manage to get some stronger antihistamines?

 

[scats]

Don’t underestimate how much the surgery and its length (let alone your injury) will be impacting your body. Don’t push yourself too hard, you really do need to allow your system to heal as much as your leg.

Did you manage to get some stronger antihistamines?

Yep ?? At least that’s one thing sorted. Fingers crossed they work!

 

[webble]

Hope you manage to get out and have a lovely day tomorrow. Its forecast dry too finally yay

 

[catembi]

Hope you have a good time tomorrow! Getting out of the house & having a change of scene and some fresh air might be just the thing. It might help you to feel more 'normal'.

 

[D66]

You need a week to get over just the general anaesthetic. Enjoy the garden centre and fresh air.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Agree with others. Just having the GA will have knocked the stuffing out of you. I had an overnight stay in hospital inc a planned GA as an otherwise healthy person of your age for an uneventful varicose vein strip, and the GA left me feeling woozy for days.

Do take it steady, and don't get frustrated if you find even short outings too much for now. You will pick up, given time.

 

[Trouper]

As I have mentioned before on this Forum, we have forgotten the art of convalescence - which our forefathers understood much better than we do. Just because the physios get us up and moving quickly and modern drugs give rapid results, it doesn't negate millenia of evolution to get our complicated bodies to where they are today.

You need to take it slowly. The accident and the waiting time to get the leg stabilised will have been a serious trauma on your body and will also have taken a toll on you mentally. If you try to rush the recovery you will only have a set back. I am sure you are eating sensibly but possibly a multi-vitamin might just top anything you are missing at the moment while your body is using so much energy to heal?

Right - lecture from Aunty Trouper over - hope you have a good day today!!

 

[Bradsmum]

Enjoy your day out. I couldn't get out for some time after my accident because we have steps down to the garden and yard. Managed to edge into the car via our side gate near the house but even negotiating the doorstep was terrifying! I ended up shuffling out on my bum with my legs out the French doors during the summer just to get some sun. I didnt get out unaided to do horse feeds until Oct so 3 months after the accident and I'm still not able to walk far without looking like a penguin. I'm afraid you just have to be patient and listen to your body.

 

[scats]

I knew the pain and leg stuff wouldn’t bother me, but I am a nightmare when I’m stuck in. Even as a baby and toddler I had to be out the house for a few hours a day, weather regardless. Whereas my brother would happily stay in and play, I was like a caged animal ?

 

[Skib]

we have forgotten the art of convalescence - which our forefathers understood much better than we do.

The system still exists in France. Not a riding injury but a well known historian who was hospitalised after a heart attack and subsequent operation in Paris, was released from hospital and sent to a convalescent nursing home for recuperation.

 

[scats]

As I have mentioned before on this Forum, we have forgotten the art of convalescence - which our forefathers understood much better than we do. Just because the physios get us up and moving quickly and modern drugs give rapid results, it doesn't negate millenia of evolution to get our complicated bodies to where they are today.

You need to take it slowly. The accident and the waiting time to get the leg stabilised will have been a serious trauma on your body and will also have taken a toll on you mentally. If you try to rush the recovery you will only have a set back. I am sure you are eating sensibly but possibly a multi-vitamin might just top anything you are missing at the moment while your body is using so much energy to heal?

Right - lecture from Aunty Trouper over - hope you have a good day today!!

We definitely live in a society where you’re expected just to carry on! Most of my customers have been amazing but I did have one yesterday who messaged “I heard about your accident but you are still going to groom my two in December aren’t you?” ?

 

[scats]

Little trip out today ?
First stop was to the yard to see the girls. To my great amusement, they both completely ignored me/pretended I didn’t exist. To be fair to them, they’d just had a new strip of grass opened to them this morning. Either that or they thought Polly had finished me off and had clearly made peace with my passing ?

Little picture of me being snubbed by the two things that I literally gear my whole life around!

Then on to a garden centre with my long suffering Dad (thankfully also my best mate!) and my wheelchair. We laughed the whole time and I managed to avoid crashing into anything when I decided to take control of the chair myself. Nice lunch in the cafe and then a scenic drive home.
I feel so much better for that!

 

[Goldenstar]

Glad you have had a trip out it will help .
Your body has got a lot on it working very hard .

 

[Goldenstar]

We definitely live in a society where you’re expected just to carry on! Most of my customers have been amazing but I did have one yesterday who messaged “I heard about your accident but you are still going to groom my two in December aren’t you?” ?

Focused that’s horsy people .

 

[SEL]

Little trip out today ?
First stop was to the yard to see the girls. To my great amusement, they both completely ignored me/pretended I didn’t exist. To be fair to them, they’d just had a new strip of grass opened to them this morning. Either that or they thought Polly had finished me off and had clearly made peace with my passing ?

Little picture of me being snubbed by the two things that I literally gear my whole life around!View attachment 103168

Then on to a garden centre with my long suffering Dad (thankfully also my best mate!) and my wheelchair. We laughed the whole time and I managed to avoid crashing into anything when I decided to take control of the chair myself. Nice lunch in the cafe and then a scenic drive home.
I feel so much better for that!

It's so typical - we manage our whole lives around our animals and they're just like 'yeah whatever'! At least you had the sun out and didn't need armbands as well as your crutches.

And well done on your driving skills

 

[catembi]

Great stuff! I was hoping that you’d enjoy your trip out.

 

[Kunoichi73]

Lovely to see you getting out and about!

 

[YorksG]

When I was a child our old school GP used to sign sick notes for at least a week if he gave a script for antibiotics. His view was that you needed to help the medication to do its job. Breaks and surgery take a lot of healing.