How to Ruin a Nice Day - Fracture your arm!

Ouch! Again, Ouch! Hope it heals fast!

Oh, wilma! I am sorry! Had many a fall, but I must be lucky (knock on wood) I've never broken anything. Take care of yourself!!!!

Now Wilma! You know what dr Ima said about jumping on the couch! Now Harry will have to order those red and green skittles for the pain! >SIGH!< I really do hope you get to feeling better though.

Oh Wilma...a fracture...but look on the good side...good excuse for not doing housework and more time to gather friends!

Awe I am sorry. Will be looking forward to your articles.

Oh! You poor thing... One of my other connections, Susan, fell 10 feet out of her attic and is laid up too - although she didn't break anything.
Why don't these things happen in the dead of winter when there's nothing to do!!!
Hang in there!!!

Poor Wilma! We'll read slow for you. I hope it's an easy heal and you are able to get back to two-armedness soon!

I'm so sorry! I feel terrible for you! I wish you a speedy recovery!

Oh Man, that is bad! I'm sorry, I hope things get better. Now you need a cast protecter for when you bathe.

Goodness Wilma! You go all out don't ya?

I can't imagine having to do all that you did right after you broke it. I'd want someone to baby me but me being a Mom I probably would have taken care of myself anyway. Good luck with it!

Oh, I'm so sorry. I can't believe you could drive after that! Take care.

Thanks everyone! I appreciate your good wishes! elizabeth, I don't need any excuses to avoid housework! However, since I live alone, if I don't do it, it doesn't get done! I still will be baby sitting my grandkids every day. They will just have to help me a bit more with things.

I hate this one handed typing! Jackie, thanks for reading slow!

Ouch! Ouch! And oops! Way to go grace! Ha! Ha! Hope it heals up quickly for ya!

two fractures? trust you not to do things by halves.

"I went in the house and knelt down to avoid fainting" you poor bugger :(

ohhh Im so sorry...

Yikes! I hope you heal quickly, best wishes!

Oh no I am sorry that you broke your arm. never go to an urgent care if it is really urgent! Hospitals can at least call in Orthopedic doctor to the ER but if you work in a hospital then you might already know that. I hope your arm heals and that you aren't in a lot of pain.

Hope it's better soon.

My heart goes out to you. My wife trip and fell on a sidewalk and broke her arm. She too caught her toe and braced with her arm. Be well soon!

My condolences to you on your pain, but I had to laugh at the description of your ordeal, as I am on this website specifically because I am home from work for an undetermined time as well as I heal from several fractures (including wrist and elbow) as a result of playing with my girlfriend's grandchildren, and thinking it was such a fun activity, I would have to take it up with my own grands . . . now it will have to wait. In the meantime, I have discovered Gather.com and am renewing my acquaintence with gifts/pastimes of years past: art and writing!

Thanks for sharing your misfortune with humor.

Sorry to hear about your arm Wilma, I wish for you a speedy recovery. It must be hard to do anything. I have trouble with two hands keeping going. Best wishes.

Oh dear - now that would ruin a person's day - so how are you managing with the one-armedness? Hmmm, perhaps we should call you "Wilma, the one armed bandit" ;-)

Tonia, I don't think I could make it as a bandit, especially with one arm.

Fortunately, I am not in any pain; it is just in the way. Hard to take a bath, hard to get dressed and many other small things you just take for granted.

Appreciate all the good wishes.

Wishing you fast healing and lots of naptime for the grandkids..........and make sure they pick up their toys next time !!!

didja ever notice that in times of tragedy everyone always says "at least you have your health"?

Yanno I have to say I'd probably feel like a complete blithering idiot to offer up that little rosey bit of sunshine here...

BUT in a valiant effort to focus on the positive, the bright side here is two fold. One, your grandchild wasn't hurt...just mildly traumatized. Second, it could have been both arms.

BUT DONT GET ANY IDEAS! ;)

Oh Miz Wilma - I am so very sorry that has happened to you at the worse possible time - glad you're able to type. Something like that happened to me - in New Mexico - my dog had gotten sick and we stopped to let him walk around in a park - my shoes slipped down a hill and I heard my leg crack...it wasn't broken but I had a torn ligament - still the next day it was swollen so I drove to a hospital. It was pouring down rain, they came out to get me in a wheelchair - took me in x-rayed me and put me in a temporary cast up to my knee - they also gave me crutches. I was in and out in one hour. That was in Gallup, New Mexico. The people there were exceptionally nice. I hope yours heals as nice as mine did. Salud.

Oh no, Wilma - how sad!!! I hope you heal really fast!

OOOOOhhhhhh ouchie, Wilma that is not good at all. I sure hope it is not two and I am very sorry to hear you fractured your arm. What a bummer. I will ask to have you added to our church prayer list for rapid healing of your arm. Poor Liam too he was probably very tired. Get well soon.

Iris, that is why I should have gone to the hospital. A radiologist would have read the x-rays and they would have been better quality. I was trying to be a "responsible consumer" and go to the less costly medical provider. So much for that idea! Am anxious to hear what the orthopod has to say tomorrow.

Oh, IRIS & WILMA, regarding going to the hospital for better care??? I said earlier I've been introduced because I'm home healing from several fractures. I had the foresight not to let anyone touch me, the first responders (fire dept) immediately put me in a collar and strapped me to a back board because I told them I had hurt my back as well as wrist, etc. The EMTs who took me to the hospital told the ER people (I heard them) that I had a back injury as well as wrist and elbow pain. I also told the ER staff that I had injured my back, elbow and wrist. They insisted I GET UP off their table (I couldn't stand or walk so they put me in a wheelchair) to go to radiology for an x-ray of my wrist. I kept saying, "But this hurts my back!" and they would ignore me. I told the radioly technician that I couldn't make the moves to x-ray my wrist like she was asking BECAUSE IT HURT MY INJURED BACK. She said, "I just do as I'm told." ???? I had to DEMAND to the ER doctor to have my back x-rayed, and after viewing the x-ray he told me there was no injury there. My wrist was ignored. They admitted me because I couldn't stand. Only at FURTHER INSISTANCE did I finally get them to x-ray my elbow and insisted someone else look at my back. Eventually here is what they found: broken wrist, broken elbow (and even then, the orthopedic Dr said there was nothing wrong with my elbow and only admitted it was broken after looking at the x-ray a 2nd time AT MY INSISTENCE that my elbow WASN'T okay), crushed vertabra requiring surgical attention (vertebraplasty) and another vertebra chipped. THIS from the "experts" at the hospital???? (Not to mention I spent the first night in unbearable pain, couldn't sleep, BECAUSE THE HOSPITAL STAFF HADN'T BOTHERED TO PLUG IN MY NURSE-CALL BUTTON, SO I WAS IGNORED ALL NIGHT!!! And I even had the ambulence take me to one of our areas BETTER hospitals . . .

I recount this to the two of you ONLY because sometimes the hospitals aren't always the "best". The bottom line I have learned from all of this (and trust me, I've omitted a lot) is this: IT IS MY BODY AND ONLY I CAN TAKE CARE OF IT. I MUST TRUST WHAT MY BODY TELLS ME AND BE INSISTANT AND PERSISTANT WHEN DEALING WITH THE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK FOR ME TO HELP ME. I CANNOT TRUST THEIR JUDGEMENT. They live outside my body and will make generalizations if I don't make everything VERY, VERY clear to them and persist until I am satisfied they have done all possible.

I have complained repeatedly about pain in my upper arm from my shoulder(since the accident), but since it's relatively minor, I haven't insisted on x-ray or treatment. If it continues after the rest of me is healed, I might have my GP pursue it.

I know the medical profession has a lot going against them with insurance demands, et al. It still doesn't alter my final awareness in caps above. Had I not been insistent, I would be living with unbearable pain in my back (still just bearable at this point), and not understanding why my elbow would be so painful to use.

Sorry for the length.

"I have been introduce", I meant to say that I've become a member of Gather.com and had so much fun in here lately because I'm home healing, rather than busy at work

Hey, Judith, that's OK about going on so much! It is up to the individual to speak up for sure.

I work at a nearby hospital and KNOW things would have been better handled had I gone there. I am sorry that you had such a DREADFUL hospital experience. Next time, call me and I will come take care of you!

Years ago when I broke my elbow, the emergency room x-rays were read by an elderly doctor. He said my elbow was fine. All weekend, I lay on the couch with my arm propped up as I could not move it. On Monday, I got a call from my doctor's office saying to come in to get it casted. The radiologist had read the x-rays Monday morning and had seen the fracture!

Oh my! I hope it heals soon; I remember fracturing my right arm when I was 8. That was one of the worst pains!

Well, ouch. What an awful time of the year to have something like this happen.

oh my gosh wilma. how gracious of you to still help us out here. I hope you get healed up real soon. Lord lessen her pain.

OWIE! As one who is sitting here with an air splint on her ankle...I can definitely say "I feel your pain" and I sympathize like crazy! Sure hope your orthopod gives you the go ahead to go back to work soon....if not, let me know, I know most of the online free gaming sites after 2 weeks of being shut in myself! LOL :-D God Bless!

You just get yourself better.

Ouch. I understand the breaking part isn't the worst part. Its the achey bones during recovery. (I've never broken a bone and probably never will, so I can only say what I've heard from others. My family has very dense bones.)

Yikes....I am soo sorry Wilma~

I hope it heals nicely~

I'm glad this is way past and you're all healed!

I'm just finding this too. Bless your heart