The Quilter Who Broke Her Wrist
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I am sitting on my recliner next to the wood heater writing this blog post to you with my left hand. It is going rather slowly and I seem to be hitting the backspace button a lot!
Early Sunday morning, 4.30 am, I tripped and fell in the dark on my way to the loo. It made a big thump according to DH… it also hurt a bit!
I got DH to get the first aid kit, bandaged up my wrist, and went back to bed…
Later that morning Sylvie gave me a cuddle next to the fire while we discussed whether we were going to go to emergency or not…
DH was doing stuff outside, and I had a chat to my friend Liz who convinced me to go in just to make sure… I was pretty sure it wasn’t broken because while it did hurt, the pain wasn’t too bad… unless I moved it…. and I thought we would just end up wasting ours and others’ time… but Liz said she’d take me and keep me company, so off we went..
We got to emergency at 6pm… and got an x-ray done right away..
As you can see, no protruding bones and the technician said she couldn’t see anything obvious…
6 hours later………….. we finally got to see a doctor!
She said I had broken one of the wrist bones, down close to my thumb, and possibly some little ones in and around the thumb. She said I needed to have a cast and then get a CT scan in the next few days. And she referred me to a specialist.
The cast went on quickly…
My first cast! So exciting!
I have never broken anything, so this is a first for me! And I always wanted a cast when I was a kid…. somehow it seems more of a hassle now than something cool! But hey, it could have been worse – I also hurt my knee and hip – thankfully she decided I could walk fine and didn’t order scans on them…it was 1 am, we wanted to go to bed. We got home at 2am and I’m pretty sure I fell asleep the minute my head hit the pillow….
It’s a bit frustrating – I can’t crochet, knit, sew or stitch! not to mention many other things of course!! No work either… you know, I needed a vacation but this isn’t quite what I had in mind!
So what does all of this mean for the blog?
Well, I will be posting the Christmas SAL every week but won’t be stitching along… I’ll see how I go with everything else…
In other news…
My Online Shops
As you know, earlier this year I had had enough of Etsy and closed down both of my shops…. since then I’ve been looking at different platforms and not been happy with any of them.
So I opened them again and my love/hate relationship with Etsy will continue…..
Days Filled With Joy Patterns
Days Filled With Joy Printables and Planning
Staying with Etsy does mean I won’t need to update all the links, so that is a positive!
I have more products in the works for both stores, but breaking my wrist will slow that plan down… oh well!
Well, that’s all for today…
Please sew for me!
So sorry to hear of your injury!! I hope you will heal quickly.
Oh no, so sorry your wrist is out of commission. I hope it heals super fast.
Aww Joy I’m so sorry but glad that it wasn’t any worse. You have a good friend in Liz! Hope things aren’t too difficult for you and that you heal quickly. Good luck with the specialist. I’m glad you have Sylvie to provide cuddles for you!
Oh I am so sorry. I stubbed my toe 18 months ago and fell, I broke my wrist in 2 places (4 days before Christmas, guess who couldn’t cook) so I understand your frustration. I only had the hard cast for about 3 weeks after my surgery. They had me start therapy at that time and I could remove the brace to take a shower and do therapy. I of course had to wear a plastic bag over the cast to shower before that. Audio books became my friend as even holding a book was hard. I am not crazy about ebooks. It was winter and I had trouble wearing sweaters as the cast would catch and snag everything. It took awhile to get to the point where I could hold a needle again. My darling husband finished the binding on the last Christmas quilt. The one I had been quilting the day I fell as I rushed into the main part of the house while a row stitched out. I was on the last row. My daughter trimmed it afterwards and stitched the binding on so my husband could hand sew down on the back. I have healed up nicely for someone my age. So I aam sure you will do great. I had learned to feed myself with my left hand a couple years previous when I had shoulder surgery so I did not starve. I am now pretty much able to do everything with either hand. Small blessing. I looked for them everyday.
I’m so sorry! I well remember my broken wrist ordeal two years ago! Don’t go stir crazy!
I’m so sorry you took a fall and broke your wrist. I hope it will heal quickly and you will not need any surgery, nor further treatment. I also took a fall during the night, having not turned on lights. I broke several metacarpal bones in my feet, one of which needed surgery. Ten weeks ago I had a plate and screws. I’m now able to apply light pressure on my foot, but not very graceful. I hope the two of us can help increase awareness to everyone to turn on a light (or use a flashlight) when one has to get up in the middle of the night. We may think we are safe in our homes, but accidents do happen.
Sorry to hear about your accident! Darn those things that trip you up in the dark of night!! Those long waits in the ER are so draining too. It is going to put the kibosh on things for a while. As you sit in front of your wood burner I will be sewing in my basement as it is cooler there. We are in a heatwave right now and we don’t have air-conditioning. No need to answer, just know that I am thinking of you and wishing you a good recovery.
Aggie Bollhorn
Canada
Oh no Joy. Sorry to hear about your wrist. At least when i fell, it was 6:30 in the morning, it was only bones in my foot that broke so i could at least still do my craft work. q
Oh NO! So sorry to hear this. Having that thumb wrapped up has you in a pickle, I imagine. When I broke my right dominant arm, it’s like when the water goes out and you immediately get thirsty, you immediately want to sew so bad. One thing I did do was something simple and didn’t need accuracy like making a sampler of stitches my machine had to offer. Something I had put off, because I had other things to do. Here’s wishing you to heal quickly.
Oh dear, that is so inconvenient to say the least. Hope it mends quickly and you can get back to your regular quilty self xx
I am so sorry to hear that , Joy. I wish you a very speedy recovery. I know you will miss doing all of the things you love, but hopefully you will back to stitching and knitting soon. Blessings.
It’s a good thing you went to the ER. You have a fantastic friend who thinks only what is best for you. Quilty Hugs.
So sorry to hear about your arm, Joy. Take good care of yourself.
I’m sorry to hear you broke your wrist – and maybe even sorrier it put a big damper on sewing, etc. I know that can be frustrating.
And 6 hours at the hospital? Good grief! I understand that. Last year, I fell out of the RV and broke my ankle. I was glad I went in when I left because hobbling out, the emergency room was packed and they were understaffed.
Well, I did not break my wrist, BUT on 29 Nov 23 I had to have thumb surgery, They had to fuse one of the bones, then removed the other one and pulled the tendon over to cushion the removed arthritic bone.
Well, the recovery was 4 months. It was very difficult to not have my right hand and just about the time I would be out of recovery (soft cast 1 week – hard cast 30 days- the the removable cast). I slipped in the shower and used that right arm to stable me – MISTAKE! I then dealt with an impingement in the right shoulder, two weeks later, (PT messed me up) I pulled the tendon on the right hand, they thought it was a tear!
Then because I stressed so much over all of the recovery trying to get back to normal, the Stress took over and caused skin issues.
So, if they let you move your fingers, do that all the time, and try to lift that right arm at the shoulder to keep it from freezing. They did not tell me to do that, I focused on moving my thumb and getting that back to 100%. Anyway, I am now getting over all the mess and trying to get back to the desire to quilt again. My thumb surgery was a 100% success, but I pushed each day to do what they told me I could do.
I wish you the best recovery you can have with a broken wrist and so very sorry that you have to experience this “Quilter Disaster”! Hugs.
Oh Joy, sorry to hear – what a nuisance for you. I can only imagine how I would feel if I couldn’t do all the things I want to. Rest well and hope it heals well …. (however, congrats on your first cast!)
Hugz
I’m so sorry to hear this has happened to you, Joy. May you heal quickly and get back to doing all the things you love!
I’m so sorry Joy – it must be so frustrating for you not to be able to stitch. Hopefully the cast won’t have to be on too long.
Sorry to hear that Joy, just catching up on blog reading today, am so far behind. Hope you are improving, enjoy the enforced rest.