Can only just bring myself to type this...

[shell]

Positive spin: you'll have plenty of time to sort out all your seeds; you'll be able to pot everything on because you can sit down while you do that; you can enjoy (hopefully) being waited on a bit, cos it'll probably never happen again!

Hope you're better soon. xxx

[jackie j]

My OH fell out the back door years ago and broke his heel they kept him in hospital for a week, then told him not to put any weight on it for 3 months which he did he wasnt in plaster and had to keep it elevated. He had to have it rebroken a while after because it wasnt right and he had to have plaster for three months, maybe if they had put plaster on in the first place he wouldnt have had to have it done again.
Hope you are feeling better soon even if you cant do much.
Big hugs being sent your way.

[nkp1962]

Sarah

Sorry to hear about the set back

NKP

[allotmentlady]

Dick Suchman, temple of light meditation cd, very good,,,,,,,,just dont drive whilst listening to it!

[piskieinboots]

I'm guessing it is mainly your calf muscle you are concerned about?

If yes, in either sitting or lying position - flex the ankle so that the toe is pointing down (feeling the pull on the top of your foot), then flex it right back on itself so that it is pointing up toward your knee - you should feel a pull on your calf.

Hamstrings and quads are not so easy to attend to lying/sitting down.

Let me know what your range of movements are and I'll draft your something
*dusts off weight training qualies

And I'd hug you but I can't get near you with all these hugs above

(((hugs)))
xx

[Finedon.Dandy]

Oh what a blow! Thinking of you - wish I was nearer so I could pop in to cheer you up. Here if you need me though.

Tammy

[shirlthegirl43]

Bummer!! Not sure how it works but comfrey was known as knit-bone - will go see if I can find my herbal medicine book to see if it has any advice.

[shirlthegirl43]

Homeopathy bible says for slow to heal fracture - Symphytum 6c - taken twice a day for up to 6 weeks.

For the comfrey it says to use fresh leaves to reduce swelling round fractures - not sure where you would find fresh comfrey leaves at this time of year though

[Paulottie]

It was applied as a poultice....I have a recipe in a book somewhere...want me to look for it?...trouble is there isn't any comfrey about...and i'm not sure i'd want my leg to smell anything like the liquid feed i make from it!

I fell off a horse and ended up with 1/2 doz screws in there turned my whole leg into a barometer could tell when winter was coming!!...nearly 10 years later I had them out(starting to poke out..yuk) .... got them in a jar somewhere always thought to incorporate them in a piece of furniture and never did!

Anyway I can sympathise as I remember how dull it was....I started an evening course towards the end as I recall.

[SarzWix]

I'm guessing it is mainly your calf muscle you are concerned about?

If yes, in either sitting or lying position - flex the ankle so that the toe is pointing down (feeling the pull on the top of your foot), then flex it right back on itself so that it is pointing up toward your knee - you should feel a pull on your calf.

Hamstrings and quads are not so easy to attend to lying/sitting down.

Let me know what your range of movements are and I'll draft your something
*dusts off weight training qualies

And I'd hug you but I can't get near you with all these hugs above

(((hugs)))
xx

I can't really do much foot/toe movement coz it's in this boot thingy, which I'm now meant to keep on

Donjoy braces | Donjoy - Nextep Contour Walker

And even without the boot on, I had very little flex in the ankle - they reckon that toe pointing will be one of the last movements I get back.
I can bend my knee, lift my leg from the hip... That's about it really!

[janeyo]

What an absolute A***.

You must be gutted. I am gutted for you.

[Paulottie]

The boot is Luxury Girl!!!!....least you can take it off for a damn good scratch.....a desperation chopstick was the only option in my day

[SarzWix]

Comfrey tea used to be used to heal bones, but they don't recommend that you use it internally any more as it can cause cancers to replicate as well as other tissues. I have got a tub of comfrey cream somewhere, can't do any harm.
And I'll ask my MiL about the homeopathy stuff Shirley, thank you She knows somone locally, never thought to ask.

I am wondering why it's still soft after nearly 7 weeks though...? Am I short of something? Or is this normal for such a major repair job?
And why do I never think of these questions while I'm in front of the doctor?

[SarzWix]

The boot is Luxury Girl!!!!....least you can take it off for a damn good scratch.....a desperation chopstick was the only option in my day

ROFL, sorry, I should be grateful for small mercies

[shirlthegirl43]

It could be the norm for a bad break. My dad broke his ankle years ago and the next day a local lad took his leg off in a tractor PTO - the lad was back playing rugby before my dad was out of plaster!