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fizzgig

(24,146 posts) Sat Jun 9, 2012, 12:17 AM Jun 2012

i fractured my damn elbow

i tripped at work yesterday and my right elbow (of course) took the brunt of the fall. it didn't hurt too badly at the time, but i did a write up for my boss and let him know before i left in case there was damage.

by the time i went to bed last night i could only bend my elbow from 45 to 90 degrees and it hurt like a mother. stopped into work today, got the claim started and headed to the er. it's a small radial head fracture, nothing major, but it hurts and is major pain in my ass. they put me in a sling and wrote me a script for painkillers. i go to the occupational health clinic on monday.

they gave me some vicodin in the er and i should have listened to my instinct to not take both of them. i haven't taken prescription painkillers since i fractured my ankle six or seven years ago and i have been so nauseated all day.

i'm stocked up on saltines, ginger ale and popsicles, but i'm hoping i don't have to use the pills much.

one of my bffs was wonderful enough to run me around today since i didn't feel comfortable driving, i have amazing friends.

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i fractured my damn elbow (Original Post) fizzgig Jun 2012 OP

Very wise of you to report it the first day and not shrug it off Populist_Prole Jun 2012 #1

i've shrugged off a couple falls before fizzgig Jun 2012 #5

Sorry to hear this. momto3 Jun 2012 #2

sleeping seems to be the hardest part fizzgig Jun 2012 #6

I just hate it that we don't "bounce" the way we used to riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #3

being past the weeble-wobble stage is lousy fizzgig Jun 2012 #7

That has got to suck libodem Jun 2012 #4

my left hand is useless at so many things fizzgig Jun 2012 #8

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh...that brings back memories....... mrmpa Jun 2012 #9

owwwwwwwwwwwwww fizzgig Jun 2012 #10

Okay........... mrmpa Jun 2012 #11

oh man Kali Jun 2012 #12

it should heal easily enough fizzgig Jun 2012 #13

Damn, fizzigig, so sorry! Bertha Venation Jun 2012 #14

thanks, bertha fizzgig Jun 2012 #15

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)

1. Very wise of you to report it the first day and not shrug it off

Reply to fizzgig (Original post)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 12:53 AM

Jun 2012

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

5. i've shrugged off a couple falls before

Reply to Populist_Prole (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 02:30 PM

Jun 2012

but now that i'm in management, i know better.

momto3

(662 posts)

2. Sorry to hear this.

Reply to fizzgig (Original post)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 06:10 AM

Jun 2012

Any damage to a joint is extraordinarily painful - and inconvenient. I landed on my elbow in a motorcycle accident a couple of years ago. I did not fracture anything and it was still ungodly painful.

I feel your pain and I hope it will not take too long to recover.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

6. sleeping seems to be the hardest part

Reply to momto3 (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 02:31 PM

Jun 2012

i usually sleep on my right side and i just can't get comfortable

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)

3. I just hate it that we don't "bounce" the way we used to

Reply to fizzgig (Original post)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 11:56 AM

Jun 2012

So sorry you're feeling low. Hope tomorrow's better...

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

7. being past the weeble-wobble stage is lousy

Reply to riderinthestorm (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 02:32 PM

Jun 2012

thanks

libodem

(19,288 posts)

4. That has got to suck

Reply to fizzgig (Original post)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 12:03 PM

Jun 2012

Heal up quick. Ouch.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

8. my left hand is useless at so many things

Reply to libodem (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 02:36 PM

Jun 2012

i don't hurt myself often, but when i do, i make sure it's something painful and inconvenient.

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)

9. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh...that brings back memories.......

Reply to fizzgig (Original post)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 07:51 PM

Jun 2012

I broke my elbow in 2001. Totally smashed, they did surgery and installed screws (2). Did lots of physicall therapy. That's mandatory, no questions......do you understand??????

Due to the way it was broken, I don't have full range of motion (I cannot bring my arm straight). In about 2 years from now, I will have an artificial elbow replacement, and will be able to have full range of motion for my senior years.

Take the vicodin, it's your friend.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

10. owwwwwwwwwwwwww

Reply to mrmpa (Reply #9)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 08:07 PM

Jun 2012

that sounds terribly painful, makes mine look like a scratch. i've got a lot more range of motion toward straight today.

i only took one vicoidin today and took it with food, so my belly feels a bit better.

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)

11. Okay...........

Reply to fizzgig (Reply #10)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 02:10 AM

Jun 2012

do not underestimate the trauma that has occurred to your body. Do not push it. One day at at a time.

Kali

(55,020 posts)

12. oh man

Reply to fizzgig (Original post)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 02:17 AM

Jun 2012

ouch - so it was worse than you thought. good thing you had it checked out. Hope it heals without too much trouble, but it is likley to become another personal weather-predictor I bet. (my whole body seems to be at that stage now, especially in winter)

the nausea from the vikes should dissipate as you continue to take them, but watch it - they are pretty nice and it easy to slip into using them when you could be going down to tylenol or aspirin.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

13. it should heal easily enough

Reply to Kali (Reply #12)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 01:32 PM

Jun 2012

i'm really watching the vikes, took one yesterday and none yet today, the ibuprofen is taking care of the pain well enough. the havoc they wreak on my body is not worth it for me.

Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)

14. Damn, fizzigig, so sorry!

Reply to fizzgig (Original post)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 01:42 PM

Jun 2012

I frequently say (and mean it) that I'd rather have broken bones than nausea. I can't imagine both at once.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

15. thanks, bertha

Reply to Bertha Venation (Reply #14)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 03:09 PM

Jun 2012

i've just laid off the pain meds, ibuprofen and ice are working well enough, but my stomach is still pretty off.

how have you been feeling?

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