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I HAD JUST ABOUT DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH THE FIRST CONSULT I SAW. I SPOKE WITH THE PATIENT ADVOCATE AND SHE GOT ME IN TOUCH WITH ONE OF HIS HAPPY CUSTOMERS THAT HAD A LOWER BODY LIFT. SHE WAS EXTREMELY PLEASED. I STILL WANT TO GO SEE PICTURES AT HIS OFFICE, BUT THURSDAY MORNING I WOKE UP WIYH PAIN IN MY LEFT HAND.
WENT TO MY PCP AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS TENDONITIS. OVER THE WEEKEND THE PAIN GOT WORSE SO I HAD TO TO THE ER. TURNS OUT A BONE IN MY HAND IS BROKEN. ORTHO DOC SAYS THIS WILL TAKE 6-12 WEEKS TO HEAL AND MAY NEED SURGERY IF IT DOESN'T HEAL. I AM BUMMED NOW BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A DELAY IN MY JOURNEY
WENT TO MY PCP AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS TENDONITIS. OVER THE WEEKEND THE PAIN GOT WORSE SO I HAD TO TO THE ER. TURNS OUT A BONE IN MY HAND IS BROKEN. ORTHO DOC SAYS THIS WILL TAKE 6-12 WEEKS TO HEAL AND MAY NEED SURGERY IF IT DOESN'T HEAL. I AM BUMMED NOW BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A DELAY IN MY JOURNEY
Ouch abd feel better quickly and hopefully without Orthopedic surgery intervention!!! Be thankful the hand and not a foot/leg as it would have to carry all your weight. Been down the orthopedic road at 104 Kilo on 152cm 5ft tall/short) for Ankle Fusion and I while in the case ma aged to break the malleous bone in the ankle and being so overweight and nor strong in my arms, I was in nine different casts throughout 199 days.
now this was only in 2006 a couple of years before my RnY but hadci weighed less I would have geared quicker and mist likely has better balance and not have broken the little bone in the ankle too.
So hand-heal without a hitch so "owner" of said body can proceed to Plastics!
Mikimi in Israel
now this was only in 2006 a couple of years before my RnY but hadci weighed less I would have geared quicker and mist likely has better balance and not have broken the little bone in the ankle too.
So hand-heal without a hitch so "owner" of said body can proceed to Plastics!
Mikimi in Israel
I DID NOT KNOW I HAD BROKEN IT. THE ONLY THING I CAN TIE IT TO IS I HAVE A WHEELED CART TO BRING IN FIREWOOD AND I HAD A VERY HEAVY LOAD THAT I HAD TO YANK TO GET OVER THREHOLD COMING IN THE HOUSE. I DID THIS THE EVEVING BEFORE I WOKE UP WITH THE INJURY.
I WAS SHOCKED WHEN THEY SAID MY BONE WAS BROKEN. I WENT TO AN ORTHOPEDIST YESTRDAY MORNING AND THE FIRST THING HE QUESTIONED ME ABOUT WERE MY DRINKING HABITS AND WAS I SURE I WAS NOT USING SOME TYPE OF RECREATIONAL DRUGS????
WHAT????? HE SAID THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET INJURIES LIKE MINE UNLESS THEY HAVE FALLEN OR BEEN STRUCK REALLY HARD BY SOMETHING.
YEAH, I AM GONNA GO THROUGH ALL I HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT, EAT HEALTHY, THEN START DRINKING AND DRUGGING. I DON'T EVEN LIKE TAKING PAIN MEDS BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE NOT HAVING CONTROL OVER MY FACULTIES. THEN HE TRIED TO FORCE MY HAND INTO A HAND SPLINT THAT YOU HAD TO PUT ON LIKE A GLOVE. I TRIED TWICE BUT COULD NOT DO IT.
SO THEN HE PUT ME BACK IN MY HOSPTAL SPLINT, TOLD ME TO GO HOME AND TAKE IBUPROPHEN, REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANYTHING STRONGER AFTER I TOLD HIM THAT HYDROCODONE WAS NOT WORKING WELL. THEN HE TOLD ME TO COME BACK TODAY FOR 'THERAPY' TO START MOVING MY HAND. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE HEARD OF MOVING A BROKEN BONE TO MAKE IT BETTER!
SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF MY EARS WHEN I LEFT THERE.
THE HOSPITAL ER HAD STRESSED FOR ME NOT TO TAKE IBUPRPHEN BECAUSE IT SLOWS BONE HEALING. THEY ALSO TOLD ME TO BE SURE AND CALL MY PRIMARY DR. AND TELL HIM ABOUT MY BREAK IN CASE I WAS DEVELOPING OSTEOPOROSIS OR SOMETHING ELSE, SO I CALLED AND LEFT A MESSAGE FOR HIM.
SO I WENT HOME AND GOT AN APPT WITH A SECOND ORTHO DOC. ON THE WAY TO THIS APPT, MY PCP NURSE CALLED TO TELL ME THAT THE HOSPITAL RADIOLOGIST HAD SENT A REPORT TO THEM THAT SAID I DID NOT HAVE A FRACTURE! I TOLD HER THAT THE ER DOC AND THE ORTHO DOC SAID I DID HAVE A FRACTURE, AND SHE TOLD ME IN A VERY CONDESCENDING TONE THAT I COULD SEE AN ORTHO DOC IF I WANTED TO, BUT THAT I DID NOT HAVE A FRACTURE. I CONTINUED ON TO MY APPT, NICE PROFESSIONAL MAN. HE PULLED UP MY XRAYS AND CAME IN AND TOLD ME THAT I DEFINITELY HAD A BROKEN BONE. I ASKED IF HE WAS SURE. HE INVITED ME TO COME LOOK AT THE XRAY. JUST AS PLAIN AS DAY THERE WAS A SMALL PART AT THE BASE OF THE BONE THAT WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF THE MAIN BONE. HE SAID THAT THIS WAS THE AREA WHERE THE MUSCLE ATTACHES TO THE BONE AND THAT A FORCEFULL PULLING OR TWISTING HAD JUST PULLED THAT PIECE OF BONE RIGHT OFF. HE NEVER ONCE QUESTIONED MY DRINKING/RECREATIONAL DRUG USE, PUT ME IN AN EASY COMFORTABLE SPLINT THAT CAN BE REMOVED FOR BATHING AND ASKED ME TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS TO SEE IF HEALING HAS BEGUN.
I WAS STILL BOTHERED ABOUT THAT ERRONEOUS RADIOLOGY REPORT WHEN I GOT HOME, SO I CALLED THE HOSPITAL TO FIND OUT WHO HAD READ MY XRAYS. I WAS PUT IN TOUCH WITH THE DIRECTOR OF RADIOLOGY AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THAT I WAS PUT IN THE POSITION OF LOOKING LIKE A HYPROCHODIAC AND A FOOL TO MY PCP FOR BEING CONCERNED ABOUT A FRACTURE THAT THEY REPORTED I DID NOT HAVE. I TOLD HER THAT I WOULD AT THE VERY LEAST EXPECT THEM TO SEND A CORRECTED REPORT TO MY PCP.
SORRY THIS IS SO LONG, BUT JUST HAD TO VENT! SORRY FOR THE CAPS, TYPING WITH ONE HAND....
I WAS SHOCKED WHEN THEY SAID MY BONE WAS BROKEN. I WENT TO AN ORTHOPEDIST YESTRDAY MORNING AND THE FIRST THING HE QUESTIONED ME ABOUT WERE MY DRINKING HABITS AND WAS I SURE I WAS NOT USING SOME TYPE OF RECREATIONAL DRUGS????
WHAT????? HE SAID THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET INJURIES LIKE MINE UNLESS THEY HAVE FALLEN OR BEEN STRUCK REALLY HARD BY SOMETHING.
YEAH, I AM GONNA GO THROUGH ALL I HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT, EAT HEALTHY, THEN START DRINKING AND DRUGGING. I DON'T EVEN LIKE TAKING PAIN MEDS BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE NOT HAVING CONTROL OVER MY FACULTIES. THEN HE TRIED TO FORCE MY HAND INTO A HAND SPLINT THAT YOU HAD TO PUT ON LIKE A GLOVE. I TRIED TWICE BUT COULD NOT DO IT.
SO THEN HE PUT ME BACK IN MY HOSPTAL SPLINT, TOLD ME TO GO HOME AND TAKE IBUPROPHEN, REFUSED TO GIVE ME ANYTHING STRONGER AFTER I TOLD HIM THAT HYDROCODONE WAS NOT WORKING WELL. THEN HE TOLD ME TO COME BACK TODAY FOR 'THERAPY' TO START MOVING MY HAND. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE HEARD OF MOVING A BROKEN BONE TO MAKE IT BETTER!
SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF MY EARS WHEN I LEFT THERE.
THE HOSPITAL ER HAD STRESSED FOR ME NOT TO TAKE IBUPRPHEN BECAUSE IT SLOWS BONE HEALING. THEY ALSO TOLD ME TO BE SURE AND CALL MY PRIMARY DR. AND TELL HIM ABOUT MY BREAK IN CASE I WAS DEVELOPING OSTEOPOROSIS OR SOMETHING ELSE, SO I CALLED AND LEFT A MESSAGE FOR HIM.
SO I WENT HOME AND GOT AN APPT WITH A SECOND ORTHO DOC. ON THE WAY TO THIS APPT, MY PCP NURSE CALLED TO TELL ME THAT THE HOSPITAL RADIOLOGIST HAD SENT A REPORT TO THEM THAT SAID I DID NOT HAVE A FRACTURE! I TOLD HER THAT THE ER DOC AND THE ORTHO DOC SAID I DID HAVE A FRACTURE, AND SHE TOLD ME IN A VERY CONDESCENDING TONE THAT I COULD SEE AN ORTHO DOC IF I WANTED TO, BUT THAT I DID NOT HAVE A FRACTURE. I CONTINUED ON TO MY APPT, NICE PROFESSIONAL MAN. HE PULLED UP MY XRAYS AND CAME IN AND TOLD ME THAT I DEFINITELY HAD A BROKEN BONE. I ASKED IF HE WAS SURE. HE INVITED ME TO COME LOOK AT THE XRAY. JUST AS PLAIN AS DAY THERE WAS A SMALL PART AT THE BASE OF THE BONE THAT WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF THE MAIN BONE. HE SAID THAT THIS WAS THE AREA WHERE THE MUSCLE ATTACHES TO THE BONE AND THAT A FORCEFULL PULLING OR TWISTING HAD JUST PULLED THAT PIECE OF BONE RIGHT OFF. HE NEVER ONCE QUESTIONED MY DRINKING/RECREATIONAL DRUG USE, PUT ME IN AN EASY COMFORTABLE SPLINT THAT CAN BE REMOVED FOR BATHING AND ASKED ME TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS TO SEE IF HEALING HAS BEGUN.
I WAS STILL BOTHERED ABOUT THAT ERRONEOUS RADIOLOGY REPORT WHEN I GOT HOME, SO I CALLED THE HOSPITAL TO FIND OUT WHO HAD READ MY XRAYS. I WAS PUT IN TOUCH WITH THE DIRECTOR OF RADIOLOGY AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND THAT I WAS PUT IN THE POSITION OF LOOKING LIKE A HYPROCHODIAC AND A FOOL TO MY PCP FOR BEING CONCERNED ABOUT A FRACTURE THAT THEY REPORTED I DID NOT HAVE. I TOLD HER THAT I WOULD AT THE VERY LEAST EXPECT THEM TO SEND A CORRECTED REPORT TO MY PCP.
SORRY THIS IS SO LONG, BUT JUST HAD TO VENT! SORRY FOR THE CAPS, TYPING WITH ONE HAND....
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