I just had a baaaad crash...

[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)

[run it, ride it]

worse break than it looked, surgeon said. good thing he went in. unbearable pain, intense swelling, months of painful pt starting today. titanium plate will have to come out later but good it's in now. surgeon a mtber too--gave me special stitches so it heals nicer... even though he has to go back in later.

morphine hardly did a thing for me and percocets aren't much but I will get by.

advice: dont' ever break your clavicle. sucks.

[Pax]

worse break than it looked, surgeon said. good thing he went in. unbearable pain, intense swelling, months of painful pt starting today. titanium plate will have to come out later but good it's in now. surgeon a mtber too--gave me special stitches so it heals nicer... even though he has to go back in later.

morphine hardly did a thing for me and percocets aren't much but I will get by.

Glad you're done with the surgery, I'm sending you lots of healing vibes!

advice: dont' ever break your clavicle. sucks.

Been there, done that...agreed it SUCKS!

[margo49]

titanium plate will have to come out later but good it's in now. .

You can leave them in you know as long as they aren't bothering you.
You just go "ping" at airports.
In the meantime... rest and ice cream

[run it, ride it]

the surgeon said I don't have enough fat on the area for it to be comfortable in the future. certainly I will leave it in until it really bugs me.

and at least -that- ping will draw attention away from the barbells in my nipples! ...which my mother saw for the first time when she helped me tape them down for surgery... at least they seemed tame in comparison to the bone jutting out of my shoulder, right?

[crazycanuck]

R & R..

Sorry to hear about your crash. I hope time passes quickly & you can get back on your bike & horse soon.

Take care
C

[silver]

hang in there!! Are you home? Do you still have the morphine? I tell you what....I LOVED my morphine pump. Morphine was the only thing that would touch the broken bones pain. The nurses told me the best ways to manage the pain. I don't want to say cause it might not be right for you and you know....I'm not a doctor and all that, but the nurses knew better ways to deal with it than the doctors.

I know it doesn't seem like it now, but you will be better soon! Take good care and try to get some sleep.

[IntenseRide]

and at least -that- ping will draw attention away from the barbells in my nipples! ...which my mother saw for the first time when she helped me tape them down for surgery... at least they seemed tame in comparison to the bone jutting out of my shoulder, right?

*SNORT* Funny....I love it!

[run it, ride it]

no more morphine. I didn't much like the sensation of being on it and was happy to get off the IV. pain today is managable. just a little dizzy from the percocets, really sensitive to sounds, and numb on my shoulder. I took a very careful shower last night and can't describe how good it felt to wash off all the betadine and blood and sticky goo from all the tape on me. the constipation really is no fun but I'm eating lots of fruit and fibre and drinking all the water I can, as well as taking stool softeners.

my mother told me that often the first day after surgery is bad, the second you'll feel a little better, and the third can be rough. I'm enjoying day two and hoping to get a few avenues of my life sorted out... work is not going to be pleased...

[Pax]

Isn't that first shower a slice of heaven!! Glad you could take morphine, it's good stuff for pain if you're not allergic to it (projectile vomiting and hives for me).

[IFjane]

RiRi - did the morphine make you itchy all over? That's what happened to me - I had some given to me during surgery almost 2 weeks ago & I itched all over until it was out of my system. Couldn't scratch enough!

Heal quickly - hang in there - it will get better & you will be back on that bike soon.

[run it, ride it]

the morphine just made the room spin as though I were reaaaally drunk. I wasn't quite so nauseous as I would be were the room actually spinning from alcohol, but the power of association was enough that I just wanted it to stop.

[7rider]

Yowza.
It's been many years (10, in fact) since I last had surgery for my own mountainbike crash. That was my knee. But I do remember morphine pumps, Vicodin (talk about spins! Oy!), and the blessed relief of the first real shower.
Take care of yourself. Rest well. And good luck with the rehab.

[run it, ride it]

post-surgery--compare to the pre-surgery pic earlier in the thread! The surgeon set the bone back together and screwed on a titanium plate. I have some nerve damage but I prefer that to having bones fused improperly for the rest of my life!



I can't move my shoulder for two months, but nonetheless I am getting along well. maybe a little -too- well. DGIS (dear guy I'm seeing) has been an absolute sweetheart--I'm currently mid-move and sleeping on the couch in my apartment, so he offered his bed a few times. no, no! not what you think--no pressure at all on his part. but, you know, new relationship: pressure or no pressure, the tension was killing us both!

last night we just hit the end of our rope. the leash snapped, and broken bone or no broken bone, well... if a lady may comment with no ill regard toward her purity of character: we were careful but CREATIVE. I'll tell you what--those cycling muscles come in very handy when you have to get creative. I'm glad to be sore somewhere other than my shoulder for a change! Oh, I know, I'm bad! what if I'd injured something further? what would the surgeon say!? teeheehee.

I've just entered a phase of my life where I am happy for the first time in years and years--got out of a dead-end relationship with a guy who didn't appreciate me, finished my degree... I can't even express how much good change did me--learning to mountain bike, finding great new friends and having fun adventures... this whole shoulder thing is just a blip on the radar, and after feeling such pain the pleasures are only amplified (percocets don't hurt, 'neither).

ohh, he just invited me over for dinner, so I will end my novel!

[pooks]

"Creativity" is a very healthy part of a relationship. You go, girl!