Sympathy required!!

[SlugLobber]

Ice skating bad for you. Fact!

Tried an arabesque, showing off with a friend. That worked, so did another, which was my downfall. Literally.

I am no longer a fracture virgin, having broken the top of the radius (the bigger forearm bone) clean off. The accident was Saturday, but the medics at the rink said it wasn't broken and to go to A and E yesterday if I was worried. So, I took anti-inflammatories, wore a tubigrip and ice pack and carried on the evening with my friends. Still wasn;t happy with the swell pattern yesterday, hence the trip to hospital.

I have proven two things:

1) Northerners really are hard. Fancy spending an evening with friends with a broken arm!

2) Entomox (or wotever it's called) definitely blocks neuro-receptors right before consciousness is lost. Just. Manipulation is evil!!

I was planning to dig over my new plot, yesterday, but that can't hppen until Spring! My PhD is also on hold as far as lab goes, but I can type with the left hand so will work on my Intro to the thesis! I did have a lovely walk today, so not all bad, and afternoon nap with the kitties was divine!

Tomorrow's exciting adventure? Furtling to get up the last of the spuds which moved with me, so not ALL gardening is on hold!!

[mandyballantyne]

Aww sounds painfull!

Take it easy and enjoy your extended winter 'break'!

Mandy

[lottie dolly]

AWWWWCH,sounds horribble,good you can be positive,hope your not in to much pain now,and all heals well,
good luck with your thesis,
you braver than me lol,i used to roller skate donkeys years ago,but defo nothing fancy,and my late dad in his younger days,brilliant feeling it was,

[FionaH]

Ouch sounds horrid!

[nellie-m]

Reminds me of something. Only it wasn't ice skating but riding a bike.
Oh dear. Here comes some sympathy!

Nellie

[Florence Fennel]

Ah, there there dear. Sorry to hear this SL, hope you heal quickly. Less of the arabesque and more of the elbow and knee pads next time

[taff]

awwwwwwwwwww

that's not nails. Nails is falling off your kitchen roof and walking away sans injuries
mind you, it's damn close to nails....

[Nicos]

OK- major sympathy here from me!!!!
Yup - I used to ice-skate three times a week for about four years ( not that you'd guess by looking at me!!!!!)

and yes- I finally gained my Novice exam in dancing but had to stop there.
Fear of falling and breaking something REALLY hindered my abilities.
Put me on a horse and I'd do anything totally stupid!!!!

Conclusion???

Ice doesn't bounce- soil does! ( well- a bit! )

Don't be put off ice-skating- it's a wonderful activity!
Do you have proper dancing/freestyle boots - or hockey boots?
It depends on the blades what you can ultimately achieve!

wishing you a speedy recovery ( well- till just after Xmas so you can get out of all the washing up and cooking!!!!!)

[snohare]

Have you got a relief slug -hurler ?
I'd say it wasn't a n ice thing to have happen, but I think I'd be skating on thin ice...
Don't think of it as enforced idleness, think of it as a servant-training exercise.

[veggiechicken]

There's always a positive side to every disaster. Think how lucky you are that it happened this time of year when there's not too much you can do in the garden. Having broken my wrist about this time of year a few years ago, I do sympathise, honest!!

[Glutton4...]

Nutter! Hope it's not too painful, and heals quickly.

Good to have you back on the Vine, by the way!

[Aberdeenplotter]

I remember breaking the upper pole of my right scaphoid(query spelling) when I slipped running for a bus at the tender age of 16. Spent part of the following night with my hand on top of the wardrobe to try to ease the pain before being chased to A&E. Hard? nope I was young and ignorant . Anyway, I'm not saying you are either and just trying to stress that I can relate to the pain and that I really sympathise. On our plots we would be getting a task force together to help out. I hope you can call on that sort of help locally.

[Patchninja]

How ghastly! You poor thing. I hope it heals quickly.

[pipkins]

Wishing you a speedy recovery

[SlugLobber]

Thanks all. I am looking at all the positives. It does screw up plans a little, in that I can't collect my Mum on the 23rd (she has a broken leg!!), so need to work that out somehow, but I can do most things one-handed. There's no way I'm letting someone else cook Christmas dinner. MIL is an awful cook, bless her, as is my own Mum, so OH is recruited for veg chopping/peeling and I'll manage the rest, with help for turkey maneouvres, ha ha!

I'm also forced to slow down a lot. I took the loss of my job really badly and with that, house move and refurb, plus two stress-related car accidents, I was getting close to a breakdown!

In addition, I feel a teeny bit smug, lol! I was laughed at as a kid for writing/doing other stuff with my left hand sometimes in case I ever broke my right arm! Who's laughing, now? I realised last night that my left hand is still more legible and neat than OH's normal writing!!

Yes, it is lucky that it's this time of year. Not just for the garden (I literally just wanted to dig fresh turf and save the job in Spring), but the Uni shuts down for nearly 3 weeks in December, so I'm only taking 3 weeks sick and I didn't have any experiments running, being less than 2 months into the PhD. Only downer is that this is my favourite time of year for riding. Give me three weeks though and I'll be norty and get on riding with one hand!! sHHH!