That's this season gone... (broken wrist)
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your season isn't over mate!
you'll get a few months of racing hopefully!!
just get a turbo!
The sight of my (now) ex wife walking into the bathroom wearing a pair of Marigold gloves with a peg on her nose after my first dump still makes me chuckle - LOL!!Coveryourcar.co.uk RT Tester
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That's crap, I feel for you. I spent 5-6 weeks in a cast after surgery, a good few years ago (severed tendon and artery - wrist needed immobilising).
Turbo trainer and arm resting on big cushion?
Hope you get some positive news on Monday. Get well soon!“Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.”0 -
Matt the Tester wrote:your season isn't over mate! you'll get a few months of racing hopefully!!
just get a turbo!
The sight of my (now) ex wife walking into the bathroom wearing a pair of Marigold gloves with a peg on her nose after my first dump still makes me chuckle - LOL!!
:shock: possibly may regret asking but.........WTF???“Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.”0 -
Well, as I had both arms in plaster for 2 months, the only option other than not to have a dump for 2 months was to be cared for like a 12 stone baby. The options for chief carer were my wife at the time or my mother - I opted for the wife as there are some things a mother should never see.... Wifey wasn't happy about it, being a bit prim and proper, so she wore washing up gloves and a peg on her nose to try and make it less odious / odorous. She is now my ex wife - the two events may or may not be connected...0
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at least you didnt topple over and fall onto a potatoe.0
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haha, yes jordan, i actually quoted someone on this thread saying this! i haven't subjected anyone to this kind of horror (yet)!jordan_217 wrote:Matt the Tester wrote:your season isn't over mate! you'll get a few months of racing hopefully!!
just get a turbo!
The sight of my (now) ex wife walking into the bathroom wearing a pair of Marigold gloves with a peg on her nose after my first dump still makes me chuckle - LOL!!
:shock: possibly may regret asking but.........WTF???Coveryourcar.co.uk RT Tester
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PMSLsparkins1972 wrote:Well, as I had both arms in plaster for 2 months, the only option other than not to have a dump for 2 months was to be cared for like a 12 stone baby. The options for chief carer were my wife at the time or my mother - I opted for the wife as there are some things a mother should never see.... Wifey wasn't happy about it, being a bit prim and proper, so she wore washing up gloves and a peg on her nose to try and make it less odious / odorous. She is now my ex wife - the two events may or may not be connected...
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Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
I had a similar accident. I went over the handlebars on a rural highway last week thanks to a big friendly dog that crashed into my front wheel. He had been running along side of me for a short distance when something in the opposite ditch caught his attention and he cut in front of me hitting my wheel as I was hitting the brakes.
Both dog and I lucked out with no serious injuries but it had to be a dramatic stop. As others have mentioned, several cars went by me as I picked myself up and nobody stopped. One driver actually honked as if to tell me I was in the way even though I was still on the far right of the lane (USA).
I bruised both wrists, spraining the left one and had a few scrapes to show (as does my bike) but I was able to complete my ride and have ridden every day since though not aggressively as my left wrist is still painful when jarred.0 -
Well, I saw the specialist this morning and it needs an operation which is planned for this Wednesday.
Frankly I'm terrified :-(
If I haven't posted here by Thursday night, then there's been a terrible problem!
Hopefully see you all soon, and thanks for the kind words (the marigolds/peg story made me smile and I may be thinking of this when they put me under!)0 -
Hey up, Secteur. Personally, I think the op is good news (in a strange way) in that it will at least make sure that your break fixes nice and straight and you will probably be able to start the recovery to normal life quicker. When I was told my collarbone needed a plate (complete with screws) under general then I was also a bit worried but there are more horror stories out there of folks who didn't initially need/agree with an op only to find that that they should have.
Hopefully you won't need to have any plate removed, assuming your op is to get one fitted. The removal is usually just a matter of personal choice after 12 months or so but I had to have another op only about 6 weeks after the first one to remove the plate). It will make airport scanners a lot more fun (but watch out for the fat bloke with rubber gloves).0 -
Hi all,
I just wanted to say that my op went well and I'm back at home now.
General anaesthetic is a weird experience!
My wrist is throbbing like a bad toothache ( not surprising considering what they did!) but the surgeon said it went very well from start to finish.
Will post some nice pre and post surgery X-ray pics when I have them on Friday!0 -
Secteur wrote:Hi all,
I just wanted to say that my op went well and I'm back at home now.
General anaesthetic is a weird experience!
My wrist is throbbing like a bad toothache ( not surprising considering what they did!) but the surgeon said it went very well from start to finish.
Will post some nice pre and post surgery X-ray pics when I have them on Friday!
haha operations are fun in a weird way -> maybe its laugh or cry?
my highlight was the assistant anaesthetist clamping my neck so i didn't throw up.. i started laughing at that point
Hope the recovery goes ok though, the anaesthetic can make you feel weird for a while!0 -
Good luck with the recovery! Looking forward to seeing the x-rays.0
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Glad to hear the op went well!
Yep - I've had 2 ops under general and it's one of life's weirder experiences!
Hopefully you have some decent painkillers and hopefully you can work with the doctors to come up with a plan of how to get back on the bike.
Heal well.0 -
spot the break!
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Am now back in plaster... stitches out in 10 more days0 -
wow the hand of god. get better soon dude - and no right arm practising on the GiL thread.
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.0 -
I had an op last Wednesday - went to the clinic yesterday, there was a gap in the bones on the far side of the hand - was told i could start do things lightly - tried to hold the bars today - no chance - typing is painful, will wait and take things easy for 2 weeks - i'm gutted and frustrated - hope i'll be ok and won't need the last resort.0
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I had a really bad wrist break in October. Had gas and air and the xrays a week later showed it hadn't set properly, so had surgery with k-wires (they preferred to use these rather than a plate). These were removed in December. I wasn't able to ride until mid-February although only in the past week it's not so sore when I'm out. Changing gear can be a little difficult at times. Every week shows improvement though. I put on a stone while I was off the bike, and it's taking a while to shift it
I had loads of swelling, my thumb was 2.5x the size. I had the cast on for the first week, then after surgery had another cast on for 7 weeks. Drinking pineapple was amazing in my recovery, feel it really helped especially with the swelling. To get my strength back I bought some play-doh, then moved on to stress balls and wrist strengtheners.
Good luck with the recovery! Perhaps you'll be back on the bike in July.
Here's what my xray looked like with the wires in
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Ouch! That looks sore! Glad you're all recovered. I'm still in that no-mans land phase - too sore from surgery despite the cast to do anything and feeling like it'll never get better.
Jakob Fuglsang had the same injury as me (as far as I can tell) on the same day I did. He had surgery a few days sooner than I did but he tweeted that he's back riding already! Unbelievable! I assume that must be on a turbo as there's no way I could ride (even if i wasnt in plaster another 4-6 weeks it bloody hurts)0 -
My first post in ages and still not back on the bike after breaking my scaphoid on new years eve. However this is due to choice - and after choosing the surgical option as soon as I was able, my wrist feels like new.
I still have to wait for the final set of x rays in mid May, but with the scaphoid it's worth waiting. Remember the screw does not mean the bone is healed, it's an internal cast which means you can do everday stuff until it gets solid / weight bearing again, anything up to 6 months depending upon the alignment of the break. Or to put it another way, if you land on it and break the screw, the surgery you've had will be nothing compared to what will be needed.
What about spinning classes?0 -
As promised, post-fix xray! (4.5 weeks post op) - apparently it's looking good and I am now out of cast and into splint. Obviously the big screw is inside my scaphoid!
I have essentially no useful movement at the wrist, but it's getting a tiny bit looser with the (painful!!) physio exercises.
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Good news Secteur. Been on that turbo yet to burn off some of that newly acquired blubber?0
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Pleased to hear it's looking better.Secteur wrote:I have essentially no useful movement at the wrist, but it's getting a tiny bit looser with the (painful!!) physio exercises.
I recommend some pineapple from the supermarket. It was amazing for my wrist, really does reduces the swelling! After a few days, you'll notice the improvement. Buy some play-doh to squeeze / roll about too. I got about 4 tubs in a pack from Amazon for about £3 delivered.0 -
Secteur wrote:humpyg wrote:I recommend some pineapple from the supermarket. It was amazing for my wrist, really does reduces the swelling! After a few days, you'll notice the improvement.
Pineapple?
You mean to eat or rub on????!!! Eat it, or make a smoothie with it.
I had that much swelling I could hardly move my wrist (about 1/2 cm max), physio didn't appear to be working, just having massages. I had pineapple for a couple of days and the swelling went down quick which meant I could start to move it more. One of the good things in pineapple is Bromelain and this is isn't in canned pineapple or pineaaple juice (removed during some process), so you shouldn't bother with that. Just get the actual fruit, normally £1-2 in supermarkets.
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Snap, nearly lost my hand when I did it as no pulse for a while.
Keep the plaster off and keep it moving, don't accept that you will only get 60% back in it.
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Nearly bought a pineapple last night - the were on offer, but I don't know if I can bring myself to actually eat one - have always disliked them... But to be honest my wrist is so stiff, I'll do anything!
I'm definitely getting more movement, but I think I'm being limited by the swelling - how long till that goes down? Been out of plaster 6 days now, but the wrist is still puffy and tight feeling compared to the left and I think it's this more than anything else which is restricting my movement.
Taking strong anti-inflammatories, but maybe pineapple is what I need!!0
