Of course my cast is orange

[firecracker22]

My little spill Sunday was worse than I thought. Broken arm, radial something or other. clean break, not displaced. doc was surprised and said he wasn't even looking at that part of the x-ray at first, was more worried about the ligaments and small bones in wrist. he is still worried about the ligament--ucl i think--but based on tests and movements he did, he said that if it's torn, it's probably only a partial tear and more likely is just stretched. so i have an orange cast on my arm now.

 

[MXGirl230]

That sucks!!! Glad it's not worse though! Get better, orange great choice! My bike is red, but my favorite color is orange...might have to change that bike color one of these days!

 

[KiwiBird]

OUCH! :yikes:

Cool! :aj:

 

[Lissa]

That is sooo lame, firecracker! Sorry to hear about that. Hope you get the cast off soon.

 

[rickyd]

Did you request an orange cast?? :)
Heres too a speedy recovery :ride:
Rick

 

[CJ Rider]

What a pooh, Sharla; hope ya heal up quickly!

 

[The Ant]

Oh no, sorry to hear that..... your topic heading made me laugh tho, keep your spirits up, it'll heal.
SusanP.
CRF250x

 

[splatt]

That sucks.At least it wasn't your knee this time.Get well

Steve

 

[Tinkrides]

DOH, but at least you got a cool cast, right? Perhaps if you just do what Terrell Owens did and ask God to fix it, you'll heal more quickly and then you can play in the SuperBowl... oh wait, old news, sorry. Seriously, here's to a quick recovery, it'll be so boring around here w/out your stories!

 

[minime]

sorry to hear about your cast but a least it matchs your bike!
hope you get better soon

 

[Michelle]

Bugger Sharla. Hope you've dyed your hair to go with the cast & bike ;)
Heal quick.

 

[GETMETOCA]

Ugg! Sorry to hear that! I know what you are going through, it was a year ago today that I broke mine in Reno.

Is it affecting your ability to work? type? write?

 

[firecracker22]

Thanks everybody.
Nope, hair is still blonde, though I've considered dying the tips purple. :)
I can type slowly. I am not supposed to use my thumb too much.
What sucks, is I can't do my hair--can't hold blowdryer or curling iron to reach one side--so I've looked like an urchin for the last few days.
It's my first broken bone, well except for a toe once, so I suppose it's time. It could have been way worse.

 

[firecracker22]

For those who wanted pics

http://216.165.194.66/ktmtalk/photogallery/largerview.cfm?picid=12252

 

[Henk]

Best of luck with your recovery. At least you got the color you wanted. When they plastered my arm I had to go for blue, they were all out of orange.

 

[WaltCMoto]

Sorry to hear Sharla, hope it heals up fast.

 

[firecracker22]

Saw doc today. 6 more weeks til i ride, at least 3 more in cast and that's ONLY if the xrays show significant healing and he agrees to put me in a brace or splint. Guess I'll be doubling up on those calcium capsules :(

 

[Kav]

Wow that sucks, Hopefuly time will fly on buy and you'll be riding again before you know it.

 

[acanz]

That really sucks, but atleast you have a cool cast...

I hope you heal fast and be able to ride again soon!

 

[firecracker22]

Thanks
I'm being such a baby :)

 

[MXGirl230]

FC22 that cast is awesome!! Good to hear you may get it off in 3 weeks. Hopefully everthing heals as it's supposed to.

 

[altagirl]

Dang, I thought I was injury prone! I got my first ride post-ACL recon (the other knee this time) in about 2 weeks ago. Yay! You'll be back in no time from this at least.

Cool looking cast though! Heal up fast...

 

[firecracker22]

Hey altagirl! Hope your knee feels ok. When was your surgery?

 

[altagirl]

I blew my ACL in late September (in the middle of my race run (DH MTB) at Mammoth - very convenient... :bang: ), surgery was October 18th. I went with an allograft this time around. Anyway - I'm at like 5 1/2 months post op, been doing tons of rehab, and it's feeling great - I started skiing again last week, and then skied Friday, Saturday and Sunday, plus mountain biking on Saturday too - and it's feeling great - no pain or swelling at all. Though I'm banished to groomers on skis and easier trails on my bike for the time being - it still feels great to be doing something outside the gym for a change!

How are your knees these days?

 

[firecracker22]

Knees are ok, some creaking in one (hard to squat or kneel and stand up again) and the right one is achey ... but all of that is from being such a slug for the last month. I haven't done ANYTHING and there's no real excuse since my legs aren't broken, I should be at the gym. Trouble is I hate the gym and don't have the attention span to slog away on treadmill or bike for hours at a time like i really need to. So how did the allograft surgery go? If this happens to me again, I'm definitely going that route ... I was riding at 4 months after both my surgeries, though slowly (makes an excellent excuse to be a wuss) and not exactly with the doc's blessing. I think it was about 8 months before I could really say I was back to normal. Everything I've heard about the allograft makes it sound as if it heals much more quickly and cleanly--I mean, the bulk of the pain and recovery came from the graft site, since the ACL is really only a waiting game.