diary of a broken wrist

controversial it may be, but I have a lot of faith and interest in homoeopathy, there is just far too much evidence to rule it out, i have not had cause to really use it before, but in the case of a broken wrist, needs must...

a bit of researc reveals symphytum to be the homeopathic remedy of first choice to help knit the bones, easily found in my local health store, so thats all good

there are times when none of us can do without allopathic medicine... a broken wrist is one of them; I certainly have to commend the staff, they were absolutely fabulous, and without painkillers....well, it doesnt bear thinking about

but things are settling now, so its time to bring on the natural reinforcements

Its interesting that they send you home with info on how to care for plaster, about keeping wrist elevated etc, but absolutely no discussion of the role nutritional supplements etc may play, just as well I know about these things

so, first in line, colloidal silver, now, i know two people that have had tremendous results, one was also a broken wrist,, a small break, but consultant was delighted with how quickly it healed, the other was a broken arm, given 12 weeks recovery, but made it through in 6, both of these used silver extensively, known for its properties for knitting bone

i think a lot of this understanding came from research by Robert O. Becker, M.D., author of "The Body Electric", While studying the regeneration of limbs, spinal cords and organs in the late 1970s, he discovered that silver ions promote bone growth and destroy any surrounding pathogenic bacteria

good enough for me, so have been taking 200ml or so a day of colloidal silver from day 3 onwards, lets hope my broken wrist appreciates it!

OUCH, that hurts, the first two days were intense, and it was painkillers every two hours, anxiety levels were sky high, sleeping impossible, frankly horrible, had no idea if this level of pain was normal having never broken a bone before

basic tasks proving really difficult

grim, that's all I can say, have a terrible fear of hospitals, the combination of anxiety and severe pain was just not good. after painkillers ans a temporary cast in local hospital, a 40 mile journey later we were in accident and emergency

both the radius and ulna were broken, and i really didnt like the look of the xray, must try and take a pic next time i am back at the hospital

anyway, three and a half hours later, i was being prepped for a manipulation under sedation, seriously scary... but at about 3.30am, i woke pain free and in fairy land, and we headed home

it would be nice if i could say i fell off my horse, or over a kitten...but no, it was a dramatic, but embarrasing fall on leaves, running in the cornish rain

the pain was excrutiating, the screams were loud, and one look at my wrist and i was close to both throwing up, and passing out, the deformed shape wasenough to tell me it was broken, absolutely grim

so, to fill some bored time, I am going to write bout my journey here, there will be a lack of appropriate capitals and punctuation, and probavbly loads of typos, because its just so slow, grrrrrrrr