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Broke my right wrist, the good arm. Any ideas how long this breakage goes on?

Bummer at least you appear to be able to type or at least dictate to word. I guess we will reading a lot more from you. Get involved in inane arguments about soundstage, tubes, vinyl, EV adoption, ChatGPT, AI or flying saucers. You really have the time now. :cool:
In all seriousness, I hate to hear about any injury to any member here especially to one who is so earnestly involved as you. Get well soon.
 
Bummer at least you appear to be able to type or at least dictate to word. I guess we will reading a lot more from you. Get involved in inane arguments about soundstage, tubes, vinyl, EV adoption, ChatGPT, AI or flying saucers. You really have the time now. :cool:
In all seriousness, I hate to hear about any injury to any member here especially to one who is so earnestly involved as you. Get well soon.
Hehe... yes, ASR will be very beneficial for me. I'm always in touch with ASR so being at the PC commenting is my usual routine. Thankfully I don't have to change my usual routines too much. Thanks...
 
Sorry @Doodski, that’s bad luck. I tend to fall off my mountain bike every few weeks but it’s been years since I broke a bone. Landed hard on my left arm and side a couple of weeks back - nasty cuts in my left elbow, bruised hip and pelvis. It took me about 10 days before I could get decent sleep, as I woke every time I rolled onto my damaged side. Hopefully you’re getting proper rest - lack of sleep makes everything worse.
 
With endoprotetic surgery the regime of anaesthesia is basically Paracetamol (up to 3g daily) + Metamizole/Novaminsulfone (also 3-4 g daily) + Ibuprofen (2,4g) or Diclofenac (150mg) or Naproxen (1g) (alternatives are Celecoxib, Eterocoxib and others) under gastric protection of a PPI (Panto- or Omeprazol).
On top, if necessary, an opioid like Oxycodon or Hydromorphon for a few days.

The bone of the two ends of a fracture will primarily be resorbed, then re-junctioned by tissue and then this junction is calcified.
Pain relievers after 2-3 weeks when restructuring begins.
 
DooD, Don't forget to go to A Call For Humor, Boris, me and many others will attempt to lift your spirits. ;)
 
Sorry @Doodski, that’s bad luck. I tend to fall off my mountain bike every few weeks but it’s been years since I broke a bone. Landed hard on my left arm and side a couple of weeks back - nasty cuts in my left elbow, bruised hip and pelvis. It took me about 10 days before I could get decent sleep, as I woke every time I rolled onto my damaged side. Hopefully you’re getting proper rest - lack of sleep makes everything worse.
I'm taking sleep aids already and that helped with 2 advil x-strength and 2 tylenol x-strength... plus a few hoots of cannabis which seemed to reduce the warmth in the cast and make it more comfy. So sleep is coming albeit after a day and a half with very little.
 
It sucks when it happens,makes you appreciate the previous routines.
Hope you'll have a good recovery!
 
It sucks when it happens,makes you appreciate the previous routines.
Hope you'll have a good recovery!
I am for sure appreciating the previous routines...
 
Bad inflammation ....
Yea, that was the day after the surgery.
It took quite a while for the swelling/edema to fully go down.
 
Some like tattoos on their body-parts.
Me likes "war wounds": Bigger the scars <> Bigger the braggin' rights!

'Few' of my scars are more than 3 inches long!:)
I also opted for extra features: By keeping some of the pins/screws/staples/plates where they were originally installed.
...all titanium, of course!
 
...I broke my wrist...
Can you get a bit (or two) more descriptive as to what they 'patched' up?
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I have a triangulated piece of titanium that holds both the "radius" and the "ulna" bracketed.
If it was not for the scar (3.25" long) to remind me, the wrist feels as good as my right wrist.
... because I FIDGETed for the next 3 months instead of PT.:facepalm:
 
~9pm on the 15th I broke my wrist when I tripped on something behind me and extended my arm to block the fall. SNAP! I broke my shoulder going over the bars of my dirtbike and that made me vomit from pain but this wrist is a different aching pain when it happened. I'm in a big cast to the fingers and elbow, ate some tylenol X-strength and Advil X-strength, the cannabis feels like relief from pressure too. Watching lotsa bushcraft and catfishing videos and keeping my mind clear. Emergency nurse advised 6 weeks for this to end. Is that about right? That fentanyl they gave me before sedation and reduction was veryyyyy welcomed. It took 11.5 hours in emergency. I may just get bored and learn to type with my left hand...lol. :D Having a sense of humor about this but it's pretty serious for living alone. :D There was a big bump sticking out where the broken stuff and the joint had separated and stayed that way until they put me out and aligned everything. I heard word of a forked break compound fracture.
So sorry to hear.

I pulverized the 3 outer metacarpals (III to V) in my right hand several years back (so not the wrist). Clearly I am no doctor, but stuff depends a lot on what exactly broke where, the hand and wrist are a very complicated construct. But the key is that -like me- you don't have nerve damage, which is very easy to do when you fracture your hand, since it is packed with nerves to control all those little muscles that give us that great ability to use our hands.

My hand was immobilized for 3 months because the first surgery to put my hand back together was a failure. After the second surgery I had one of those casts you can take off if you want to, but since I had pins sticking out to hold the bones together, I did that very-very carefully :-D

I was completely and totally right handed, so that was a learning experience in becoming more ambidextrous. :) All in all the process took about half a year until I was back to normal-ish. Hope yours is much faster!
 
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I may just get bored and learn to type with my left hand
Sorry to hear all that. GWS, but 6 weeks sounds about right based on my metatarsal injury a few decades ago. Though it probably won't stop being painful for much much longer - especially if you are more.....err.. senior :)


Regarding typing, speech recognition does a really good job these days. At lest for the type of verbiage we tend to spew here. :)
 
Can you get a bit (or two) more descriptive as to what they 'patched' up?
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I have a triangulated piece of titanium that holds both the "radius" and the "ulna" bracketed.
If it was not for the scar (3.25" long) to remind me, the wrist feels as good as my right wrist.
... because I FIDGETed for the next 3 months instead of PT.:facepalm:
==== ORIGINAL REPORT ==== Comminuted intra-articular transverse fracture of the distal right radius is identified. Fracture line extends to the lunate facet of the distal radial articular surface. Mild impaction and dorsal angulation of the fracture is seen. Transverse fracture through the base of the ulnar side is also seen, with approximately 5 mm distraction. The remainder of the right radius and ulna more proximally are intact. Right elbow is well aligned. Carpal bones within the right wrist are also well aligned. No other fracture is seen in the remainder of the right hand or wrist. IMPRESSION Comminuted intra-articular impacted and dorsal angulated transverse fracture of the distal right radius, with associated distracted ulnar styloid avulsion fracture.

Comparison made with prereduction views September 16/23. The patient's right wrist is casted, obscuring fine bony detail. Nonetheless, the transverse intraarticular fracture of the distal right radius is visualized through the presence of the cast. Associated ultrasound avulsion is also seen. The distal radial fracture has been brought out to length, with the previous dorsal angulation having been corrected. Carpal bones within the right wrist remain well aligned. No adverse post reduction features are seen.
 
So sorry to hear.

I pulverized the 3 outer metacarpals (III to V) in my right hand several years back (so not the wrist). Clearly I am no doctor, but stuff depends a lot on what exactly broke where, the hand and wrist are a very complicated construct. But the key is that -like me- you don't have nerve damage, which is very easy to do when you fracture your hand, since it is packed with nerves to control all those little muscles that give us that great ability to use our hands.

My hand was immobilized for 3 months because the first surgery to put my hand back together was a failure. After the second surgery I had one of those casts you can take off if you want to, but since I had pins sticking out to hold the bones together, I did that very-very carefully :-D

I was completely and totally right handed, so that was a learning experience in becoming more ambidextrous. :) All in all the process took about half a year until I was back to normal-ish. Hope yours is much faster!
Whew! 1/2 year is pretty lengthy for me but from what I've been advised by other peeps that sounds about right. :D
 
...intra-articular transverse fracture of the distal right radius is identified. Fracture...
It doesn't sound like you broke (borked) anything.:)
meh!
You and your fractures don't deserve titanium, nor braggin' rights!:eek:
Wishing you speed recovery.
 
~9pm on the 15th I broke my wrist when I tripped on something behind me and extended my arm to block the fall. SNAP! I broke my shoulder going over the bars of my dirtbike and that made me vomit from pain but this wrist is a different aching pain when it happened. I'm in a big cast to the fingers and elbow, ate some tylenol X-strength and Advil X-strength, the cannabis feels like relief from pressure too. Watching lotsa bushcraft and catfishing videos and keeping my mind clear. Emergency nurse advised 6 weeks for this to end. Is that about right? That fentanyl they gave me before sedation and reduction was veryyyyy welcomed. It took 11.5 hours in emergency. I may just get bored and learn to type with my left hand...lol. :D Having a sense of humor about this but it's pretty serious for living alone. :D There was a big bump sticking out where the broken stuff and the joint had separated and stayed that way until they put me out and aligned everything. I heard word of a forked break compound fracture.

Hope you recover quickly, but one thing is certain - it will take longer than when you were 20....
 
Whew! 1/2 year is pretty lengthy for me but from what I've been advised by other peeps that sounds about right. :D
That was to get functional again. I had adjusted with some limitations before that. Hope you beat my record to that! :)

I was very lucky that my boss at the time refused to have me out of office for over a month, and just said "I don't care if you don't type a single email or line of code, just stick around if you can", and I happen to be the kind of person that dwells in misery if I don't feel productive and useful... :) I learned to type (and code) with two fingers on my left hand. There were more private tasks that were much harder to perform, at least initially... you learn to appreciate accuracy when you shave or wipe your... well never mind. :-D

I also kept working out diligently. Some stuff clearly I couldn't do, but I am convinced getting your blood flowing is a key element in letting your body heal. Then again the Doc was perplexed when the first surgery was a failure and tried to blame my habits, but to this day I think they just screwed up and what I did (very carefully) has nothing to do with it. I was a great patient when it came to the recovery therapy.

But mind, it happened to me in my 40s and we don't heal as great by then. I still have restricted movement in my right hand and get very painful cramps when I do some things. I was also advised that arthritis in my right hand is pre-programmed, but I just turned 60 and things are holding up. Sh*t here and there starts hurting anyhow... :-D

I am an avid CBD consumer, it really helps with inflammation in the body, reducing a lot of pain points, especially as we age. Just yesterday I had a colleague that just turned 50 tell me I look like 45. In the right spot, I also like THC content to chill and rest better. No dependency whatsoever.

I may be too new agey with some of these things, but I think we grow a lot through these setbacks in life, painful as they are. Or maybe it is just my personal nature I never learn much from success, but failure and pain surely teach a lesson and make us more appreciative when we grow out of those phases...

Seriously, take excellent care of yourself. We are so lucky to live in this time and age in human history. 10,000 years ago we'd probably starved to death with a hand injury...
 
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That was to get functional again. I had adjusted with some limitations before that. Hope you beat my record to that! :)

I was very lucky that my boss at the time refused to have me out of office for over a month, and just said "I don't care if you don't type a single email or line of code, just stick around if you can", and I happen to be the kind of person that dwells in misery if I don't feel productive and useful... :) I learned to type (and code) with two fingers on my left hand. There were more private tasks that were much harder to perform, at least initially... you learn to appreciate accuracy when you shave or wipe your... well never mind. :-D

I also kept working out diligently. Some stuff clearly I couldn't do, but I am convinced getting your blood flowing is a key element in letting your body heal. Then again the Doc was perplexed when the first surgery was a failure and tried to blame my habits, but to this day I think they just screwed up and what I did (very carefully) has nothing to do with it. I was a great patient when it came to the recovery therapy.

But mind, it happened to me in my 40s and we don't heal as great by then. I still have restricted movement in my right hand and get very painful cramps when I do some things. I was also advised that arthritis in my right hand is pre-programmed, but I just turned 60 and things are holding up. Sh*t here and there starts hurting anyhow... :-D

I am an avid CBD consumer, it really helps with inflammation in the body, reducing a lot of pain points, especially as we age. Just yesterday I had a colleague that just turned 50 tell me I look like 45. In the right spot, I also like THC content to chill and rest better. No dependency whatsoever.

I may be too new agey with some of these things, but I think we grow a lot through these setbacks in life, painful as they are. Or maybe it is just my personal nature I never learn much from success, but failure and pain surely teach a lesson and make us more appreciative when we grow out of those phases...

Seriously, take excellent care of yourself. We are so lucky to live in this time and age in human history. 10,000 years ago we'd probably starved to death with a hand injury...
I'm appreciating the roof over my head and amenities for sure. 10 k years ago I would maybe have been eaten by now after the injury... lol.
 
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