I just had a baaaad crash...

[silver]

[SandyLS]

Ouch! That does look painful. I'm glad the codine is helping. Good luck with the surgery tomorrow and best wishes for a quick and full recovery.

[margo49]

You are lucky it didn't puncture. Doesnt look too displaced thought.
Make sure your shoulder doesn't end up dropped after its all over. (Good PT)
Good luck with the surgery.
Eat ice cream (for the calcium).

[run it, ride it]

margo: it is displaced enough to be borderline for surgery--which I wholeheartedly opted for because straightness and evenness is VITAL to me as an equestrian. My horse will not tolerate my riding with a dropped shoulder and my physiotherapist already knows he's going to be put to work!

I will eat plenty of non-wheat yogourt and frogourt for calcium, no worries!

[pooks]

Good luck with your surgery. It sounds like you're already having good luck with finding friends and boyfriends!

[smilingcat]

Hi riri,

You have a wonderful family and a wonderful boy friend. So nice of him to keep an eye on you. To stay up with you most of the night to make sure you are alright. Then drive you to ER. then stay with you until your mother came by. He is really special. You are in good hand. Well, now that you've graduated, maybe this is a good time to take some time off and recouperate. Let your boy friend take care of you for a while.

Wish you the best and a speedy recovery.

[IntenseRide]

I remember watching my husband go over the bars on a very steep downhill, he flipped several times, thank god he separated from his bike. His shoulder hangs down now as it was never set correctly. Actually, he says he has more flexibility now then before , but I will never forget the pain he was in as we walked two miles back to the trailhead. I wish you a 100 percent recovery, sending all the healing thoughts your way I can.

[margo49]

[QUOTE]margo: it is displaced enough to be borderline for surgery--which I wholeheartedly opted for QUOTE]

Good for you!
I was of the near enough is good enough school myself, but am suffering the consequences (later, ie now; or should that be now,ie later?).
Seemed like a good idea at the time and I don't regret it much (or often); but now the kids are bigger if I was in a similar situation I would prob'ly treat things more seriously/thoroughly

[DebW]

Good luck through your surgery and healing process. I was like Margot and let my fractured clavicle heal as it was. The overlap in the collarbone hasn't presented a problem, and the sharp bone ends smoothed out over time. But I assume that by having the surgery you'll be able to move your shoulder much sooner and avoid possible frozen shoulder and months of painful PT. BTW, looks like you have very little swelling or bruising around your collarbone which should improve your healing. I had lots of swelling and bruising that took 6 weeks to go away. Somewhere on the board (a thread about bike scars?) is the x-ray of my clavicle which was snapped into 4 pieces.

[margo49]

BTW, looks like you have very little swelling or bruising around your collarbone which should improve your healing.

I thought that too, then I thought - it hasn't come out yet (in technicolor)