HUGS, PRAYERS, GOOD WISHES FOR KIRA!

Kira,

Thinking of you and hoping for more than I might reasonably hope for!  Best wishes!

Dawn 

Oh, no!!!!!  Binney, thanks for the update and Kira, feel better soon!!!!

Enjoy painkillers and chocolate.  You have to get something good out of something as crappy as a broken LE hand. 

Heal up quickly so that you can come back on here and keep us straight - Binney can't do it all!

Love,

Suzanne

Goodness, gracious!  So sorry to hear about your accident Kira.  I know this has to be very concerning not knowing how your LE will respond and trying to make the best treatment choices.  I have every confidence in your ability to communicate with your medical team though and know you will be your own best advocate.

You might try getting your LE therapist involved also to help determine best LE maintenance strategy during the healing process.  I'm sure you will have many helpful insights to share with us following this experience.

Best wishes and quick healing! 

LindaLou

Feeling your pain  Kira!

Let us know if there is anything we can do to help!

Lots of hugs and love!

I can't really type and am not supposed to write for 5 days--yes my LE hand is my dominant hand.

I broke it, because I had my laptop bag on my good shoulder...Tripped on a weird stair in the dark, coming out of a class.

I found I was as aggresive with my LE hand as I would be for one of my kids: demanded the correct xrays at the urgent visit (there are really only two kinds of fractures with the outstretched hand--navicular or colles, and I didn't have a colles) and pulled the doctor/breast cancer/ LE card and got in to see the top hand surgeon--and wrote LYMPHEDEMA across the chart.

I'm in a short arm fiberglass spica cast--the fellow thought he might just splint it, because my hand was so swollen and bruised. He says when the swelling goes down (I sure hope it does--my hand looked like a swollen eggplant) and the cast gets loose, we'll get another one in a week. Three weeks in the cast, and then the removable splint.

Polly came over with muffins and MLD (I love her!) and because my fingers are free, has me in a gauze wrap, doing proximal MLD. She told me to expect to swell when the cast comes off, and we'll deal with it.

I feel so STUPID for falling, and so horrifed that it was my left hand.

Polly was the first person I called. 

I should stop typing--I called Binney at the crack of dawn, sobbing, so this is not easy at all.

And, my #$#ing office manager thinks I'll be in to see patients tomorrow.....Dream on.

I'll be mainly reading for a while.

Love,

Kira

Praying for you also, Kira. What a rotten thing to happen. You wouldn't want to hear what my step-father would say in a calamity situation - your ears would ring for weeks and it would take as long for the blue air to clear. You are blessed to have such an incredible therapist - just where do you live again? any places to rent near her? Anyway, know that I am thinking of you, as likely are most swell sisters on this site. A good book is great therapy!

Blessings and lots and lots of hugs.

Linjea

{{{{KIRA}}}}  Praying for a speedy recovery...

Kira,

So, so sorry sweetie ! Geez Gilda Radner was right! It's always something! Sounds like a lymphedema nightmare! Know I'll be thinking of you and wishing you nothing less than a speedy recovery! I''ve had two bad falls. One ended in a medial, lateral partial menisectomy, right knee, the other a broken upper tuberosity of the left shoulder right before diagnosis w/ marrow leakage medially and laterally. I know that feeling of feeling like I lost my graceful maneuverability and feeling dumb. It's just part of it!  You'll get past it! And I know you'll take good care of yourself. Just wish you didn't have to! All my love ......... Doe

Oh Kira,

Please add me to the very long list of admirers wishing you a speedy and full recovery.  Hope your wonderful LE therapist can continue to work with you to reduce the swelling and speed the heeling.  My heart goes out to you!

Gentle hugs,

Deb

kirai hope you'll wait, and not try to respond... just know we all are praying that this sh%%$# passes quickly for you,. and a big you go girl for making them treat you correctly!     light and love,   3jays

Kira,  I'm so sorry to hear about your arm.  Awful!  Your LE therapist sounds like a jewel. Wishing you a speedy and un-swell recovery.  

Kira - good for you for making sure you got proper care - what you did at the urgent care and after was wonderful - you know that provided an education for those folks, and perhaps will make it just a tad easier for the next LE patient who comes in with an injury to the LE limb.  Once again you are helping others by what you do.  Hugs and best to you for a quick and routine healing of this. 

My thoughts and prayers are with you Kira xoxo

Thank you for all the posts and healing wishes.

The pain is getting better, but there is swelling up around the knuckles. Polly talked to her partner in NYC and another patient broke her LE arm at Penn Station, and she's having the same issues: so Polly told me to keep it elevated, lots of MLD above and below.

 Still needing to justify being out of work: but talked to a former officemate who was incensed that anyone would expect me in with one hand out of comission. And with the LE, I want to keep the swelling under control.

I expect there will be swelling to deal with: some LE and some just swelling (how do you tell??): and I'm still bruised front and back.

My fingers are behaving...

Feeling less like a moron with incredible bad luck and more luck a total Klutz. 

I managed a shower this morning, all by myself: small victories.

Hugs and thanks

Kira