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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / January 2008Continuing the sweetpickle saga
kate, i'm really not in a race with you, but i've had another accident also. i was in my bedroom getting ready to go to high tea for a friend, and i fell. don't ask me how or why cause i can't tell you! I went on to the tea but my wrist kept hurting and looked awful. so i came back by dr. hartzog's office and they worked me in. had to wait 1 1/2 hours but at least i was in an exam room and on the list to be seen. i had a crack in a bone above my left wrist, the one with the basal joint replacement. so now i'm in a cast from my fingers to above my elbow. i go back in two weeks for xray to see if i can then go into a short cast. sure hope so cause i sure can't fasten a bra for myself, either front or back. i had gone past the doctor's office coming home and turned around to go back, just in case there was damage that needed to be taken care of. i had to be ready to go to the alabama state junior miss competition tonight and tomorrow afternoon and night. dr. gave me plenty of lortabs 7.5 mg so i should make it okay. there are 51 county winners here, and they have all been living with host families since last friday. no phone calls or emails, but they have been so busy there was no time anyway. i'm just really hoping annie will be in the top eight. we won't be able to see or talk to her until after the finals tomorrow night. carol and wayne are here but she has been in bed a lot of the time. her fm is really bad, plus some other problems. annie's other aunt and a cousin will also be here. at least i have carol to fasten my bra for tonight and tomorrow. typing with one hand is for the birds, not for me. will let you know how i get along. gwen {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{gwen}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} ouch diane Oh Gwen I'm really sorry to hear that you are hurt again. Hoping your wrist heals quickly and the pain abates soon. My family are still laughing about my incident with the coleslaw and the christmas tree, so I hope you get more tlc and sympathy than I got! Jayne xx > Oh Gwen I'm really sorry to hear that you are hurt again. Hoping your wrist > heals quickly and the pain abates soon. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Jayne > xx Hey Jayne, I am sooo glad to see you post....I sure miss all of you UK women m > Hey Jayne, > I am sooo glad to see you post....I sure miss all of you UK women > > m Hi M - I'm afraid I have become a bit of a lurker over the past year or so, but I do try and keep up with what is happening. Real life just keeps on intruding! Jayne Ok Jayne what happened. You now have to explain what happened, you can't just drop a hint like that and not explain. ;-) Glad to see you back and posting. Take care.  SignatureLove and Hugs to all Jo the squirrely one I am nuts about you. > Oh Gwen I'm really sorry to hear that you are hurt again. Hoping your > wrist heals quickly and the pain abates soon. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Jayne > xx > Ok Jayne what happened. You now have to explain what happened, you can't > just drop a hint like that and not explain. ;-) > > Glad to see you back and posting. Take care. It was Chrismas Eve evening and I was setting the table for a meal. My mum had come to stay and we were having a buffet style meal. I was walking out of the kitchen with a large bowl of coleslaw I'd made, tripped and started falling (you know the type of fall - you stagger about 3 yards, knowing that you are going down) lurched into the next room, threw the bowl of coleslaw and fell, landing hard on the knee replacement that is only 3 months old. When I'd finished yelling and turned onto my back, I looked up at the christmas tree which was right next to me and dangling from it was loads of coleslaw! Had we still had the dog, she would have taken care of that, but after John had taken care of me he then had to clean the carpet and pick off all the bits from the tree. The reaction of my two teenage boys - "does that mean we don't have coleslaw?" LOL! Jayne > > Ok Jayne what happened. You now have to explain what happened, you can't > > just drop a hint like that and not explain. ;-) [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Jayne Any damage to the knee Jayne? If not, that is an hysterically funny sight to contemplate. If you were injured, it becomes less humorous. melinda > Any damage to the knee Jayne? If not, that is an hysterically funny > sight to contemplate. If you were injured, it becomes less humorous. > > melinda No, no lasting damage, although in the first while after I fell the pain was horrible and I lay still thinking I'd done some awful damage. I then rolled onto my back (which is when I spotted the coleslaw trimmings on the tree) and straightened my knee and it was okay. I was a bit bruised and shocked, but otherwise fine, thank goodness. I had a similar fall after my first knee replacement, although not quite so soon after. I think it was a year, and that time I tripped over one of the boys' shoes, which I really blew my top over. No damage then either. I think I'm just lucky - either that or someone up there is watching over me and knows it is unlikely that any of the hulking men in my house would run around after me! Jayne Glad it turned out well Jayne - it allowed me to laugh at the images - you tell a great story. I would blow a top at the boy's shoes too - 3 men in the family with shoes twice my size are ridiculous. Kelly >> Any damage to the knee Jayne? If not, that is an hysterically funny >> sight to contemplate. If you were injured, it becomes less humorous. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Jayne > Glad it turned out well Jayne - it allowed me to laugh at the images - you > tell a great story. I would blow a top at the boy's shoes too - 3 men in > the family with shoes twice my size are ridiculous. > > Kelly Absolutely Kelly - hubby takes size 10, eldest (19) is in size 11/12, and my 14 year old, who is now about 8 inches taller than me takes a size 10 too. When their shoes line up they look like parked canoes!! Jayne > Absolutely Kelly - hubby takes size 10, eldest (19) is in size 11/12, and my > 14 year old, who is now about 8 inches taller than me takes a size 10 too. > When their shoes line up they look like parked canoes!! > > Jayne ahhh, my husband wears size 12. even worse, he wears an 8-1/8 size hat! (loves to wear hats and looks good in them, but can buy the in only a few places.) i've tried on occasion to wear his shoes for a quick run outside or to "carry" a hat on my head, but it just doesn't work! SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare My mom fell on her knee replacement, too. I think they hold up better than our own knees. I hope you are feeling better. What is it about us? I know that even though my knees aren't too bad, my balance is lousy and I find myself relying more and more on my cane. SignatureNavy Take out the FISH to email me. > >> Any damage to the knee Jayne? If not, that is an hysterically funny [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Jayne > My mom fell on her knee replacement, too. I think they hold up better > than our own knees. I hope you are feeling better. What is it about us? > I know that even though my knees aren't too bad, my balance is lousy and I > find myself relying more and more on my cane. I'm getting clumsier as I get older I think. Only last night I walked straight into a half open door edge on. I was looking that way, but just went straight into it. Luckily (?) my face and erm... bosom took the brunt! LOL! Mind you I was a clumsy child too, so perhaps that explains some of it! Jayne jayne, i was also clumsy as a child, and unfortunately also as an adult, and now as a senior citizen! i also have problems with depth perception and that i think is part of the falling problem. gwen >> My mom fell on her knee replacement, too. I think they hold up better >> than our own knees. I hope you are feeling better. What is it about us? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jayne > jayne, i was also clumsy as a child, and unfortunately also as an adult, > and now as a senior citizen! i also have problems with depth perception > and that i think is part of the falling problem. > gwen Hi Gwen,,,, There are many people that live with that. My youngest son has no depth perception. Reason..... We had to have his eyes corrected because both eyes needed the correction to correct cross eyes when he was about 2 and a half. We did not know that this has to be done much earlier before the brain sets its self on vision. He ended up with normal looking eyes but one eye controls close vision and one eye controls objects that are far away. In other words he drives a car with one eye,,,,, no depth vision. Harv >> jayne, i was also clumsy as a child, and unfortunately also as an adult, >> and now as a senior citizen! i also have problems with depth perception [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > eye,,,,, no depth vision. > Harv I lived with that my entire life. I could read with my left eye but had 20/400 vision in it otherwise. Right eye was for distance. No depth perception whatsoever. When I had cataracts removed they corrected the distance vision in my left eye. I can't say my depth perception is great but otherwise its nice to have the correction. Driving is worst at night. Its really hard to judge distance on lights. Jo Harv, I have eyes exactly like your son does. One is for reading and the other is for driving. I don't have to close one eye to do either because my brain just turns one off when not needed. This is why before I had cataract surgery that I could not wear bifocal lenses (too much up and down and back and forth for this old brain to handle). My eyes were not crossed as a child, but wandered to the sides and I wore a patch for a bit and then had exercises on a machine to do. None of it helped at all. Depth perception is a problem and I walk into doors all the time (g) Ann. > Harv, > I have eyes exactly like your son does. One is for reading and the > other is for driving. I don't have to close one eye to do either > because my brain just turns one off when not needed. So does his. We went to a 3D movie a couple of weeks ago and it was a waste of money for the 3D part for him but he enjoyed the movie. Harv This is why before > I had cataract surgery that I could not wear bifocal lenses (too much up > and down and back and forth for this old brain to handle). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > doors all the time (g) > Ann. I don't have a problem myself, but boy I wish those walls and door frames and entertainment center would quit jumping out at me as I am going by. ;-) oh yeah and I forgot the dishwasher that rolls out and likes to grab my big toe. SignatureLove and Hugs to all Jo the squirrely one I am nuts about you. > jayne, i was also clumsy as a child, and unfortunately also as an adult, > and now as a senior citizen! i also have problems with depth perception > and that i think is part of the falling problem. > gwen >I don't have a problem myself, but boy I wish those walls and door frames >and entertainment center would quit jumping out at me as I am going by. ;-) > > oh yeah and I forgot the dishwasher that rolls out and likes to grab my > big toe. Door handles keep grabbing me! We used to have doorknobs, but I found them awkward, so had them all changed to handles. Now, when leaving a room I frequently get dragged back by a cardigan pocket or sleeve! Roll on summer - few clothes! Jayne Gwen, Does your lack of depth perception affect you when going down stairs or getting on a down escalator? I've always had trouble with both of these. Also, when I pull in a parking space facing a building I always end up a foot or so away. I can't tell how close I am to the building. Ann > Gwen, > Does your lack of depth perception affect you when going down stairs or > getting on a down escalator? I've always had trouble with both of > these. Also, when I pull in a parking space facing a building I always > end up a foot or so away. I can't tell how close I am to the building. > Ann Ah yes. We have a tennis ball hanging from the garage ceiling. My car is in the right spot when the ball touches the windshield. I just can't judge it by eye alone. Charlie has never understood, but after carping about it for years he finally put the ball up like I asked him too. Still once in a while I overshoot and hit the plastic garbage can that is sitting there. I did yesterday. But at least then I could slowly back up till the ball was just touching. Jo Jo, What a good idea the ball is in your garage. Thanks for the good tip. Ann >> Gwen, >> Does your lack of depth perception affect you when going down stairs or [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jo LOLOL I put up one of those for the wife to help her park closer to the garage door. It took two visits of my grand kids playing with it and it was broke..LOL So it goes. Harv Ps my garage is for storage it seems. ann, i never look down on stairs or escalator after i get my hand on a rail. i'm the same as you in parking, even just trying to judge the distance to a car parked in the lane in front of me. i never thought of it being because of depth perception. thanks for the tip. gwen > Gwen, > Does your lack of depth perception affect you when going down stairs or > getting on a down escalator? I've always had trouble with both of > these. Also, when I pull in a parking space facing a building I always > end up a foot or so away. I can't tell how close I am to the building. > Ann that happens to me too with my robe, I get caught on stuff, like trying to get up from my puter chair and it hooks the pocket of my robe, or going out the garage door to have a cig, and getting the corner of my robe caught in the door. It is amazing how we get hung up with things. SignatureLove and Hugs to all Jo the squirrely one I am nuts about you. > > Door handles keep grabbing me! We used to have doorknobs, but I found [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jayne > that happens to me too with my robe, I get caught on stuff, like trying to > get up from my puter chair and it hooks the pocket of my robe, or going out > the garage door to have a cig, and getting the corner of my robe caught in > the door. > > It is amazing how we get hung up with things. Heck, it happens to me in clothes. I also have a talent for cutting doorways too closely which contributes to hooking myself on handles and banging into doorknobs. I think I get too easily distracted when walking. fortunately, I pay more attention when driving! I also watch what I'm doing more when hiking. It's just at home where I think I know what I'm doing that I have trouble! LOL SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Nann, that is what Jim says I do is cut the corners too quickly. I kiss the door frame more than I would like too. Also the entertainment center is just right on the hall wall where you make a turn from the dining room so I smack into it too. SignatureLove and Hugs to all Jo the squirrely one I am nuts about you. > Heck, it happens to me in clothes. I also have a talent for cutting > doorways [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > hiking. It's just at home where I think I know what I'm doing that I have > trouble! LOL If anything is going to grab me, I hope it's a cute studmuffin :-)))) Carole :-) > that happens to me too with my robe, I get caught on stuff, like trying to > get up from my puter chair and it hooks the pocket of my robe, or going out > the garage door to have a cig, and getting the corner of my robe caught in > the door. > > It is amazing how we get hung up with things. Oh Jayne, so sorry that had to happen to you. But at least you can keep your sense of humor about it. I did have to laugh even though I had to say ouch and feel the pain you went thru for it. SignatureLove and Hugs to all Jo the squirrely one I am nuts about you. > > It was Chrismas Eve evening and I was setting the table for a meal. My [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Jayne > Oh Jayne, so sorry that had to happen to you. But at least you can keep > your sense of humor about it. I did have to laugh even though I had to say > ouch and feel the pain you went thru for it. Luckily it didn't hurt for long - only hurt bad for about 30 seconds, then it was the usual shock. I lay on my back feeling all cold and hot and clammy for a couple of minutes and then I was okay! My boys aren't really heartless, but they do have huge appetites!! Jayne that is just a wonderful tale, jayne! it sounds so much like the kind of fall i would manage. i'm just glad you haave no lasting ill effects. so, how long did things smell like cole slaw? SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare > It was Chrismas Eve evening and I was setting the table for a meal. My mum > had come to stay and we were having a buffet style meal. I was walking out [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Jayne > that is just a wonderful tale, jayne! it sounds so much like the kind of > fall i would manage. i'm just glad you haave no lasting ill effects. so, > how long did things smell like cole slaw? LOL it wasn't too bad Nann - as soon as the tree went out after christmas all was okay! Jayne my son had taken the day off so i called him from the doctor's. he just laughed and laughed. he asked if i needed him to drive me home. i said no because it was my left hand and wrist and i could drive with one hand. he said, well one time you had two feet but you couldn't walk; you fell. so no, i didn't get any tlc or sympathy! gwen > Oh Gwen I'm really sorry to hear that you are hurt again. Hoping your > wrist heals quickly and the pain abates soon. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Jayne > xx Okay Gwen - I give the trophy of the year to you now. It is looking a little wrinkled (tinfoil does that after a bit) but think it is time to pass it from me to you. The trophy of course is the competition for mishaps and illnesses. I don't want it anymore. Take it easy please - and give your son a gentle knock on the head for me. Sympathy should be a given. Kelly > my son had taken the day off so i called him from the doctor's. he just > laughed and laughed. he asked if i needed him to drive me home. i said [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> Jayne >> xx kelly, he was really very sweet to me the rest of the weekend. our seats at the junior miss program were up two short sets of steps. his and jayne's were across the auditorium from several of us. he would come over, take my handbag, jacket, and program and help me walk on the way to the car. he really does love his mom! my right shoulder hurts, i imagine from having to use that arm for everything; but my right rear end hurts, and i didn't even fall on that side. my left hand (what i can see) and fingers are all bruised badly and swell unless i keep ice on them, but it could have been so much worse! i'm just thankful it wasn't. gwen > Okay Gwen - I give the trophy of the year to you now. It is looking a > little wrinkled (tinfoil does that after a bit) but think it is time to [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >>> Jayne >>> xx Thank goodness you were able to make the program and of course he helped you (after the no sympathy thing - a son thing of course!). you raised him right. Just take it easy from now on. A fall like that hurts everything! Thinking of you. Kelly > kelly, he was really very sweet to me the rest of the weekend. our seats > at the junior miss program were up two short sets of steps. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >>>> Jayne >>>> xx i've called about getting my hip xrayed today, cause i can't walk without severe pain and sometimes it gives way and i would fall if i were not holding on. the scheduling person took down the info for a work-in so i hope to hear from them soon. gwen > Thank goodness you were able to make the program and of course he helped > you (after the no sympathy thing - a son thing of course!). you raised [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >>>>> Jayne >>>>> xx {{{Gwen}}} <- very gentle hug DeeTee > kate, i'm really not in a race with you, but i've had another accident > also. i was in my bedroom getting ready to go to high tea for a friend, [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > gwen ((((((((((((((((Gwen))))))))))))))))) I know how miserable a broken wrist can be - and you certainly deserve a while without any broken bones! It must be truly annoying to have both the wrist and the elbow cast. I'm praying for a fast healing and for a smaller cast on your next visit. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Awwww, I am sooo sorry Gwen. Take care of yourself. We need the cottonwool brigade to ride out and wrap a few people, or perhaps bubble wrap them. Falling is such a scary experience for those of us prone to breakage. Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. rose, when the doc showed me where the bone was cracked, he said something about the bones being old. I put my hand on his shoulder and told him it wasn't nice to tell an elderly lady that she was old! He & the nurse & the man who came in with them just laughed. gwen > Awwww, I am sooo sorry Gwen. > Take care of yourself. We need the cottonwool brigade to ride out and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Please remove "Ima" to reply. Terrific reply, girl! LOL SignatureNavy Take out the FISH to email me. > rose, when the doc showed me where the bone was cracked, he said something > about the bones being old. I put my hand on his shoulder and told him it [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> Please remove "Ima" to reply. Aaah Gwen,,,, typing with one hand also.... I have said this before,, slips, trips and falls is going to be the downfall of us all. I will probably be joining you any day now. The shingles has me loosing my balance if I am standing everytime I close my eyes for any period of time. All you and I can do is try to keep it from happening and be mindful of it. I hope you have something for the pain and your cast is loose. Harv > kate, i'm really not in a race with you, but i've had another accident > also. i was in my bedroom getting ready to go to high tea for a friend, [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > gwen Aw, gee Gwen, I'm so sorry you fell and got another ouchie. Heal quickly and don't do it again please. Ann Harv, he gave me plenty of pain medicine, so i really won't have to hurt. \gwen > Aaah Gwen,,,, typing with one hand also.... I have said this before,, > slips, trips and falls is going to be the downfall of us all. I will [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> >> gwen Gwen, I for one don't believe you. I think you are in a race with Kate. LOL You girls are going to have to go around in bubble wrap. I'm glad you went to the doc. It was good talking to you on the phone the other day when we were in Alabama. I hope your grand daughter does well in the pagent. debbie m. Gwen, All I can send are hugs and prayers but can you remind me what your bone density is and is you're taking any osteoporosis medication? Let us know how Annie does. m Prayers and hugs from here to. Good luck to your granddaughter. ((((((((((((((((((((((Gwen))))))))))))))) SignatureNavy Take out the FISH to email me. > Gwen, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > debbie m. Gentle hugs, Gwen. Take care of yourself. Hugs, Carole > kate, i'm really not in a race with you, but i've had another accident also. > i was in my bedroom getting ready to go to high tea for a friend, and i [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > gwen Oh Gwen, So sorry that this is happening to you... Prayers for a quick recovery... I wore my hand brace yesterday and couldn't do anything with it on...So I can only imagine how you are doing what you are doing... Also wishing Annie lots of Luck and hope she does well.. Hugs Cindy > kate, i'm really not in a race with you, but i've had another accident > also. i was in my bedroom getting ready to go to high tea for a friend, [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > gwen Oh Gwen, I am so sorry to hear this, ouch, oh, ouch. I am praying for a quick healing for you. YOu take care sweetie, I know you did not need this. Also sending prayers and thoughts for Annie. SignatureLove and Hugs to all Jo the squirrely one I am nuts about you. > kate, i'm really not in a race with you, but i've had another accident > also. i was in my bedroom getting ready to go to high tea for a friend, [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > gwen |
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