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Broken wrist

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Mildred Thu 04-Aug-16 10:09:20

Playing football with my grandson yesterday I slipped and broke my wrist. It is now in a plaster and I am going to the fracture clinic tomorrow to make sure it is correctly aligned the fact that I have an appointment so quickly makes me think it isn't. I might need an operation to set it. I am asking for tips on coping with a broken right arm also tips for any operation which hopefully I won't need but if I do. I am lucky as do not live alone.

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Irma Thu 22-Sep-16 20:38:39

I was just 64 when I did mine, my OH was a treasure! He did everything for me.

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annodomini Thu 22-Sep-16 20:51:11

I had my partial shoulder replacement during a heatwave. The sling was very hot and itchy, but at least I had been advised that I could take it off at night. I rested the arm on a pillow and even now find that comfortable. Like Nellie, I found the physio torturous but it worked. When I had an op on my thumb joint, I was in a large immobilising bandage for six weeks and the physio involved stretching and squeezing. I found 'popping' bubble wrap specially effective. They physios hadn't thought of that. But after 11 years I still can't snap my fingers.

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