Walking fast and London pavements are a bad mix, apparently. I caught my toe on a raised edge of concrete paving and at first thought I would just stagger a bit, and then momentum caught up and I realised I was going to fly. There was a moment when time stood still and I tried to decide which side to fall on - the broken left shoulder, or the broken right hand? Unfortunately, I wasn't quick enough, and landed on both palms, and my right knee. Some very kind people came rushing over to help, including one who said he was a physio.
He helped me up, and asked me to move my hands around, and then lift my arms out to the side. Poor guy got quite panicked when I couldn't with my left, until I mentioned I was recovering from a broken shoulder. Then he got more panicked and said I needed to go to hospital and get x-rays. Nope, not quite ready to spend more time with the NHS just yet.
My right knee was grazed and bleeding through my jeans.
I proceeded (more cautiously) to work, and tried to work out how damaged I felt. I could move my left arm just fine, so a new fracture seemed unlikely. My hands were sore, and I had a gash on my right wrist from falling on my laptop.
There was a general view that I should call the Mr Shoulder's secretary to see what they would say, but I didn't. I know exactly what would happen - ask anyone medical what you should do when you have a fall while recovering from a fracture, and they will say you need an x-ray. Mostly to cover themselves (and just in case) because once you've told them there might be a problem, it's their problem to find out if there is a problem, and that means x-rays. And after the superb report I got yesterday, I don't want to have to go back and admit I did the one thing he kept telling me not to do: fall.
Anyway, nothing seemed too bad, so I decided to go ahead with swimming and see how it held up. I had a sauna and steam first, then swam for 30 minutes. It was fine. Sore, and a bit wrenched, but there was almost an improvement in ROM, and I was able to move my arm a lot better in backstroke.
Will have a bath later and hopefully will be fine tomorrow. And maybe learn to slow down and be a bit more careful. Should also have got that physio's details, he seemed quite good!
He helped me up, and asked me to move my hands around, and then lift my arms out to the side. Poor guy got quite panicked when I couldn't with my left, until I mentioned I was recovering from a broken shoulder. Then he got more panicked and said I needed to go to hospital and get x-rays. Nope, not quite ready to spend more time with the NHS just yet.
My right knee was grazed and bleeding through my jeans.
I proceeded (more cautiously) to work, and tried to work out how damaged I felt. I could move my left arm just fine, so a new fracture seemed unlikely. My hands were sore, and I had a gash on my right wrist from falling on my laptop.
There was a general view that I should call the Mr Shoulder's secretary to see what they would say, but I didn't. I know exactly what would happen - ask anyone medical what you should do when you have a fall while recovering from a fracture, and they will say you need an x-ray. Mostly to cover themselves (and just in case) because once you've told them there might be a problem, it's their problem to find out if there is a problem, and that means x-rays. And after the superb report I got yesterday, I don't want to have to go back and admit I did the one thing he kept telling me not to do: fall.
Anyway, nothing seemed too bad, so I decided to go ahead with swimming and see how it held up. I had a sauna and steam first, then swam for 30 minutes. It was fine. Sore, and a bit wrenched, but there was almost an improvement in ROM, and I was able to move my arm a lot better in backstroke.
Will have a bath later and hopefully will be fine tomorrow. And maybe learn to slow down and be a bit more careful. Should also have got that physio's details, he seemed quite good!
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