dave - Didn't know about this earlier - having had a broken shoulder I um feel your pain... I screwed myself up by not getting as much phys theorpy as I should have (although I had an "excuse") so by all means don't miss a beat on that score... I never got my full range of motion back.
Also, don't try to bull through the pain without pain killers - not being in pain helps you heal No I'm not a doctor and I didn't stay at a Holiday inn last night - Har ! Just feeling uncommonly motherly this week ann David Mann wrote: >Its already been a week since I broke my left collarbone and it's >feeling a lot better than I would have expected. I cut the >painkillers down to bedtime-only after a couple of days (I was only >taking about half of what I was allowed to in the first place). A >couple of days later I decided to stop them altogether. > >I have my first physio appointment on Tuesday, then it's back to the >fracture clinic on Thursday for a checkup. Most of my healthcare is >covered by ACC, our state-run provider of accident coverage. Its >reputation is pretty typical for any government department but I'm >still glad it's there. > >The damage to the bike, as far as I can tell, is just a bent front >wheel - the road rash on the rim suggests that it actually went under >the wheel of the van that I only just missed myself. There are also >some nasty scratches on one of the brake levers. I'll have the bike >fully checked out anyway as you never know what else might be wrong. >I'm especially sensitive about brakes, for some reason ;) > >BTW I'd like to thank everyone here again for their wishes, they were >quite lifting :) > >Cheers, > >- Dave > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
