Crutches anyone?
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Topic: Crutches anyone?
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Crutches anyone?
Date Posted: 25 March 2007 at 8:39pm
Yep I'm on crutches with a fractured foot, in a two-storey house, with 3 little girls!  DH has the day off work tomorrow, during which I hope to organise home help (at ACC's expense) as well as figure out what I actually need help with. Crikey, even going to the toilet is a mission  -------------  |
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 25 March 2007 at 8:44pm
oh my you have put your foot in it lol when my mum broke her ankle they had a cleaner come round and she did things like the washing cleaning the bthroom ect ect big hugs hun ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: LockieandLiam
Date Posted: 25 March 2007 at 8:52pm
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Well that is all you need. All the best and not only does your hubby have a way with words he's even taking the day off work too. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 25 March 2007 at 9:10pm
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Are you in plaster Teresa??? Can us palmy mums do anything to help you out??? ------------- 
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Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 25 March 2007 at 9:11pm
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I've probably missed something along the way, but... how'd you facture your foot??? Sounds painful! ------------- My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 25 March 2007 at 9:40pm
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Hi Anna and Nic... I was running (not too fast) at the park this afternoon and my foot just folded under me. When I stepped (ran) on it, it buckled and I heard a "pop!" Fortunately it was a Church picnic so lots of friends there as well as a Doctor lol. I have a crack (fracture) through the far left bone at the centre of my left foot and yep am in plaster. On Wednesday I should be able to upgrade to fiberglass but in the meantime I am not allowed to step on this foot at all.
As for DH... he is lovely but not taking the day off tomorrow is really not an option anyway. I feel like I can't do anything! Can't even get myself a drink very easily or put Krystiana to bed after feeding. Might be reading a lot of books and watching movies with the girls this week lol. Tomorrow I need to call up ACC and I should be able to get home help from them. In the meantime I need to have a good think about what I need done! ------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 25 March 2007 at 10:00pm
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OMG Teresa you poor thing!!!
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 25 March 2007 at 10:29pm
Eek! Hope ACC can sort out some decent help for you while you're healing - and I guess you can take it as some compulsory resting time 
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Posted By: mum2emj
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 3:57am
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OWCH!!! sounds painful- hope that it doesnt take too long to get better- |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 7:38am
Poor you Teresa! Take it as easy as possible, I hope you heal up quick! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 8:17am
| tell ACC that you need the windows washed, house water blasted! that kinda thing. try and get them to do heaps of baking and stuff! Might as well take advatage. hope your poor foot is feeling better though! Having never been in plaster I have no idea what it is like, but doesn't sound too pleasant esp. with the 2 storey house. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 9:12am
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Ouch, man that has to hurt. Let us know if you need any help. I'm sure us Palmy mums will be able to help you if needed. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 9:39am
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That sounds just awful! I hope it heals quickly for you, and you get your home help sorted out fast too. -------------  
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 10:07am
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Oh Theresa that is horrid!!!
Ok tell them you need washign done...and hung out..I know with your crew that is needed. Cooking - yes they do that too...i did it for an old lady on acc years ago...Ironing, putting stuff away, tidying kids bedrooms, cleaning and vacumming.... and thanks but you made my leg hurt now...I too "popped" myleg but my calf muscle in 2005 - get this - just to make you laugh - i was running away (in jest) from DH cause he wanted nooky!!! yep i ran he ran we both ran and my calf muscle popped half way up stairs!!! Was in plaster, moonboot and on crutches - and all a mere 6 weeks before our wedding!!! Yep had to fight to get outta plaster and wore flat sneaker shoes to wedding - LMAO some oldies off a certain wedding site will recall this drama!!! I soooo feel your pain!!! HUGS honey!!! |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 10:17am
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Yeeeck that sounds ouchy. M.S rang just before and filled me in... Well, you're my first victim for my new job at CF of organising meals for people who are out of action!! I'll give you a ring today and fill you in. And any Palmy mum's keen and able to lend a hand (cook a meal, help out in some way) please sing out! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 10:17am
Oh no! Hopefully they will be able to do a walking plaster for you because you need your hands. Hope ACC are helpful and it heals real fast  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 10:38am
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Oh no! Gosh, Teresa, praying it heals quickly! Tell Nat he has to look after you and the girls. Good luck getting the home help organised.
I had home help as part of my PND support team, and they would dust, vacuum, mop, clean the toilet, bath and basin, hang out and fold washing and do dishes. I would work alongside them, so my situation was a little different, but that's the basics anyway. You can also get them to clean windows, clean the oven, change the bed linen ect. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 10:42am
I may be able to have a walking plaster on Wednesday afternoon but that would be hopeful, by the sounds of things! I see the ACC assessor today, I need help with a load or two of washing every day (washed, hung, and brought in), cooking, dishes done... but the biggest thing is actually moving Krystiana from cot to breast to toys to cot And bathing kids (let alone me)? I think we might have a bath holiday I'm almost housebound anyway! 
There are plenty of things to keep me laughing though. DH almost gagging, and gasping for air, as he changes Briona's nappies; blocking his nose as he does the washing (hehe MCNs!!), Hannah mimicking his blocked nose voice "Daddy said 'can you go away please?'" cause she was asking for a biscuit while he was attending to the MCNs! Ah, what else. It's hilarious! "I'm sure I've walked 300 steps today... and that's just up! I'm gonna count them sometime today." Actually I think he's looking forward to ACC help so he can go to work LMAO!!! Fortunately I'm not in much pain at the moment, I had a couple of panadol to get to sleep last night and that's all. The support of the cast is pretty good. As for you Palmy mums... depending on how this week goes, I might get someone to get me a pile of kids' library books sometime ------------- |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 10:44am
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Oh and I already have a cleaner who does bed changing, mopping, bathrooms/toilets, and vacuuming... so it's the everyday things I'm going to be asking ACC to do.
And DH doesn't get this but I'm sure you will.... I don't *want* an ACC helper to do my washing! I like to know what's what and where's where and have it done *my* way! (What a sad woman I am lol) ------------- |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 10:52am
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LOL I completely understand about the washing, Teresa! I absolutely HATE it when Nat does the washing - he folds it wrong, and mixes up the boys clothes! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 11:02am
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Jono sooooo does our washing wrong too - everything comes back covered in towel or nappy lint and wrinkled as! We laundry freaks are sad, sad creatures. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 11:08am
DH- yeussss... ------------- |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 11:25am
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Oh man Teresa, you are due for some good luck soon! Maybe you could buy a lotto ticket? Never had a broken leg (letalone with 3 young kiddies! ) but have fractured both arms and a collar bone so I know the pain lol.. hope you can get the walking cast!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 11:57am
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I remember when you did that Ro. It was like OMG 6 weeks out from the wedding and you did what ?!?!?! Teresa I have books galore here if you want to borrow some. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 1:08pm
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I don't mind going to the library for you and anything else that you want done, just pm me , honestly don't be shy I can only say no if I am busy tehehe, but I'm not really busy have kindy on Mon, tues, and thurs arvo's , And I so know what ya mean about the washing, my dh does not go near -------------
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 3:23pm
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Theresa - I understand re the washing but for a few weeks let someone else step in....DH can surely do dishes etc he sounds capable...but washing can take time and he or you can always dictate to the person doing it how to do it and put away etc or even sit there and sort it for each wash and then get them to do it if need be...
Seriously i thought i was invincible but having to stop for a while does make you more agreeable to delegation....step back and let people help you...you will recover sooner for it...I know i did in the end...altho like u i am hopeless at delegating... oh and def push for a moonboot...they fit specifically and not sure how it works in PN but i had to wait a couple of days for mine and still couldnt walk properly on it and still needed the crutches for a few weeks...and i had my wedding to aim for!!! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 26 March 2007 at 3:53pm
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Don't worry about me Bombshell! There's not a hope in the world that I could do the washing... and we have a dishwasher (which I can't do either) so that's not too big a job.
Have just met the home help lady, Lorna, who starts work at 7am tomorrow afternoon lol.... She'll be covering for me from 7-3 Mon-Fri and 6.30-2 on Saturday so I can be the lady of leisure, sitting down, ordering her around and getting a sore bum!!
I'm not sure about her... she seems okay but she has that shy, uneducated, beneficiary look about her IYGWIM. But she seems alright and I guess she'll warm up soon enough. ------------- |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 8:01pm
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Have just had the first day of home help and Lorna's actually kinda nice, I guess she was quite nervous on the first "meeting" day, especially with her boss/superior with her. She's a good worker, it's a bit frustrating to not be able to do *anything* but she happily answers to every little thing and I'm really grateful.
Nathaniel takes over "home help" at 3pm... I continue to hold to the view that his nurturing bone is the bone in his little toe. He finds the whole thing so frustrating and stressful. It wouldn't be so bad, he reckons, if there wasn't some sort of "crisis" (falling over, spilling something, getting stuck, needing a drink, waking up) by one of the girls "every five minutes!". And he's struggling with cooking dinner (even if it is a re-heat plus sausages) and interuptions. It comes naturally to me but I do feel sorry for him, especially since I really can't help at all! Maybe some of your DH's should come on and offer him some support ------------- |
Posted By: Chovynz
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 10:53pm
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blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I dont think the other guys giving me support would help. Guys dont ususally work like that. And no. My nurturing bone isn't in my little toe. Its the chip of nail off the tip of my little toe. You know...the chip I lost about 10 years ago.... I'm the one who's supposed to be looked after. Got a headache. Broken sleep. Sore hip. Eyes are tired. Fingers numb. Nose is blocked. Knees crack. Throat dry. Sinus infection. All you got is a broken bone in YOUR little toe. Chirpy happy mum that you are.
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Posted By: Chovynz
Date Posted: 27 March 2007 at 10:55pm
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I know what I need. Hire-A-Wife! If there's such a thing.
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 28 March 2007 at 7:25am
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Oh teresa that totally sux wish I was there to lend a hand. Nat be kind to that wife of your's or I'll have to come a kick ur butt. I totally understnd what you mean about the wasing I have learnt to just let pete hang it how he want, but I alway's stick it tin hte machine ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 28 March 2007 at 8:08am
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I would send BSDH to you in a heartbeat but dont think he would be too much help to you considering i dont get to see him too much at moment so hes not being a huge asset to me either...ok dont get me started on this....
Theresa I hope she works out....just sit back and leave her to it...I know that is gonna be hard... Have u trained her to be able to run to the store and get choc etc for you yet??? that would be my first thing...im going thru choccy withdrawal sitting here and not driving....altho apparently bubs gripey tummy may be due to choc so.....
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 28 March 2007 at 11:42am
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Hehe Bombshell that's a great idea! Actually my chocolate cravings have finally passed (had them for the first 6 weeks after Krysti was born). Got my brother to get me a bowl of ice-cream last night though Just had my first bath (haven't showered since Sunday ick) oh it feels so great to have my hair clean and not greasy!!
TMI Warning: Sitting on my bum doesn't agree with me though, I keep slouching and then sitting up properly for change of position and I have a small split on the skin outside the tailbone I did that after Krysti was born too, I should have known!------------- |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 28 March 2007 at 12:53pm
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Argh Teresa, that sounds horrible! I hope you get your walking plaster soon!
I had home help thru ACC when Maya was around 15 mths or so. I put my back out and I was on my own at that stage so had to have someone there all the hours that Maya was awake as I couldn't even lift her out of the cot on my own. I hope the home help is working out well and as for your DH - men are SUCH martyrs! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 28 March 2007 at 8:25pm
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LOL Emma!
Okay here's some pics and a linky: "Jones fractures occur just beyond the avulsion fractures. These fractures are more difficult to heal, and often require immobilization, prtection from weight (crutches), and they may require a surgery." http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/brokenbones/g/jones.htm 
(look just below the green measurement line) Last but not least! (it won't fit in my sig bar  )
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 28 March 2007 at 8:29pm
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Yes I got a walking cast but it's actually quite sore to bear weight. I can stand still but walking is going to take a while I think Still haven't tried the stairs yet. The bottom of the cast feels slightly rounded too. This is going to take a lot of getting used to!
Nat's getting better at knowing what I need him to do etc, and even enjoying playing with the girls unprompted which is sooo cool  Now he wants to know when we can get into "special cuddles" again - I have no idea but I'm sure not keen to wait 6 weeks either! (I guess I'd better be really careful not to kick him LOL  )------------- |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 28 March 2007 at 9:19pm
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LOL at the "special cuddles"... I thought we were the only ones to use that term!
Teresa, my signiture is from a site ( http://www.bump-and-beyond.com - www.bump-and-beyond.com ) that does tickers that can have up to 10 birthdays/events on it. You could get one of those to include how long until your cast is off as well as have all your girls. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 March 2007 at 10:10pm
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Hehe Becca we don't usually refer to it as "special cuddles" - usually making love - but I was trying to be OhBaby-user-friendly ------------- |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 31 March 2007 at 10:32am
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busymum wrote:
OM gosh you poor thing
. I hope your foot is feeling much better and the home help is working out for you ok.