But the most important question is this: did your aunt accept your excuse or does she think you’re just being lame?
Sorry, sorry–I’ll leave now. And I hope things look better for you soon. Ouch!
I cannot remember the name of the damn thing, but there is a scooter you might use. DME companies often rent them, they are never long term. It looks like a knee-high platform with wheels and 2 handles in front, like a wheeled walker. You kneel the knee of the bad leg and walk it with the good leg. A platform support for the wrist would help. Even if you only have one wrist and one foot, you can still operate a wheelchair if the good foot can get traction. Immobility can kill.
Google knee walker, knee scooter, and knee caddy. There is a mobility aid and adaption for almost anything somewhere. Going into a nursing home or rehab facility is a time to practice what you need to do to get home, and pick the brains of OT and PT
Crap! What a bad break (sorry!)–wrist AND toes. And I don’t suppose all the wisecracks necessarily help. Broken toes are like boils on the backside: awful for the patient, somehow inherently funny to people who’ve never had one.
Is it possible to rent an electric scooter, or one of those “mobility chairs” like the HoverRound? If all else fails, could you buy one and resell it?
Your doctors should know if you can use elbow crutches, which put the weight on your elbow instead of your wrist. I’ve seen people with amputated hands use them; maybe they’re compatible with an injured wrist.
There are also a lot of things that can keep you comfortable, or at least safe and fairly sane, at home until your bones knit, starting with bedside commodes to save trips to the bathroom. I learned more than I wanted about these things when my mother broke her hip last year. I also learned that visiting rehab nurses (which insurance may pay for) can be full of useful advice on everything from preventing falls to feeding yourself; my mom’s persuaded her to finally get a microwave.
A rehab center is fine, a nursing home is OK if necessary, but avoid a long hospital stay if you possibly can. Not only is it hugely expensive, hospitals have the deadliest germs outside a biowarfare lab.
–Sorry if I sound like a know-it-all; some people’s first reaction to a crisis is prayer, mine is whatever useful information I can come up with. I think it comes of being descended from a long line of schoolteachers.
Get well!!
Update: Good news! I saw the wrist surgeon today and my wrist isn’t broken! My ***arm ***is broken. But just a little. This means no surgery, just have to wear the soft cast for two weeks then he’ll check it again. Yippee!
I went by my office and turned in the last of my FMLA paperwork today, along with the last of the Workman’s Comp paperwork. The Division manager treated me like I was personally trying to pick his pocket. He walked past me 3 times before he finally spoke to me at all. :rolleyes: It’s a state agency, for pete’s sake. It’s not like workman’s comp is going to take it out of his paycheck!.
And google tells the knee thingy is called a rollater. That will definitely go through the bathroom door! I’ll see if I can get a prescription for one so that insurance will pay for it.
Thanks for the support. jokes and suggestions, guys! It really has helped me!
Curse you gonzomax for beating me to the Toe truck groaner!!! *shakes an angry fist at him! *
DeVena, I hope you heal quickly and feel better soon!
i guess an arm is better than a wrist?
i hope all goes well with your foot and getting insurance to work in your favour.