Broken wrist
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:24 am
A month ago I took my 4 kidlets to our local roller skating rink. I had often taken my two eldest over the years but it was the first time for my 6yr old twins. We were having a great time, which I was pleasantly surprised about as I was a bit worried it would be a sounds fun in theory adventure but would end up being a rampage of tears and complaining but they were fabulous. So when my son needed to go to the toilet with 15 mins to go, I didn't take off his skates which I should have because I thought he could have a quick pee then enjoy the last 10 mins of the session.
Well it didn't quite work out that way, on our way to the loo he slipped as the flooring changed to slippery tiles and as I lunged forward to stop him from falling I lost balance on my rollerblades and fell backwards as the skates flew out in front of me. To protect myself from hitting my head I threw out my right hand to break the fall and broke my wrist.
I didn't just break it but shattered my radius. It was a compound fracture as part of the bone pierced through my wrist and also compacted as the radius was driven up into my hand. In doing so it had impacted on the blood vessels and nerves.
I went to hospital and had to have it manipulated straight away which involved two doctors pulling on my wrist and arm in different directions to stop the bone from cutting into vessels and nerves.
Then 2 days later I went into surgery to have a metal plate and 10 screws put in.
Nearly 4 weeks later and things are not great. I'm still in tremendous pain and I can not straighten my fingers. I'm in a cast but my hand is free from the knuckles down. It is expected that I should be able to straighten my fingers but they are curled and just will not straighten.
I had X-rays a couple of days ago because the pain was still so intense and the bone hasn't really healed which is unusual. Now I'm getting worried. I'm right handed and I can't do much at all. I can't drive, grip anything or write and I'm eating through packets of strong pain killers to get minimal relief.
It's just not recovering as it should and I'm worried as is my GP that I've suffered permanent nerve damage or that through some pretty poor care at the hospital (long story) I had untreated compartment syndrome which has permanently left the muscle in my forearm damaged which is in turn affecting my hand movement and impairing healing.
I'm just so over being in so much pain, I'm over being so docile and sleepy from the meds and I'm over relying on friends to run my kids all over town to get them to school and activities because I can't drive.
I know I'm in for some intensive physio and that's presuming the best case scenario which could quite possibly be the case, a nurse told me a couple of days ago that I've just suffered a really nasty break, had a metal plate put in to basically attach my forearm to my hand and that in time I will heal and with physio will get back mostly normal movement.
If you could spare a thought or prayer for my healing to regain normal function of my hand that would be appreciated
Well it didn't quite work out that way, on our way to the loo he slipped as the flooring changed to slippery tiles and as I lunged forward to stop him from falling I lost balance on my rollerblades and fell backwards as the skates flew out in front of me. To protect myself from hitting my head I threw out my right hand to break the fall and broke my wrist.
I didn't just break it but shattered my radius. It was a compound fracture as part of the bone pierced through my wrist and also compacted as the radius was driven up into my hand. In doing so it had impacted on the blood vessels and nerves.
I went to hospital and had to have it manipulated straight away which involved two doctors pulling on my wrist and arm in different directions to stop the bone from cutting into vessels and nerves.
Then 2 days later I went into surgery to have a metal plate and 10 screws put in.
Nearly 4 weeks later and things are not great. I'm still in tremendous pain and I can not straighten my fingers. I'm in a cast but my hand is free from the knuckles down. It is expected that I should be able to straighten my fingers but they are curled and just will not straighten.
I had X-rays a couple of days ago because the pain was still so intense and the bone hasn't really healed which is unusual. Now I'm getting worried. I'm right handed and I can't do much at all. I can't drive, grip anything or write and I'm eating through packets of strong pain killers to get minimal relief.
It's just not recovering as it should and I'm worried as is my GP that I've suffered permanent nerve damage or that through some pretty poor care at the hospital (long story) I had untreated compartment syndrome which has permanently left the muscle in my forearm damaged which is in turn affecting my hand movement and impairing healing.
I'm just so over being in so much pain, I'm over being so docile and sleepy from the meds and I'm over relying on friends to run my kids all over town to get them to school and activities because I can't drive.
I know I'm in for some intensive physio and that's presuming the best case scenario which could quite possibly be the case, a nurse told me a couple of days ago that I've just suffered a really nasty break, had a metal plate put in to basically attach my forearm to my hand and that in time I will heal and with physio will get back mostly normal movement.
If you could spare a thought or prayer for my healing to regain normal function of my hand that would be appreciated
