chewbaker
Regular
- Location
- Portsmouth
Sorry for your smash, hope you heal well.
I was told recently that if you are holding onto something already, part of the flinch reflex can often just make you grip it tighter...
Just back from A&E
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Sorry for your smash, hope you heal well.
I was told recently that if you are holding onto something already, part of the flinch reflex can often just make you grip it tighter...
FishFright
More wheels than sense
You can get 8/500mg co-codamol over the counter and also low dose Dihydrocodeine / paracetamol too, this is pharmacist sales only but broken bones should qualify you fine. This will tide you over until you can see a doctor for something stronger
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
Oh dear. Very best wishes to you.
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glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
That's what they gave me after the x-ray.
OP
OP
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
That sounds plausible but I must have had hundreds of offs (nearly all while mountain biking but a few on the road too) and never experienced this grip thing before.
Globalti
Legendary Member
I have. You're gripping with one hand, front wheel hits something and the steering whips round. Easy to do.
@glasgowcyclist when you have the fracture clinic follow up next week they MUST take an X ray to determine whether the ends are meeting up. If they don't, you'll have a non-union like I did. Next time I will insist on plating. They are counting on you being one of the lucky 85% who, they say, will heal naturally.
PM me if you want my phone number for a chat. I feel very sympathetic!
@glasgowcyclist when you have the fracture clinic follow up next week they MUST take an X ray to determine whether the ends are meeting up. If they don't, you'll have a non-union like I did. Next time I will insist on plating. They are counting on you being one of the lucky 85% who, they say, will heal naturally.
PM me if you want my phone number for a chat. I feel very sympathetic!
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steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Get well soon @glasgowcyclist. Having done my best Superman impression over the handlebars almost two years ago and also breaking my left collarbone, I know how you feel. Hopefully your recovery will be as uneventful as mine - everything was fully healed within six weeks and all that remains of my "adventure" is an inability to go as fast downhill as I used to (due to sheer fear), which is probably quite sensible to be honest!
The really strong co-codamol I was prescribed (think it was 30mg codeine per 500mg paracetemol) made me throw up, so I stuck to a combo of paracetemol and ibuprofen. After getting through the first couple of days where it really hurt (although it hurt all over not just my shoulder, because I rolled a few times after landing), those were enough to keep to pain down to just an annoyance rather than any real horrible pain.
The only problem I found was that I couldn't stand or walk for more than an hour at a time - if I tried, my back started to hurt. As soon as I sat down, the pain started to subside and was completely gone in 10 minutes. Which then meant I could manage another hour of standing/walking if needed before it started again. Never really got to the bottom of that one but maybe it was because in the sling, my arm was being held at an awkward angle or an unnatural level and that was causing strain on my back?
The really strong co-codamol I was prescribed (think it was 30mg codeine per 500mg paracetemol) made me throw up, so I stuck to a combo of paracetemol and ibuprofen. After getting through the first couple of days where it really hurt (although it hurt all over not just my shoulder, because I rolled a few times after landing), those were enough to keep to pain down to just an annoyance rather than any real horrible pain.
The only problem I found was that I couldn't stand or walk for more than an hour at a time - if I tried, my back started to hurt. As soon as I sat down, the pain started to subside and was completely gone in 10 minutes. Which then meant I could manage another hour of standing/walking if needed before it started again. Never really got to the bottom of that one but maybe it was because in the sling, my arm was being held at an awkward angle or an unnatural level and that was causing strain on my back?
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Ouch! Hope you're well soon.
chewbaker
Regular
- Location
- Portsmouth
Oh the only thing I will add is I'm just finishing up a period of prescribed co-codamol after being knocked off my bike and tearing my rotator cuff... and they bunged me up like a brick wall.... keep hydrated and keep your fibre uptake up.....
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Heal fast & well! Touch wood I've never broke mine although I rode with a top London surgeon last year who thought I had
Globalti
Legendary Member
I took three codeine tabs and by day two I was blocked solid. I also had a massive depressed downer for an hour after taking the third so I gave the rest back to the chemist.
For two weeks after the break I took ibuprofen without food, against the advice. Drank some orange juice and had a huge attack of indigestion so reckoned the ibuprofen was burning a hole in my stomach wall and stopped. Paracetamol is a very good drug, cheap if you buy own-brand, not harmful if you don't overdose and effective if taken at regular intervals.
For two weeks after the break I took ibuprofen without food, against the advice. Drank some orange juice and had a huge attack of indigestion so reckoned the ibuprofen was burning a hole in my stomach wall and stopped. Paracetamol is a very good drug, cheap if you buy own-brand, not harmful if you don't overdose and effective if taken at regular intervals.
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Where in Glasgow did this happen and what hospital did you go to?
