On Oct 14, 2007, at 9:53 PM, Peter McIntosh wrote: > Ouch! Having dislocated a shoulder, I'd rather break a collarbone...
They checked me for a dislocated shoulder and from what I've heard I am quite glad I didn't do that. > Beware nurofen (or ibruprofen in general) - it's been shown to slow > bone > healing. I've got statistics somewhere, but can't find them off- > hand... > The surgeon who screwed my elbow back together (plate and 9 screws > after > smashing it into 5 pieces during a BMX race) also advised against its > use if I could tolerate the pain. I've been prescribed both paracetamol and codeine. I'm not using them as much as I'm allowed to. The bone isn't bothering me unless I bump it but my muscles are really aching, which I think is largely due to being partially immobile. The closest I've come to that previously was sleeping with three cats in the bed. > I notice nobody has asked the obvious question, though: how's the > bike? ;-) I still haven't looked at it. I know the front wheel has a small kink which should be repairable. I know the brakes still function, and there's not really a lot else to go wrong :) I'll have it looked over very thoroughly in the next week or two. FWIW I had my broken helmet replaced today. The manufacturer only has a crash-replacement discount in the USA but the shop had them on special with a really good discount. I had to choose a different colour though as they only had two left in my size. - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
