MickWrx

Broke my arm playing indoor five a side last night..

Drivers at work talked me into playing five a side with them, they thought it would be a good idea for a member of the traffic staff to attend.

i aint really built for tearing down the wing

however

this i did. there was a patch of water on the floor from an apperent leak in the sports halls roof ,

A tripple sulko followed by a half twist led to my next move being that of one to PGI.

what can i say other lord it hurts

Harry_Boy

Jeez man - that is painful...

Broke my right arm about 6 years ago, falling over someone's tent while having a drunken midnight pi$$ on a camp site in Wales.....

The worse bit was not being able to go on mi bike for two months......

PS. Why not issue proceedings against the sports hall for negligence in failing to fix the leaky roof, and the consequential damage, pain, suffering and inconvenience it has caused you?

bgood

iTrader: (2)

Sorry to hear about that Mick, never been a big football fan personally, even less so having heard that!

Was it your left or right arm by the way?, just wondering if you will still be able to change gear ok

MickWrx

Left arm

whats really bad is i drove myself casualty last night after the accident,thinking it was just a real bad strain and every time i changed gear and put stress on the bone I nearly passed out.

I was not a big football fan either and defo not now!!! silly game

I need a passanger with right handed gear change experiance..

Good news of the day is i went round to furnish Sticky with a £10 note and got my membership card .. Just need the form and window sticker then I am an official WYIOC'er

Harry_Boy

You have my sympathies mate.... Best of luck with the arm mending.

And BTW, that's a tenner that Sticky owes me....

Sticky Stuff

Dunnowashappenedtoit *hic*

Din't sumbody shay shumthing about a *hic* handling fee?

Alan C

Is that what they call it? You can buy this sort of thing for £10 outside the Railway station in Wakefield..

**Cough** So I hear..

Good luck on the recovery mate.. you still coming to the NBO?

MickWrx

Al is that just outside the station or actually on the road ?
The exact position is just out of pure interest only of course

I have to see orthapedic surgeon in pinderfield monday 10am so really depends on what kind of repair or cast they fit as to if i can drive to the NBO or not ?
spent four hours there this afternoon having more xrays

I maybe can suggest casting it while sat in car with my hand on my ****

Keep it clean guys

Harry_Boy

Mick - which bit of your arm is broken? Purely for comparative purposes....

MickWrx

Hi Harry

The fracture is in my radius bone at the elbow joint

Harry_Boy

Mick - that's where I did mine.... I can still hear the screams. From the occupants of the tent I collapsed on....

MickWrx

Harry did they put a cast on yours ? and how long for ?

I guess no two breaks are the same, but really not looking forward to not drivng the car for 6 weeks

Harry_Boy

Cast on for about three weeks mate, although this was far too brief in my opinion... Thereafter, they put a splint on it, for another three weeks (at my request!).

Beware that, if it's an elbow region break, you may not have full joint extension or movement for several months. This drove me mad, as I thought I was going to be deformed forever..... It does heal, but can take time, and is to do with tissue and/or muscle damage.

With mine, a bit of the bone got stuck in the muscle, tearing the fibres, so that added to the problem. It's still there (apparently), but has calcified, and so far hasn't caused any problems with the joint. Later life might be a different story however....

Moral of my salutory story is.....

1. Give the doctors a hard time. Otherwise, they will ignore or fob you off.

2. Don't go for a pi$$ on a camp site while drunk.....

MickWrx

You should of used the tuck and roll manouvre, there again maybe i should of used the same advice lol..

Thanks for the info Harry

Harry_Boy

You're welcome mate.

I reckon mine was more of a "trip and lunge" manouevre....

MickWrx

Good news this morning

I can move three of my fingers and slightly move my fourth and thumb I have No arm or elbow movment as yet but hey am almost completely better,

I would never of believed in the power of a saturday night tikka massala

Harry_Boy

It's amazing how much you can eat with just a fork mate....

Glad it's on the mend.

Sticky Stuff

Eaten with one hand! Did you have someone to cut it up for you?

Harry_Boy

They're not live ya know....

MickWrx

The tikka did not stand a chance even one handed armed with a fork

The poppadom was not so eager to give in, could hold it in my broken arm just could not get it to my mouth

The bonus to having a broken arm and eating curries is the sling acts as a napkin

Harry_Boy

MickWrx

Hi all

Good news today at the hospital arm is indeed fractured the radius bone actually in the socket itself (good news lol)

Well the good news is they have not put a cast on, because the fracture is on the ball they cant do anything with it to aid its repair other than lots of Physio (me think thats gonna smart a little)

Anyway back to the good news I can drive and so long as i dont do anythink too aggresive as in movement thats just fine.

Guess that means Snatching gears and thrashing the car away from traffic lights is a no no, but hey i never do things like that anyway

NBO here I come

Harry_Boy

Mick - does that mean the hospital won't allow you to overtake on blind bends, or do any brake checking....?

MickWrx

All bends are blind if your going fast enough close ones eyes and point and prey

as for brakes whats them then

The above statment is obviously foolish imature and not to be advised it should only be taken onboard in the comedy value it was intended as!!

(i love disclaimers)

Harry_Boy

PS. Don't try this at home folks....








Only in the car......