Broken Arm Again - 3rd Time the Charm?

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wolram said:
Mine will be much better, they will even have bows on.
I can't wait. :approve:

I'm sitting here waiting to go to the doctor. I hate waiting.
 
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WarPhalange said:
You're typing one-handed now? Hardcore.
I'm getting used to it.
 
Evo said:
I'm getting used to it.
And as member of the Sisterhood, she knows that severe pain is no excuse not to post. We spit in the face of pain {phituwweeeee}.



Honestly, I am so sorry you are injured again, hope you mend quickly.
 
I'm wondering how I am going to manage dragging my plants in and out of storms. :frown:
 
Evo said:
Same arm, same place, fell in the backyard, same place as last time, third break.

Which bone? I thought the last time you fell it was winter, and you slipped on ice/snow. What did you slip on this time? Is the circulation okay to the arm and hand past the break?
 
ZapperZ said:
Forget about Evo. Can I go on a joy ride?

<shoving Evo aside>

Thus breaking her other arm. So much for typing with one hand...

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ZapperZ said:
We have a PF copter?

Forget about Evo. Can I go on a joy ride?

<shoving Evo aside>

Zz.

berkeman said:
Thus breaking her other arm. So much for typing with one hand...

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:smile:

Zz, swing by and pick me up on your way to Disney in the 'copter! (Yeah, where else were you planning on joyriding to?)
 
ZapperZ said:
We have a PF copter?

Forget about Evo. Can I go on a joy ride?

<shoving Evo aside>

Zz.

berkeman said:
Thus breaking her other arm. So much for typing with one hand...

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Moonbear said:
:smile:

Zz, swing by and pick me up on your way to Disney in the 'copter! (Yeah, where else were you planning on joyriding to?)
Wait, come back! :cry:

Well, like I tried to tell the Evo Child, there is nothing they can do for a couple of days. There is internal swelling, and if they decide to cast, they have to wait for the swelling to go down. These types of breaks are handled differently, for some reason. Poor guy that came in right after me had a broken bone on the side of his foot, looked bad, but they weren't casting it either. I know both times I broke my little toe the doctor said, "too bad".

So, pain pills, sling, ice, keep it elevated, and they will call me in two days.
 
:rolleyes: Nice.

Honest to God, Sis. You are so unbelievably HOPELESS!11111 :smile: I should have never taught you how to make those green apple martinis...
 
Tsu said:
:rolleyes: Nice.

Honest to God, Sis. You are so unbelievably HOPELESS!11111 :smile: I should have never taught you how to make those green apple martinis...

Green apple martinis -- good stuff.
Medical necessity now. A couple of those will kill the pain for sure.
Perhaps immobilize her as well so she doesn't do any more damage. :biggrin:

Hope you feel better soon Evo. Heal quickly.
 
I just woke up and was hoping this was all a dream, but sadly it seems very real. Hope you heal quickly Evo. I think we should all band together and get Evo a wheelchair and a mobility scooter, and when she gets her suit fitted I think we should sew her into it like nuns and monks into their habits. Then hopefully this will never happen again.
 
Lovely, I just got a call from the doctor's office saying they just looked at my x-rays again and it appears to be a REALLY BAD fracture (gee, no kidding) and NOT TO MOVE IT! They don't know what to do though yet, so I am supposed to NOT MOVE IT until I hear back from them. I told the nurse I CAN'T MOVE IT, because there is so much pain and swelling.

 
Evo said:
They didn't say.

LOL. If you look at your palm, your ulna is pinky side of your lower arm, your radius is thumb side of your lower arm, and your humerus is your upper arm. Where does it hurt? How did you smack your arm -- on the side or compression like you caught yourself with your hand when you fell?
 
I broke the ulna last year. It's the joint, so no telling. I fell full weight on my extended arm, palm down, CRAACK, that all too familiar jolt of pain and inability to move that says "arm's broken again!"
 
How do you sleep with a broken arm? I'd think it's rather impossible to even sit on the couch in that situation :bugeye:
Evo said:
These types of breaks are handled differently, for some reason. Poor guy that came in right after me had a broken bone on the side of his foot, looked bad, but they weren't casting it either. I know both times I broke my little toe the doctor said, "too bad".
Or in my case where I break my foot, they tell me it is not broken, six months later I still can not walk on it and then X-rays show that it had been broken :rolleyes: one year later the injury was still acting up. At least I could've taken some sick leave or slowed down a little.
 
Monique said:
How do you sleep with a broken arm? I'd think it's rather impossible to even sit on the couch in that situation :bugeye:
Or in my case where I break my foot, they tell me it is not broken, six months later I still can not walk on it and then X-rays show that it had been broken :rolleyes: one year later the injury was still acting up. At least I could've taken some sick leave or slowed down a little.
Is it any better? I remember when you were having that pain from standing on a broken foot all day.

Get this, my elbow has been broken twice before and is crooked, and their x-ray technician did not even notice.
 
Evo said:
Get this, my elbow has been broken twice before and is crooked, and their x-ray technician did not even notice.

Shouldn't there be any action against those technicians? :rolleyes: It seems like they make these mistakes too often (same thing happened to my mom - only once).
 
Evo said:
Get this, my elbow has been broken twice before and is crooked, and their x-ray technician did not even notice.
The X-ray tech's responsibilty is to check the film is ok - not to make any medical diagnosis. In the USA they are probably explicitly told NOT to say anything in case that is construed as medical advice and you sue them.

ps. Sorry about your arm. I would have commiserated earlier but I asumed this was an old thread. I thought you were you supposed to be being careful now!