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Trophywench has had an accident.

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What a relief! 😱:D
 
Well I was only on paracetamol Alan (after I woke up, that is) - and I made sure I drank gallons of water - but of course, my lower half isn't moving as much as although I can slightly weight-bear I'm supposed then to sit on my bum and rest the leg.

I'm now only having a couple of paracetamol at night.

Got to go on Monday for an X-ray to see if all the bits are still where they put em, and to take the stitches (staples) out (quite a long cut well above and below my knee) and then the Ward doc said they'll put a plaster on it. I haven't had any chance to discuss this with anyone, seems retrograde to bung a plaster on 'now' when it hasn't had one since 2 days after the op. The original one weighed about a ton and a half whereas the 'back slab' one I woke up with after the op, only weighed a ton. Seems a weird idea to me.
 
When I broke my humerus they put an enormous great, very heavy, cast on that went from my hand to my shoulder - apparently the weight was there in that case to keep the bone straight whilst in knitted (no nails, plates or pins, just pulled back into shape). That was on for about 2 months, as I recall - had to sleep upright in a chair 😱

Hopefully your new one will be of a lighter variety. 🙂
 
Get well soon jenny 🙂
 
If you have a long wound that is stapled please ensure you take some pain killers so that they will have maximum effect when they come to remove the staples. Removal of the 42 staples on my spine was the most painful experience of my life and despite trying to stuff the pillow in my mouth still screamed out loud and had to make them stop half way! Luckily they did not tell me how many I had in total just that 21 had been removed otherwise I would have demanded pain relief. If the wound goes over the knee that may be the most painful part as there is so little flesh. Just trying to help - honest:D
 
Please please don't encourage Jenny to do any more moaning! She is making life almost unbearable for me at the moment.

As soon as I sit down she is wanting something or another, for example this morning about 11.30 she was asking me what I was doing for her dinner tonight!

This from a woman who claims to have no appetite or interest in food to the extent that when I used to ask what we were having for dinner would tell me that she had not got any meat out of the freezer most days.

If you must post please encourage her to get off her postilion and move about a bit.

Regards
Pete
 
trophywench said:
Oooh I am thank you, and whingeing like hell to prove it LOL
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Glad to hear you are feeling better, do make sure you are waited on hand and foot and make the most of it 🙂
 
Pumper_Sue said:
Glad to hear you are feeling better, do make sure you are waited on hand and foot and make the most of it 🙂
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Sue, I am being - but it's just B frustrating - I can easily get into the kitchen but on crutches you don't have a hand spare to carry anything or do anything, you can't pick anything up you drop and and and LOL
 
trophywench said:
Sue, I am being - but it's just B frustrating - I can easily get into the kitchen but on crutches you don't have a hand spare to carry anything or do anything, you can't pick anything up you drop and and and LOL
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How about one of those trolley things you can push around? Think of it as a glorified zimmer frame 🙂
 
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