Scaphoid Fractures

[Karlos]

Can anybody reccomend any (preferably legal :lol:) analgesics that actually eliminate the constant nagging background ache from this type of injury that don't leave you with a complete mentallic void?

[Karlos]

I got cocodamol because ibuprofen was doing absolutely nothing for the pain.

[Karlos]

I've been avoiding taking anything unless it gets too painful.

However, having just accidentally tw*tted my bad arm getting out of the bath I've taken a good dose of coco and am waiting for what I call the "daytime tv" effect to kick in...

[Karlos]

cecilia wrote:
Portable bone healing system


if there is inflamation, some cold (ice) is useful for about 20 minutes.

then some heat to get the blood flowing and helping to heal.

I usually take a shower where I can change the temp of the water as needed. and ice when I'm sitting around. you don;t want to just freeze your flesh. stop when the skin gets red. it's just to reduce the inflamation.

It's been in a cast since I got it checked, so I can't really get at it anyway.

So, I read in the other thread you've been poorly. Whats up?

[Karlos]

X-ray wrote:
@ Cece

I hope you got a pelvis X-ray: you might have a cheeky little inferior pubic ramus fracture. There are others too...don't take a chance.

Even having no idea what that is, it sounds 'orrible :lol:

[Karlos]

... and I'm not at all convinced by this aspirin wonder-drug craze.

Alternative medecine seems to have many mysteries, they even sell copper wrist bands in high street chemists and now elasticated supports with built in magnets.

Surely chomping on willow bark to get rid of headaches and various other pains was considered "alternative" (compared to good old tried and trusted leeches :lol:) until aspirin was first isolated...

[Karlos]

cecilia wrote:
I stupidly fell and at the very least pulled my groin. There are No words to describe that pain.

No need to. The concept of an indescribable pain originating from the groin is well understood by any tree-climbing post-pubescent male that ever slipped and arrested his entire downward acceleration soley via his bollocks, upon a branch that was initally several foot below his feet... :wince:

[Karlos]

Sounds more like a "sphinctoid fracture" to me ;-)

[Karlos]

Hyperspeed wrote:
The only pain I associate with 'labour' is the pain in the arse that is the Labour government of Tony Bliar.

Hey I just had a weird thought... if the cocyx is a remnant of our primate past then would it be possible in the future for gene therapy to give humans a handy tail?

Doesn't that already happen occasionally, courtesy of a very rare birth defect?

[Karlos]

@Hyperspeed


So your'e a no-tail, ey?

[Karlos]

Yay! I had the horrible, irritating cast off today!

Only to have the glory snatched away again after the X-Rays and have a fresh one put on for another four weeks  :roll:

Have to say, six weeks build up of red hot summer induced dead skin and sweat is a sight not to behold. Upon glancing at my freshly uncovered arm, I wondered if I had contracted some form of flesh eating bug.

Whilst waiting to be X-Rayed, I made the fundamental mistake of trying to wash my arm and hand to clean it up a bit. There was no end to the strata of dead skin that kept coming away. Even after seeing the doc, waiting to be replastered I was frantically trying to get rid of the remainder.

Very grim.

If it doesn't sort it self out fully in this next month, it might need a screw :-(

[Karlos]

X-ray wrote:
Don't worry, it's nice hardware.

My nose tells me you are getting screwed, it's just a question of Herbert vs Acutrak

This is the NHS we're talking about. It'll probably be a one inch brass one from B&Q...

[Karlos]

cecilia wrote:

If it doesn't sort it self out fully in this next month, it might need a screw

well, then....screw YOU!  :-D


as to my situation I have graduated from a walker to crutches and have negotiated my way down and up stairs. Yesterday I did my laundry (basement = four stairs) and was up and down several time. God, what an exhusting process.

I've also procured protein drinks (from kelp) to pack my very tired mucsles with energy. I'm sore all over.

I definately think you ought to get that looked at...

[Karlos]

It's been painful enough without any type of screw, thanks very much...

[Karlos]

Yay! The cast is off! The bone has eventually knitted back together and the doc is now satisfied that I don't need to wear a cast any longer. After 11 weeks in total wearing one, I'm pretty damn chuffed.

Unfortunately, my wrist is totally ceased up from the prolonged immobilisation. Just trying to move it hurts more than the bloody break did. The other side effect is that my forearm looks like it was a limb graft from a malnourished gorilla that had ben suffering from severe skin irritation. No way are those my body hairs :lol:

[Karlos]

Agafaster wrote:
b) get MRSA

To be fair, you'd wonder looking at it. The skin is seems to be just one big, livid red sore. I'm told its natural and will sort itself out.

@Vincent

I would scratch it but as the skin seems to be irritated I'm avoiding it. But I did wash it many times and have been putting various creams on there to sort the rash out.

I still have to wear a detachable splint thing to support the wrist as I literally have no mobility in it just now. It'll take a few weeks of gentle exercise to get it moving again :-/