Life with a broken leg. Day 1
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sobriqueWell, it seems the swelling has gone down.
Which is kind of good.
But it does now mean that this 'somewhat firm wrapping' I've got on it, doesn't keep it in one place.
So overnight, I got to define new and interesting meanings of the word 'pain' as I shifted in my sleep, and had the lovely feeling of bone grating.
Cocodamol is very nice though. There's a delightful pleasure in the 'painpainpainpainpain ahhh no pain' experience.
I'm starting to realise just how complicated certain operations become with a leg that doesn't work properly.
Going to the toilet is a lot more difficult, as is getting dressed.
I've still not quite figured out how to shower. I suspect that I'm just not going to, and have get clean the 'hard way'.
Although that said, a bath is probably the order of business there, it's just not something you can splash under for 10 minutes, and then be ready.
Oh well. Off to get a 'proper' plaster on today. I've no idea how long this will take. I'm hoping it'll be sufficiently solid that I can at least use it for a little bit of stability.
Last night I managed to get around just fine on crutches, but then discovered, gradually, just how tiring it was. The 'walk' from cinema to pizza hut near exhausted me. Thankfully there were helpful people about, one of which had a car.
Constantine is fairly good, more or less what I expected, and nicely done. The pizza was good too, unfortunately by that point the 6 or so hours sleep, combine with the new experience of walking everywhere on my arms was starting to catch up with me. Practice makes perfect. I'm glad I spent time building upper body strength at the gym now though.
Which is kind of good.
But it does now mean that this 'somewhat firm wrapping' I've got on it, doesn't keep it in one place.
So overnight, I got to define new and interesting meanings of the word 'pain' as I shifted in my sleep, and had the lovely feeling of bone grating.
Cocodamol is very nice though. There's a delightful pleasure in the 'painpainpainpainpain ahhh no pain' experience.
I'm starting to realise just how complicated certain operations become with a leg that doesn't work properly.
Going to the toilet is a lot more difficult, as is getting dressed.
I've still not quite figured out how to shower. I suspect that I'm just not going to, and have get clean the 'hard way'.
Although that said, a bath is probably the order of business there, it's just not something you can splash under for 10 minutes, and then be ready.
Oh well. Off to get a 'proper' plaster on today. I've no idea how long this will take. I'm hoping it'll be sufficiently solid that I can at least use it for a little bit of stability.
Last night I managed to get around just fine on crutches, but then discovered, gradually, just how tiring it was. The 'walk' from cinema to pizza hut near exhausted me. Thankfully there were helpful people about, one of which had a car.
Constantine is fairly good, more or less what I expected, and nicely done. The pizza was good too, unfortunately by that point the 6 or so hours sleep, combine with the new experience of walking everywhere on my arms was starting to catch up with me. Practice makes perfect. I'm glad I spent time building upper body strength at the gym now though.
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Date: 2005-03-20 03:20 pm (UTC)When I broke my ankle it was a pain in the arse. Not in the literal sense but it didn't half bugger up the day to day stuff.
It was funny having a quick bath while one leg was over the side of the tub! Also going down stairs on my arse carrying crutches was fun. The real pain was that I couldn't keep the leg down for long as my ankle swelled and started to really hurt. I got into a really nice position at home with my leg on the computer desk.
Hows your work going to treat it. Are you getting signed off, cause your not going to get around much there! Mine let me work from home. (It had to happen bang in the middle of a software development project, and we do sell vpn solutions...!)
Take it easy and rest. Thats the best thing for you.
PS. Let me know which consultant your under cause my better half is a med sec in orthapedics.
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Date: 2005-05-03 10:30 am (UTC)