Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
If you haven't been cautioned against weight bearing then I think I'd ditch the crutches unless doing without hurts.
I wish I could have said it was a snowboarding accident or it happened when I landed skydiving. A lot more glamorous.
Although I did get an earful when I was waiting there for the doc. The nurses were discussing quite loudly some patients and their experiences. I couldn't help wondering what they might have said about me after I left. I understand for them it might be stress relief and I get that but keeping their voices down would probably serve them better in the future. JMHO
I have to say though that my beat up toes were a bit more glamorous and caused by kicking sand roses that are by my bedroom door.😊😊
There was a guy in the bed next to me who was having a cyst drained. "Draining a cyst here!" ''
"Okay, impacted bowel, bed ten"
"Got it!................hey, could you get me a pumpkin spice when you go to Starbucks!"
"Yep, no prob........just need to deal with the meth addict in bed two'
Yes, factory medicine at it's finest. ;)
I'll keep in mind all you said. Thx!
'2 fractured metatarsals here. Next!'
But toes are attached to a living PERSON & breaking bones (even if smaller ones) is a big deal in a person's world.
Gershun, well tea & sympathy HERE 🤗
Once your swelling reduces, hopefully the boot will mean getting around is easier. Take care with the crutches! Dangeling from crutches (if armpit type) can damage armpit nerves - avoid. Mind how your use your shoulders (forearm type). Not up at your ears? Also, take care when placing the crutches down. Met a lady that tripped on her fallen crutches (used for ankle sprain) & broke her elbow!! Don't do that.
Today, the orthopedic dr. Same thing. Didn't look at my foot or touch it. It's a nice shade of purple and green now and still slightly swollen but it's not contaminated. Yeah, I know. There's nothing to do with broken metatarsals but really?
Anyway, no matter how it happened it sucks!
So I've broken the 4th and 5th metatarsal bones on my left foot. No surgery required! Thank you God! I need to get a fracture boot. I could have got one from them but they only have the ones that come up to your knee and they want $150.00 for them. So we are going to pick one up from a Shopper's Home & Health store or somewhere like that.
She said it should take 4 to 6 week to recover fully. Meanwhile I'm hobbling around on my crutches. CWillie, I hear ya about hating the crutches. I hate them. I do better just limping around without them. Although today I needed them when we went out. In the pouring rain with my summer thong sandals on cause they are the only shoe I can get my foot in comfortably right now. It's slow going on them that's for sure. Only a few days of it and DH or in this case GH (grumpy hubs) is getting impatient.
"Don’t believe everything you think."
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“Give yourself the gift of good health.”
(mental health…)
(physical health…)
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“Walk away from people who put you down. Walk away from fights that will never be resolved. Walk away from trying to please people who will never see your worth.”
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“Be a good person but don’t waste time to prove it.”
“Remind yourself that you don’t have to be doing what everyone else is doing.”
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wishing you all a great thanksgiving!! :)
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We were struggling with our marriage before this all happened so I imagine that doesn't help matters. I will never leave him and he can count on me to be there but sometimes I just have to wonder when are my feelings going to matter, when can I have someone say something nice to me.
Guess I am done with my feeling sorry for myself for now. Thank you for hearing me. I just needed someone to listen to me today,
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCwl5jn2aPlZvNyKmYPrPiHQ/videos
I got there at 9pm. and was home by 11:30. A record for me for emergency room visits. The only other times apart from visits for my mom which were numerous and too many to keep track of were when I used to have panic attacks and the wait time then was sometimes six to seven hours.
Only day two and I'm already having broken toes fatigue.
Parades? Never saw the appeal. Even daytime ones.