Looks like I am benched for a long, long, 'Oh so long' time (Trent - advice would be peachy!) (Read 1247 times)

What a bummer! Sorry about the slow healing. You need to find something to focus on between now and May. How is your writing going? Maybe you can write about running.

Abby - whilst the crutches got me a cleaner - there was absolutely no change in my bone at all after that four weeks so I don't think that I would want to give it a try again. I will push for the bone stimulator I think, BUT I have decided to go ahead with the Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy. In fact I am having it today in about 8 hours. I decided that the only risk is pain. It's free and non invasive and all recent studies seem to show that it is very effective. Plus you find out within the first few weeks whether or not is is working - so if it doesn't I can move on and get that bone stimulator whilst musing over surgery options! Have to rush - sorry I can't get back to everyone! My kids need to get ready for school. I'll update after the treatment. Claire xxx

Ditto that. Good luck. Hope this works for you. Sara

Best of luck with your healing. Just don't do a JakeKnight and disappear, OK? BTW just curious, do you take calcium?

Awwwwww, thanks everyone. That was an interesting afternoon! By the time we got into the treatment room I was feeling pretty stressed. I could hear the machine from the waiting room which didn't help. About every half second a loud bang would remind me why I was there. The man had the bedside manner of an overflowing toilet. He did nothing to calm me at all. He started with pointing out that he had scheduled me last as he didn't want the other people waiting to be put off with me shouting. He said 'We save non-unions for the end of the day. They are incredibly painful.' Ummm, thanks. So thoughtful to tell me that! Then he moved on to a 20 minute discourse which switched between stroking his own ego(I have a 98% success rate with this treatment within 3 months - you know, the I am God type of talk) and telling me over and over again that this was going to really hurt. He should know, he tried it on his own elbow when that was injured and he informed my husband and me in a loud voice that it was a pain like you couldn't describe. Really bad. Ummm, thanks again! So by now I am sweating with anxiety and being prodded lots whilst he perused the CT scan results. 'Does it hurt here?' 'Only when you push on it really hard - like that' Mother fecker. I was practically shaking when he got me on the bed and brought over the machine. The first impact (it feels like a hammer banging your bone) caused me to pull my leg away and swear. After that he had to hold my leg in place and there we stayed for the next 30 minutes. The impacts came on a cyclical scale and went from painful to pure hate. He kept asking me to rate the pain on a scale from 1 - 10. I reckon it was about a 6-7 - it felt pretty similar to being 6 - 7 cm dilated during childbirth . The great news is I get to do it all again next week! Freaking Yippee! The bloke was a bit of a pratt and my husband got annoyed because he said when I screamed, the Doctor would look at John and give him a big smile. Allegedly the pain is relative to how bad your fracture is. If you don't scream he only gives you one treatment. I lucked out. It hurt - I get at least two. Trent - you are not allowed to mention the word 'quack' in your response as I have to feel that this is working or I may give up the will to live. Claire xxx Oh and yes - I am overdosing daily on calcium

Gee, Claire, you are being very polite - " bit of a pratt" ? ((((hugs))) and sending you healing vibes - I hope this works, or at least helps. So sorry that it is so painful. How long after the 2nd treatment until they know if it has helped?

Sorry about the pain and pain in the arse that inflicted it. I pray the treatment is effective for you though, Claire! Hang in there!!

Claire, Sorry to hear your story. And that you get to repeat it!!! I think it is worth a shot. I mean as miserable as it sounds, its only 30 mins (or an hour together). And surgery wont exactly be pain free. (Though at least the actual surgery wont hurt!!! And hopefully your doc would have at least half-decent bedside manner before and when you wake up.) I just found out it looks like I have a non-union\non-healed stress fx also. (I kept telling my docs something wasnt right. First they tried to tell me it was muscular, though I knew it wasnt. Then they told me it would get better as soon as I was off my feet. I believed that one was true. But it wasnt. Then they tried to tell me it was muscular again. Uhm, I dont think so. Turns out the x-rays agree with me. Damn it!) I would definately be willing to try it, as miserable as it sounds. Also talking about forteo (aka teriparatide - you might want to ask about it) and a bone stimulator. But I just got go the diagnosis on the bus home this afternoon so havent really had a chance to talk or figure out a plan.