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shoulder dislocation - tales of woe/joy wanted 20-Jan-2009 At 12:18:42 PM StuE

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Don't worry - You won't get that fat. You can hit an exercise bike while you're still in the sling. You should also be capable of running within 2-3 months. Eating one handed is a pain in the arse, as is dressing yourself, washing yourself and wiping your bum (if its your non-wiping hand). I hope you've got someone to help you out as the time in the sling is pretty damn hard on your own.
Also, get used to not sleeping properly. Whilst the apparently limitless supply of Tramadol, Prodeine, Temazepam and Endone help, its one of the things I found really ground me down. Normally, when you damage a muscle and immobilise it, it kinda stops hurting, but if you have bone work (anchors/shaving etc) done, no amount of immobilisation stops the throbbing, particulary at night.

I stuffed my face with loads supplements too - Glucosamine, CLA and various other vitamins and stuff. And before anyone starts on about placebo effect etc, I don't care, I was going to eat anything that might speed up the healing time, no matter how negligle the effect was.

And Jerome is lovely bloke and very personable. In fact, after seeing the quality of his stitching, I'd let him take up the trousers on my best suit.

Go out and by yourself and Xbox 360 now while they're cheap. Best way to waste away much of the couchtime.

Good luck,
Stu