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Still got two weeks before I can get back on the bike....
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your links are, er, broken...
Oh the irony..... Gimme a second
That last one is awesome!
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Ouch! You're lucky with a few weeks! It's usually 6-8wks for anything broken in my book!
Healing vibes coming your way.....
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Pah! That's not as broken as my mates leg was....
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Touché
Although that's not really a break that's wrecked !
Where the hell has the majority of Stus leg gone????!??! !!!??!!
He's missing the distal third of a femur ffs..... 😯
Wait there.... That's a tibia! Still... Where's it gone?
[quote=solarpowered said]Wait there.... That's a tibia! Still... Where's it gone?
Om nom nom <burp>
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Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I feel ill.
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Tibia is all there, just a wee bit further back.
[i]Tibia is all there, just a wee bit further back.[/i]
Correct to a certain degree Glupton. Stu's tibia was further back alright, like somewhere 'further back down the M6'. Here have another photo after he came out of hospital....
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Eurgh. Was that a motorcycle accident by any chance?
My lord. Poor Stu.
Still the OP's finger looks rather cute with its little frame.
How did you do it, mr outspoken?
Quick note to the OP.
You do know that those wires sticking out of your finger are going to be removed with a pair of pliers and no anaesthetic don't you?
[i]Eurgh. Was that a motorcycle accident by any chance?[/i]
You got it DK. Was pillion doing about 60 on the M6, car in front hit central barrier & bounced into the path of 3 bikes. Stu's only(?) injuries were to his legs & when he'd composed himself he phoned his mum & said, 'I won't be home for tea tomorrow, I've broken me leg'
He reckons cos he was a Royal Marine & had arctic training, he kept cool. 😯
Broken finger you say?
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Stu's leg wins - end of thread.
It is kind of cute, it looks more like I've had an accident in the stationary cupboard and the paperclip won!
Dezb It was done playing cricket, occupational hazard as a wicket keeper.
Muppetwrangler strangely enough they have not said how they will come out. however I was awake in the operating theatre when they drilled through so i could watch! it was that or a general!
Ooo, you beat me! I broke my little finger on Saturday! I feel your pain. No wait, that's my pain I'm feeling! 😆
codeine is your friend... but not for more than 3 days! :-/
and ibuprofen.... and ice and elevation
Oddly, apart from the aching when doing my exercises, mine is actually painless. Which is in stark contrast to the agony of the club hammer missing the bolster chisel and smashing my hand into the brickwork.
[i]codeine is your friend... but not for more than 3 days! :-/ [/i]
I took codeine for a week after my bike accident. I neither went to the toilet for a week as well 😕
Not had any issues with the loo, but I ran out of codeine about 2 weeks ago!
I knew id broken my finger when i did it, but finished the T20 I was playing, Iced it and then played for two more weeks before deciding to go to the A&E. oops
Outspoken, make sure you do CONSTANT exercises with clothes pegs, squidgy bike grips and stress balls as soon as you can. Also do loads of pressing to get it to go flat.
I broke my middle finger nearly 2 years ago and it is now finally back to full strength but it doesn't quite meet my palm in a fist and it's a good 15 degrees off going flat at the middle knuckle. I did loads of exercises but I guess still not enough, although I consider myself lucky when I see the mess some people are left with after breaking fingers.
It seems to be something to do with the limited blood flow in the extremities which results in slow healing? Any medic bods confirm this?
Oh and good luck!
Cheers,
sadly this is not my first rodeo having broken both middle fingers, little pinky on the right and now the index on the left.
it has a reasonable amount of movement and gets used every day and iced etc. Just want these damn pins out to get it moving fully again!
Yep been there. Also a WK, I now have various odd sized fingers and the pinkie on one hand broke on the joint and grew back semi fused, so even after tonnes of physio I have a permanent tea drinking pinkie out position
Well finally managed to get the wires taken out.... Problem being there was a bit of infection on one side (the lump you can see) this had to be "Scrubbed" off by the nurse.... Que the laughing gas!
the weirdest thing i have ever done and very triply!
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Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I feel ill.
You and me both! 😯 😳
The photos on this thread make the broken thumb that I got on Tuesday night look like it wasn't worth the trip to a&e.
As i learned its always worth a trip to A&E, i left mine for 2 weeks thinking it was ok!
I get to take the bandages off on sunday and see what its like? Then told by the hand surgeon to give it a good scrub, oh and apparently blood and pain is good?
on a sub note when did antibiotics become so expensive ? £15.00's worth
Suddenly the fact I am on crutches for 6 weeks after an ankle op doesn't seem so bad! On the subject of fingers, I broke one of mine badly in a motocross accident and it's still fat/bent nearly a year on, I don't think they ever heal properly.
Heres mine from a few years ago now..
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Almost a year later to the day I did the left one the same but not quite as bad.
Stus leg one still wins though..
Stus leg one still wins though..
I think I'm happy not to be anywhere close to competing in that competition.
ALTHEPAL you have more screws than B&Q! ouch!
What are they gonna do with Stu's leg? With such a large section of bone missing how are they going to try and repair it?
Well, I've just taken the cast off my hand that was on for a broken fifth metacarpal and it seems I have athlete's hand! Even after a good scrub it positively pongs.
My break was nothing like those above - healing wishes to you all 🙂