A broken limb

Hello dear maximax. I am very sorry for the broken limb of your mom's in the hope that she will get well soon. My father used to have a bad fall from a bridge to a small pond, having his foot bottom bone broken. My father stayed in hospital for three weeks and then came back home to have a rest. My father is lucky to be able to walk again, but his broken bone makes him walk uneven, with one foot up and the other down. But it is ok for my father because it is not very obvious if you do not pay attention to it. Take care and bless your mom.

I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I hope she has a speedy recovery. I've broken my arm before. I was 9 and there was this movie called "The Legend of Billie Jean" and there was one scene where Billie Jean's brother kind of flipped off the back of a scooter. So, of course, genius as I was, I tried to mimic that scene. It didn't work out too well. LOL I'll never forget, it was the day before Thanksgiving and my grandmother was in the kitchen cooking. So, I go and get my little cousins big wheel and try to back flip off of it and I jumped up in the air and fell straight down on my back and left arm. I didn't even cry, I just went and laid down in the bed, lol. I woke up about 3 hours later and I couldn't straighten my arm up. I don't remember what kind of plaster I had on it, that was 20 years ago.

I am very surprised that they only put your Mums arm in a sling. Surely this can't be enough to support & heal a complete break. I broke my foot two years ago & had plaster right up to my knee for 6 weeks. Can you speak to her Doctor about this?

Iam so very sorry to hear about your Mum, She really should have a plaster put on her arm, I hope she gets well soon hun! Hugs~

Hi So sorry to hear about your mum, I hope her arm will repair well and that the pain starts to subside. I have really no idea what so of plaster the arm should be in as I am not a medic. I have only ever broken fingers and they were put into a splint and then I had to have physio. Sounds to me like she needs a plastic cast but only my opinion. Ellie :D

I broke my arm as a child, and the hospital put it in a sling first, and then I had to go back and they put a half plaster on it, and then eventually a full plaster. It is extremely painful and so yes your mum does need a hard plaster, poor thing, I can imagine just what sort of pain she is in.

Sorry to hear about your poor mum my friend, that sounds very nasty and I know too that when I fell down the stairs and fractured my wrist they put it in plaster of paris, they said a fracture is worse than a break! I had the plaster on for six weeks, but it heeled, it sounds that your mum needs to have it in plaster and it is obviously distressing her, I would have thought plaster of paris would be used in all cases for fractures or breakages.

I've only ever had one break before, and unfortunately it was one that couldn't be mended with a cast. And actually, it never ended up healing on its own. I broke my collarbone and the only thing they could do for it was to put me in what they call a figure eight harness and a sling. I was in the horrid contraption for almost five months! Not at all comfortable! Sorry if you've answered this in follow up responses, but are they not going to put it in a hard cast at all? It certainly sounds like it's severe enough that they should completely immobilize the break in a cast to ensure it heals fully and properly. I wonder if they are still waiting for possible swelling to go down more before they cast it. If they try to cast it prematurely while there is still swelling, the cast would be too loose and wouldn't protect her arm and let the bones fuse back together in proper alignment. I hope she's feeling better now and is more comfortable! Please give your mom a (gentle not to hurt her more!) hug and tell her there are tons of people wishing her a speedy and full recovery from her break. *hugs*

a sling does not take away the pain she needs pain killers

I would of thought with a hard break she would have had it plastered instead of placed in a sling, no wonder she is in pain. I would suggest seeing your family doctor or the hospital immediately.

I feel very bad for your mother and pray God to help Her get well soon. You are write in saying that she needs a much harder and better support to get relieved from the pain with which she is suffering.

No I haven't broken a bone but my son did when he was 5 years old. He was going to kindergarten and I had a babysitter that I took him to in the morning and he went to kindergarten from her place. He was playinging in the school grounds on the slide and it was winter and he fell down it and broke his wrist. The school called the babysitter and she came and picked him up and took him to the hospital and called me. I met them there are his wrist was awful. The skin was broken and the bone was sticking out. He had to have surgery to fix it. I will never forget that time, as I was so frightened. That was 28 years ago, but it was like it was yesterday.

Sorry about your mother. If she cannot sleep because of the pain, she should definitely call her doctor to tell them about it. I would think that she would need a hard cast at some point in time, unless they need to operate once the swelling goes down. They should be able to prescribe something for her to help the pain though.

No personal experience but if what I heard from a friend is correct, they can't put a cast on for at least a day or two because the initial swelling can be very severe, they have to just stabilize it in a splint of sorts before they can put a caste over it. If they put on a caste too soon and the swelling increases severely they may have to take it off because it can cut of circulation.

I'm sorry to hear of your mother's fall. Broken bones are painful no matter where they are. I've never heard of a broken arm NOT being put in a plaster of paris cast. Does she have a personal doctor you can call? I hope the pain gets better for her.

How painful for her! My dad is in the Navy and when I was young we were moving from Bermuda back to the United States for his work. One of my friends was over and we were playing in my room. My bunk bed had been taken apart and one of the huge boards that holds the side together was sitting against a wall. My friend decided she wanted to crawl behind it and shoved it just a little too hard. I was sitting with my back to her with my arms out behind me supporting myself. The board landed on my left elbow and completely shattered the bone. My mom sped me to the hospital where the proceeded to put it into a soft sling and tell my mom to "have her keep her arm still for the next 6 weeks." I was five years old! My mom threw a fit and they flew us back to the states that day to have it casted. I don't know why on earth they would not cast your mom's arm. I would march back into that doctor or find another one that would do that for her. A cast is not that hard to do and it would bring her so much more comfort. Good luck getting the situation rectified!

Hi maximax8, I'm sorry to hear about your mum, I agree that the hospital should do more, she needs a hard plaster. Take good care of her. Blessings.

better get her back to the doctor they did this with my dad and we took him to another doctor and they were like what they didn't even set it, he had surgery and they fixed it with pins, heath care sucks these days

ya i have broken my ankle few weeks back only.. when i was playing basketball i broke my ankle.. it was so paining and in few days it became alright..though i am not a greta basketball player but still i play in such a way which makes my ankle break..

Well, first of all i am so sorry about your mom, second of all... in your mother case i would recomend a full casting not just a plaster, you need to go with her to the hospital and do some xray investigations.... this way you will know exactly what to do, and where is the fracture. It's not easy to diagnose a fracture just from sayings... you have to go to the hospital.