Has anyone ever fractured their patella?

LDN-Flyer
LDN-Flyer Posts: 97
edited June 2009 in Commuting chat
I had an off the other day. Initial damage report suggested my Helmet took a good wallop and cracked (new one already purchased) and my hip / elbow / shin took most of the impact, as thats where the grazes are. Over the next two days my knee has started giving me jip. Stairs are painful and is walking more then a few hundred metres.

I've done a few searches for self diagnosis and it seems that a fractured patella is possibly the cause, i'm hoping its just a bruised bone though. Has anyone had ever done this? Were you able to walk etc ?

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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Seriously. Get to A&E.

    Rule of thumb that works for me: soft tissue damage starts to get better after a few days. Hard tissue gets worse.

    Get to A&E. Now. Before the Friday evening rush.
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  • LDN-Flyer
    LDN-Flyer Posts: 97
    Yeah, i have training i can't miss from 2 till 3 and was gonna go after. The pain didn't really start for 24 hours, and its not really that swollen or purple. Gonna get to A&E this afternoon (Luckily i work in a hospital) .

    I'm hoping the lack of visual damage means i should just HTFU!
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Isn't Patella a type of pasta?
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    LDN-Flyer wrote:
    Yeah, i have training i can't miss from 2 till 3 and was gonna go after. The pain didn't really start for 24 hours, and its not really that swollen or purple. Gonna get to A&E this afternoon (Luckily i work in a hospital) .

    I'm hoping the lack of visual damage means i should just HTFU!

    I love that you work in a hospital and yet still have no got checked. Way to MTFU! :lol:

    Seriously as Greg says, get checked fella. If you leave it and it compromises your riding you'd be pretty pi$$ed...
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Get thee to A&E, pronto!
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  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    Il Principe wrote:
    LDN-Flyer wrote:
    Yeah, i have training i can't miss from 2 till 3 and was gonna go after. The pain didn't really start for 24 hours, and its not really that swollen or purple. Gonna get to A&E this afternoon (Luckily i work in a hospital) .

    I'm hoping the lack of visual damage means i should just HTFU!

    I love that you work in a hospital and yet still have no got checked. Way to MTFU! :lol:

    Seriously as Greg says, get checked fella. If you leave it and it compromises your riding you'd be pretty pi$$ed...

    Hope the knee is okay!

    I ran into 'TTFU' earlier -what does it mean? The first T obviously. :P
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Toughen?
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    There' something wrong with me I saw this post and instantly thought of paella, yummy yum yum :roll:
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    Try this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unkIVvjZc9Y
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  • LDN-Flyer
    LDN-Flyer Posts: 97
    OK, that was pretty good 1 hour turnaround. Didn't even have to name drop.

    Nurse did some stress tests and confirmed no fracture just possible liagment / bone bruising. Gave me enough Diclofenac Sodium and Co-dydramol for an elephant and sent me on my way. I'm a bit gutted i they wouldn't give me a crutch though, i was hoping to con my way into a seat on the tube.

    Thanks for the advise guys.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    I am off to tesco to buy a paella
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    And I am off home to check that my pasta is not fractured.... :?
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    I fractured my patella when I was about 20. Was in a full-leg cast for weeks. Getting up stairs was awkward, and I couldn't ride my bike. :(

    However, I am unable to tell you whether I could walk. I was taken directly from the scene of the accident to Casualty in an ambulance, and carted about on a stretcher/trolley. No walking.
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  • jedster
    jedster Posts: 1,717
    Agent57 wil know better but my impression is that fracturing a patella is absolutely excruciating. I'm guessing it would have appeared prominently on your initial damages assessment :lol:

    Still A&E is the right answer.
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    To be quite honest, I was more in shock than in pain. When I came to, I was oblivious to any damage to myself; I was in tears at the state my beloved Beetle was in though. :lol:

    It did hurt, but I don't recall it being too bad. It wasn't a bad fracture though, and as noted before, I didn't try to walk on it at any point.

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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    Should've gone to A&E for the head crack for starters.
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