Wrists Appreciation Day!

Who knew wrists are so necessary? I didn't until I broke my dominant wrist 8 days ago.

These are the things that are now impossible or very hard to do:

Use tweezers.
Give myself a mani-pedi.
Open cans of cat food.
Brush my teeth.
Floss.
Wash my hair.
Get stuff from the store. I can only carry or 2 items now.
Push my shopping cart.
Vacuum.
Use a squeegee mop.
Wear anything other than scrub pants & a tee shirt.
Wear a bra.
Use a carving knife.
Tie my sneaker laces. Am going to ask someone on the street to help me.
Write.

I also broke my dominant wrist years ago
Add to the list, unless you are ambidextrous
Cook
Hold a coffee mug
and ahem tending to some bathroom necessities.
I hope you feel better soon. How on earth did you break it?

BBDOLL22 said:

I also broke my dominant wrist years ago
Add to the list, unless you are ambidextrous
Cook
Hold a coffee mug
and ahem tending to some bathroom necessities.
I hope you feel better soon. How on earth did you break it?

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Husband is divorcing me so I stopped cooking a while back.
No problem holding a mug or bathroom necessities.
Pulled some police caution tape off a lamppost on my street. Tape broke & I flew backwards landing on my wrist.

Oh my what a freak accident to break it.
Sorry to hear you're going through a divorce. I have too although I was only married 10 years.
Sending healing vibes for your wrist and strength for you.

Can't take a shower either.

BBDOLL22 said:

Oh my what a freak accident to break it.
Sorry to hear you're going through a divorce. I have too although I was only married 10 years.
Sending healing vibes for your wrist and strength for you.

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Any tips for getting through a divorce?

Primula, pretty flower that's harbinger of Spring, you have my sympathy. Poor thing. Dealing with a divorce, your house up for sale, and now this. It's like the fates are conspiring.

Small consolation but . . . Having done both, a broken wrist is easier to cope with than a broken ankle. I broke my dominant wrist a year ago March. Orthopedist reduced it, put on a cast. I went for a couple of followup visits.

Four weeks later (that's 2/3 of the 6 week period when bones are knitting together) he decided he didn't like the way it looked. Scheduled me for outpatient surgery center. Anesthesia to put me out, broke it apart, put it back together, putting in 3 pins. Six weeks later  (that's 10 weeks after I broke it) - anesthesia, remove pins. Starting about a month after that I began occupational therapy. Went for weeks and weeks. Wrist looks somewhat odd but it works O.K.

Garden club friends brought us dinner two or three times a week all the way through the time I was in a cast and a little while beyond. Such good friends. If your friends offer to bring food, take you shopping, scoop litter pans, whatever - you say "Yes, thank you." It makes them feel good and is really good for you too.

It is incredible the things we don't even think about doing that suddenly become a major effort. I took a bath - arm dangling outside tub - so I could wash my hair - and couldn't get out of the tub. Eventually managed but thought we might have to call the rescue squad.

You might want to check with a nutritionist for supplements to help with the healing process for your bones.

Will be thinking of you when you're having the repair. Be well, heal well.

Our house is not being sold.

I will be v. upset if I need surgery. None of my friends have offered any help. Had more help from total strangers.

My error about your house, Primula. In another thread I seem to remember something about an appraisal being done and assumed it was being put up for sale. Sorry about that.

The surgery for my wrist was nothing. Still a closed repair, no incision.

Help is always welcome, wherever / whenever / whoever it comes from - people holding doors, lifting something down from an upper shelf at the store, whatever.

Primula said:

Our house is not being sold.

I will be v. upset if I need surgery. None of my friends have offered any help. Had more help from total strangers.

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If your friends are used to you being fairly independent then they may think they would offend you by offering help.  This happened to a friend of mine after she had surgery for some thing.  She asked her friends for help and they were more than willing to step up once she asked. People were afraid she would not accept help until she asked for it.   I was out of town when all this happened or we would have offered to help.  Ask your friends for help if you need to. A true friend will step up. 

catlover73 said:

If your friends are used to you being fairly independent then they may think they would offend you by offering help.  This happened to a friend of mine after she had surgery for some thing.  She asked her friends for help and they were more than willing to step up once she asked. People were afraid she would not accept help until she asked for it.   I was out of town when all this happened or we would have offered to help.  Ask your friends for help if you need to. A true friend will step up. 

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True, but wish someone would offer a mani. Hangnails are driving me nuts.

Catapault said:

My error about your house, Primula. In another thread I seem to remember something about an appraisal being done and assumed it was being put up for sale.

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An appraisal must be done in a divorce. Both sides can do it if they want. Husband thinks I should only get 1/2 of appraised value of house. CT divorce law doesn't work that way. I am also entitled to half of the difference between his money & mine. I don't want the house but my leverage is his fear that I will never leave. :smshfrk: