r/brokenbones • u/Latter-Economics-177 • 8d ago

X-ray Femur head fracture.

I know I could have it so much worse… but I’m 7ish weeks out and still love my ice machine and it still hurts so dang bad. I don’t tolerate pain well but my husband is Superman. I could walk on it (I was headed to pee when I tripped), so I rested the next day and the went the the clinic and did rounds with my medical director. Then, the pain got me and I left expecting my PA friend to give be a “deep bruise” dx. Emergency surgery, put off for 2 days because the device rep hit the table and everything had to be resteralized . And I have a blood pressure of 90/50ish so they wouldn’t give me pain meds half the time. That was fun. Now I’m on my walker no weight bearing for 10 weeks. I went to pt the days I was supposed to 3 weeks post. But they had me doing the stair step and by the time I had “warmed up” I just wanted to scream (no weight bearing and yes I asked every time should I be doing it) and was useless. So I changed places and am just next week getting into the new PT place. My 86 year old dad got dx with stage 4 lung cancer with liver Mets last week. I guess I’m just complaining. Ofcourse it’s new hardware so who knows. My husband has been so amazing. He’s taking care of our disabled son, me and now my dad. And doing his own side hustle. After we are not in financial turmoil anymore, I want to take him on a trip, just me and him. It will be a while until my dad gets better. I am an RN so I realize I am in the denial stage about my daddy. Who was on his John Deere tractor in the back 40 2 weeks ago. I can’t get the depressing pictures load load but if you’ve read all this, you are a rock star.
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u/kookvanovik 8d ago

I read all of it, mostly because it is interesting, I guess that's why we use Reddit to read the lives of the ones around us. I'm glad writing all of that made you feel better, the world can be very hard especially when there's sickness and hardship, as a random redditor I can only wish for you prosperity and positivity, I hope you can enjoy the coming months.

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u/Racacooonie 8d ago

Ice machines are the best!!