Posted on 09/15/2015 7:28:13 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
Took a fall off a step ladder yesterday while picking apples and broke my wrist.
Surgery tomorrow at noon to put in a plate.
Please pray that it goes well.
Thanks.
EV
Memorare, O piissima Virgo Maria,
non esse auditum in saeculo
quemquem ad tua currentem praesedia,
tua implorantem auxilia,
tua petentem suffragia esse derelictum.
Nos, tali animati confidentia,
ad te, virgo virginis, mater, curremus,
ad te venimus,
coram te, gementes peccatores, assistimus.
Noli, Mater Verbi, verba nostra despicere,
sed audi propitia et exaudi.
God bless you, EV. Let us know as soon as you can, okay?
Will do. Should be on tomorrow night if all goes well.
Prayers up for a safe surgery, speedy recovery and a better ladder !
Prayers for a full recovery.
May God take pity on you and heal you.
Experienced broken wrist a few years ago, titanium plate put in, not a problem.
Had to fly and was worried it would set the machine off but it didn’t.
Got real tired of the cast and was a small change of what I could do but all will be well soon. They will suggest, after cast comes off, you go the physical therapy, I was reluctant, but went and I was much better off for it.
Will pray tomorrow for your operation to be successful.
Prayers sent. Speedy recovery.
Prayer sent!
so what specifically did you break. Don’t even think about permeant plates and screws. Your going to loose a lot of range of motion, likely phys therapy can get back 90% but its going to hurt. Ask your md about NSAID use. Volteran Gel is a failed pill that works great at reducing inflammation and pain locally.
Prayers said.
May God give you peace EV.
God please guide all those who will be caring for EV.
Prayers. God bless you
Prayers for you and for your surgeon and medical care providers.
Prayers up EV!!
Prayer list ping
Prayers up EV. I can sympathize-I broke my right wrist and dislocated/fractured my elbow (my dominant hand). Most inconvenient to have a cast from mid hand to just above the elbow.
Then the elbow had the tip of the ulna broken off, and wasn’t progressing right, so had to go an orthopedic Dr. and get a different type of cast, and do physical therapy daily to restore the function.
Happened, because a horse I was riding tripped and fell down, and I broke the fall with my arm, instead of my head. I wound up doing a summer sault - so my back was bruised too.
We were about six miles back into the woods. So I had to ride a horse to get back to my car and go to the hospital. On the way to the hospital, there was an accident, that had closed the road, so we had to sit for over an hour waiting for the road to clear.
My Dad was a paramedic, and we called him - he said don’t try to pop it back in place, might get a blood vessel caught, and start bleeding. When the xray technician, was taking the xrays, he accidentally popped it back in place, and they hadn’t even given me an Aspirin or anything else.
That hurt worse than the injury. All in all not a pleasant experience, but I still rode horses for several more years before I sold the horses - gave one to my Grand Daughter and one to my Niece and sold the rest.
Prayers.
If it helps - I broke my wrist last fall, cleaning the garage. I am warning EVERYBODY to not do that! Resist the urge!! Get a roll-off and fill it. (But I digress).
I had surgery, had a plate. In SIX WEEKS I was playing violin again. Never had a cast, had very little Physical Therapy. They are doing wondrous things these days. I have a scar about 1.5 inches long, no adhesions, absolutely NO problems with that break. You are in Good Hands.
(I hope it was your apple tree). ;-)
Sorry about such a fall. What a pain, and a plate to boot. Be at peace with all our prayers for your comfort, your care and your healing. Rita
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