doc report

hey everyone,
just went to doc today. he's going to order me a wheelchair and a canadian walker--a walker for those who have a broken wrist. it helps with the forearm support. doc said 6 weeks of bedrest/no work. wants me try the walker in 3 or 4 days. the stable fracture of the Pelvic bone and wrist heals by itself for 6 weeks with doc visits and x-rays every week for progress report. The pelvis is a ring-like structure of bones at the lower end of the trunk. The two sides of the pelvis are actually three bones (ilium, ischium, and pubis) that grow together as people age.I fractured the pubis bone. Strong connective tissues (ligaments) join the pelvis to the large triangular bone (sacrum) at the base of the spine. This creates a bowl-like cavity below the rib cage. On each side, there is a hollow cup (acetabulum) that serves as the socket for the hip joint. The pelvis serves as an attachment point for muscles that reach down into the legs and up into the trunk of the body. No wonder i experience pain when i try to move my leg. the muscles contract. as long as i dont' move, no pain, but when i move, pain. A broken pelvis is painful, often swollen and bruised. The individual may try to keep the hip or knee bent in a specific position to avoid aggravating the pain. yip, that's what i do.


so today,i was carried on a stretcher to the doc's appt. the stretcher team (bart and 2 ambulance people--Shequilla and David) were very patient with me after I screamed BLOODY MURDER when they first moved me from the bed to the travel chair (chair with back wheels and front handles--used to travel down a flight of stairs, in my case, 5 steps.) when i am picked up or dragged,even if leg may be supported, but butt hangs and is not supported, muscles lock, pain persists. After that episode, i do not and did not want the help of anyone carrying me anymore. peeps did it on friday, and now again. NO MORE! So I then went from the chair to the stretcher without assistance. hey, no problem, just time. the team made the adjustable stretcher the same height as the travel chair. after the arrival to the doc's office, i then proceeded to the x-ray table, without assistance, again, no pain, no problem. on the way home, same thing, but reverse, no problem. the stretcher team were very nice and patient. the problem lies when the transfers are not leveled at the same height.

so that was it. doc gave me more prescriptions and i'll get my chair and walker soon. and soon i'll be using the toilet!

oh,and today i peed in the pan without any assistance too!! yay!

doable deb