In hospital :(

[Saluki]

10 miles in to my 100km I hit some black ice. Fell so quickly. Hip fractured in 3 places. Just had a plate fitted, so much pain. A week in hospital and up to a year to recover the consultant said. The bike is fine. Paramedic was a cyclist and looked after it. Won't be doing the 100km challenge now.

Hope you have a speedy recovery. Hips take a while so I hope you are on the faster end of healing rather than the slower.
I slipped on black ice, Tuesday night and hit the deck. Reading your post makes me realise how lucky I was to get away with some attractive bruising and a pulled groin muscle.
Best wishes

 

[LocalLad]

Take it easy mate, take the 24 challenge which is to watch the series 24 in 24 hours (there's 8 days worth) which is what I did when I broke me shoulder

That's genius. From memory, the episodes are less than an hour which gives you time for eating etc

 

[fossyant]

Take it easy mate, take the 24 challenge which is to watch the series 24 in 24 hours (there's 8 days worth) which is what I did when I broke me shoulder

I watched Walking Dead in Hospital - not very PC.

 

[ColinJ]

I was going to suggest House ... Well, maybe not!

 

[Montydog]

ouch!!...hope the pain soon eases

 

[Zeffer]

Funny how perceptions are so different. I could not be happier with the staff who have fixed me up and are now helping me to walk. Chap opposite me seems to think every detail is wrong. The cup is too hot at the moment. They should cool the tea. His visitor is not set up for such long visiting hours and should have been warned she may need a snack or something to read. Seems a pleasant chap on the whole and is egging me on when at the handlebars of my alloy framed Zimmer. I guess we are all unwell and now I've just had my moan as well!

 

[Pale Rider]

Funny how perceptions are so different. I could not be happier with the staff who have fixed me up and are now helping me to walk. Chap opposite me seems to think every detail is wrong. The cup is too hot at the moment. They should cool the tea. His visitor is not set up for such long visiting hours and should have been warned she may need a snack or something to read. Seems a pleasant chap on the whole and is egging me on when at the handlebars of my alloy framed Zimmer. I guess we are all unwell and now I've just had my moan as well!

I got on fine with the hospital staff when I was in for a hip replacement.

But I was sustained by the thought of my imminent discharge, as perhaps were one or two of the nurses.

Going in on a long term or open ended basis would be harder for both parties.

 

[Banjo]

GWS Zeffer .

I had a few ice offs last winter but was lucky not to break anything .On one occasion me and two other riders were picking ourselves up when another rider just rode past us at speed no problem it was downhill on a bend ,it was difficult even to walk on it !!

Best Wishes for your recovery .

 

[slowmotion]

I know what you mean. I just couldn't care less at the moment.

Zeffer, old bean, treat those laxatives with respect! I was an abuser and I spent 12 hours straight on an NHS lavatory pan. Death seemed a better option at the time.

All the best.

 

[Zeffer]

Thanks for the advice! I can't put myself through any more!

 

[Zeffer]

Chap opposite me is taking his drip apart. Must be very bored.

 

[Gatters]

GWS mate, times like these its good to have a tablet / smart phone eh?

 

[Sara_H]

Bad luck. Ask for some of the drugs from the red cupboard. That should help with the pain.

 

[fossyant]

Welcome to the crazy world of a hospital stay. My mate was in a couple of weeks and an old lady tried to jump in his bed. We had one woman doubling up on meds - she had her own secret stash of pain killers. Then another decided to spark up in the ward with the oxygen on next to her.

 

[slowmotion]

I watched Walking Dead in Hospital - not very PC.

Pah! I ate a full-on fried breakfast within 24 hours of coming out from heart surgery.

Most of it ended up in a flower vase two feet from my bed. I was restrained by drip lines coming out of all sorts of veins, and a catheter in my willy. No chance of getting to the basin six feet away.