I just broke my leg, ask me anything!

[gkdmaths]

Go figure! I slipped in dry dirt while stepping off of a brick ledge while playing frisbee with my dog.

Answers to this post will have to wait until I return from the hospital.

As an aside, when I was 10 I fell off a bridge while fishing and broke the same leg in the same place in 3 areas. I wonder what the xrays will say this time.

by the way, I am in extraordinary pain and all alone, but my partner Kalie is on her way. I love her.

:hurts:

Edit: I'm kind of embarrassed, I whish I could get to the toenail clippers right about now. :7 (ya gotta keep your sense of humor)

[idgiehkt]

1. my gosh.

I wouldn't be able to type if I broke my leg. Bless your heart. Good luck, I hope they get you some pain meds and fix you up.

[Patiod]

9. Why? do you type with your toes, idgiehkt? nt

[idgiehkt]

38. no because I'm a big wuss and would be too busy screaming and crying.

seriously.

[I Have A Dream]

2. That's too bad, gkdmaths. I hope that you find some comfort...

soon. I'm sure that the love of Kalie will help!

:hug:

(I don't have any questions but wanted to express my sympathy for your situation and give you a much needed hug.)

[Richard Steele]

3. I have NO idea what to ask someone in such a position.

Well, since you will probably be back from hospital
by the time you read this: can DU sign your cast?

[gkdmaths]

16. yes you can

got a pen ready?

}(

[XemaSab]

4. So you're not getting me the raccoon head

anytime soon? :(

[gkdmaths]

12. well since I cant go to work for a few days

I guess I can send it to you sooner.

;)

[XemaSab]

21. Suweet!

:bounce:

[NYYFan]

5. Talk about strange leg-breaking stories

My brother slipped and fell down a hill running an obstacle course at school in 8th grade.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. :hi:

[Floogeldy]

6. Wow.

:-(

[gkdmaths]

17. wow spells

mom if you're upside down.

:hi:

[Random_Australian]

7. Are you addicted to DU? Or did you just need something to distract you?

:)

Not that there is anything wrong with DU addiction.

[gkdmaths]

14. lol

Well, at the time, it seemed that the wise thing to do was to sit down and wait for my SO to arrive (thankfully she was on her way home anyway) to take me.

Fortunately, I sat down right next to my laptop and DU just kind of popped up.

:)

[Kajsa]

8. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Don't feel embarrassed.
I twisted my right ankle while hanging Christmas cards.

Yep, I just had to use a chair instead of a footstool, miscalculated
the space on the chair and down I went!

Hope you feel better, real soon!

:hi:

[gkdmaths]

18. From what

are christmas cards "hung"?

The chimney with care? whatever happened to stockings?

:P

[Kajsa]

25. He-he- you must be feeling better!

I hang them from a ribbon that I string across
a portion of a wall. I tape them on or hang them,
depending on the fold.

Oh, we go for the big red stockings, too.
Even the cats have their own stockings.

It works great if they don't shred the hell out of them, first.

;-)

[gkdmaths]

28. our puppy gets a stocking

that gets filled with bones and treats and toys.

we dont have kids, so we got a dog.

I am feeling better - the whole leg immbilization and all.

:)

[Patiod]

10. Do you have a wire coathanger at the ready for itches?

And air conditioning?

There are three things I remember about breaking my legs at camp when I was 13.
1. It itched
2. It was hot
3. The white girls I was walking with kept going when I slipped off the path and landed in a ditch. The two black girls in our group who were walking a few minutes behind DID stop, and asked if I was alright, and carried me, in a fireman's carry, to the nurse. And came to check up on me later, even though it was really obvious they thought I was a REALLY stupid white chick, for having fallen in a ditch.

[gkdmaths]

15. crap.

you broke both legs at the same time??

Im feeling better already!

;)

[Patiod]

22. No - typo - only one leg

but it wasn't fun. Summer is a lousy time to be wearing a cast (but then again, so is winter...)

[politicat]

11. Yikes! Best wishes!!

Plastic straws (especially the extra heavy duty long ones) are THE itch ender. Coat hangers can hurt you badly, but the plastic can't, and you can rig them together for as much length as you need.

See if you can get the hospital/your doctor to prescribe canadian crutches (the forearm cuff type) rather than under the arm crutches. They cost about the same amount, and the arm cuff types won't wear you out as badly as the under the arm ones will. (Under the arm crutches are one of the worst designed, ergonomically unsound, energy inefficent medical devices on the market.)

See a physical therapist BEFORE the casts come off. Start building up the hip and back muscles before the cast comes off so that you can concentrate on the leg muscles when the time comes.

And when the cast comes off, have a bottle of exfoliant on hand. You will want to scrub and scrub and SCRUB your skin.

[gkdmaths]

19. I always thought that the wooden ruler

was the best itcher. rigid however lacking the lethal metal sharpness of the hanger.

I have to see a PT next week to begin 'toe excecises' to begin tendon recovery.

unfortunately, I cannot move it an inch right now.

[gkdmaths]

13. So I went to the doctor and all I got

was this really cool compression cast, orders for PT and about 8 grand in bills (I opted out of my employers insurance and invested the money instead, perhaps unwise but, shit!).

but the coolest thing about my trip:

my Xrays and percoset! :woohoo: :freak:

Thanks for all your kind words. It seems as though I have reinjured the old fracture and torn two tendons. Im stuck in a chair for the next week with no-load instructions and the damned cast for 6 weeks! Man, this really screws up a whole bunch of plans!

:toast:

[u4ic]

27. $8,000???

For a broken leg??!!?

Holy f*ck. :wow:

Take care, and enjoy your stay at Planet Percocet. :hug:

[xchrom]

20. you're a guy -- i knew it!

sorry about the broken leg dude!

get better fast! or fast as you can.

[gkdmaths]

23. If you're going to apply stereotypes,

Then I prefer the term 'dude', as in Lebowski, Dude.

:P

was it my profile that gave me away??

:sarcasm:

[xchrom]

30. dude!

lol -- yes -- the profile.

being a dude myself -- i was dying to know.

[gkdmaths]

32. watch the drink, dude. eom.

are my posts that sexually ambiguous, or at least missing enough masculinity, that you had to look at my profile?

[xchrom]

34. no, no - but when you said you fell

and broke your leg.

and that you had been playing with the dog -- i said -- that's a guy.

and lo and behold -- a guy!

i don't know -- there's only certain things that guys SEEM TO DO -- especially when it comes to hurting ourselves -- boom! --oh yeah the floor!

[gkdmaths]

35. Well, thats true...

Im sitting here at home and its driving me farking nuts, which is probably another guy thing. I am about to take two pain pills though.

[xchrom]

36. love pain pills!

i had kidney stones last week -- and now i have a stash of morphine!
life is good.

i don't EVER wanna do the kidney stones thing again.

[gkdmaths]

37. OMG

I passed one of those little bastards two years ago in the middle of the night. I wish I had had pills then!

It wasnt big, but motherf*cker it felt like I'd been disemboweled.

[xchrom]

40. ditto

took about ten hours for me.

tried the e.r. -- they were falling out of the doors there -- made my drs office take me.
they weren't happy but did -- got a place to lay down -- and a shot of morphine.
that was before they did the tests -- so i could do the damn tests.

[Ptah]

24. My mother used to say

"If you break your leg, don't come running to me".

[Haole Girl]

26. Sorry if I missed it in the thread, but what did the xrays show? n/t

[gkdmaths]

29. tendon damage to both Peronæi, the tendons

on the 'outside' part of the ankle and possible refracture of the old wound at the tibia. painful and potentially crippling, I guess.

I'll heal, though.

:)

[wildhorses]

31. ow... that's gotta hurt, sorry for your pain

:hug:

[LibertyLover]

33. More strange ways to break legs

The ex-husband of a friend of mine broke his leg playing frisbee at his bachelor party. After the reception, he was loaded into the backseat of her little VW Rabbit with the cast sticking out the window to go back to their apartment. Her mom remarked that she hoped Betsy's car didn't break down on the NJ Turnpike on the way because looking like they did - she in her wedding gown and he in tux and a full leg cast - people would assume it was a joke and nobody would stop to help them.

[gkdmaths]

39. wow

frisbee turns out to be really dangerous sport!