 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi All,
I've just come home from Hemmel Fridge, I had to be stretchered off at the bottom of the slope.
Silly accident but it hurts a lot.
This is all about my left knee ...
I think it was being forced clock wise by the tail of the ski as I ended up on my posterior.
It hurts . I can just about put some weight on it gently.
The staff at the Snow Centre were brilliant, Simon was there in a flash followed by Tom & Owen who got the ice packs out.
Big thanks too to the misses & son who came out and picked up my van and took me home.
(This is surprising as managed to break her left knee cap the night before we set off to go skiing in Austria back in 1984)
If feels very hot and angry and a bit of a lump has come up on the outside of the leg just below and up to the Patela (Knee cap).
What do you experts think I've done?
Will I be able to go on the Pre Season Bash 7 & a half weeks from now?
Will I be able to go on the End of Season Bash in 7 months time?
Will I be able to ski again?
Should I apply frozen garden peas or would broad beans be better.
What should I do?
I've just rang 111 and they suggest I get myself to A&E within 4 Hours! Really?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@DrLawn, yes really. how can you possibly rely on us lot! and sympathy in spades.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| DrLawn wrote: |
What do you experts think I've done? |
Tried to find an excuse for time off work
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| Will I be able to go on the Pre Season Bash 7 & a half weeks from now? |
of course, no excuses accepted
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| Will I be able to go on the End of Season Bash in 7 months time? |
hell yeah
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| Will I be able to ski again? |
silly question, it's only one leg
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| Should I apply frozen garden peas or would broad beans be better. |
that requires expert advice
get to a specialist A&E would be a good start 
Sympathy? You have it, lots, with lots of good wishes and all my fingers crossed.
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Wed 19-10-16 16:46; edited 1 time in total
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Old Fartbag, but you don't know what it is. Why bother ringing 111 then not taking the advice?
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Oh no, I hope it settles down over night - the description you give sounds horribly like one of best ways to tear an ACL so fingers crossed.
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| @Old Fartbag, but you don't know what it is. Why bother ringing 111 then not taking the advice? |
It's how blokes deal with stuff.
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Ugh...
Go to A&E and if the response is lame, ask for a referral to see a sports injury specialist. If you don't have private insurance, it might still be worth checking who is on the BUPA list locally as a orthopaedic surgeon with sports injury specialisation, as they probably practice in your local NHS hospital so you can ask to see him/her by name. (I did this recently when I needed to see a gastric surgeon). If you are not happy and you have private insurance (or the cash) bite the bullet and see a private orthopaedic surgeon/knee specialist asap. As a total ski nut, the thought of not being able to ski or not being clear what you need to do to get to ski again means I would walk over hot coals to get it looked at!
Depends on the diagnosis of course, but if it's diagnosed as ACL related, a visit to good sports physio should help eventually. Mr P stretched his badly after a fall when we were hiking in the Alps a few years ago. After about 2 weeks in a velcro full leg brace (courtesy of Sion hospital and the exceeding efficient swiss health service), he went, armed with his x ray to a great physio in Horsham and was given some knee and leg related exercises which he stuck to religiously for a couple of months. I think he saw her once or at most twice for about £40 per session. You could see the development of the muscles around his knee area and he skied on it that season. I can't recall the recovery time-he did it in late July and we were skiing in late November. He did buy a good knee support brace too. No problems since when he's skiing, though he could feel a few twinges this summer walking downhill a lot in the Dolomites.
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^ +1
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@DrLawn, are you in A&E yet? If not, why not? 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Like many others on here ive had a serious break of the knee and after surgery i was skiing again within 7 months... So after a bad strain etc. You will be ok for skiing... Just keep dong excersizes to keep the muscles working.... Very ver important..
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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There, there, there
-- is that any better now?
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks for pouring on the sympathy, I'm lapping it up.
I'm in A&E now arrived 10 minutes ago. I've settled in with my laptop and customer list to ring up for tomorrow's job.
I've got telly and Wifi & my bag of frozen peas in a cool bag to keep them frozen.
All I need now is my leg fixed.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Get yourself seen to ASAP and do whatever the doctors and physios tell you to do.
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This and mucho sympathy!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Well not too long to wait in A&E, I was out before the post Emerdale rush.
Velcro Splint fitted and orders.
I'll have to go back on Friday to visit the Fracture Clinic.
So I've got the excuse to do nothing now and have everyone running around after me.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@DrLawn, Sorry to hear that, hope you are back on your feet & skis soonish.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks for the good wishes Guys & Gals,
I've just got to wait now.
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@DrLawn, Hope you have a swift recovery.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@DrLawn, take it easy and get better soonest! x
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@DrLawn, much sympathy and v. pleased to see that you did go to A&E...
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@DrLawn, Hope you get better soon. Take it easy.
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@DrLawn, hope you are sorted really quick.
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How is it this morning? Hope it turns out to be nothing serious but if you had to be stretchered off, unless you have a very low pain threshold, I'd guess there's damage. RICE for now and see what the fracture clinic say and insist on a scan... not just x-rays. Hopefully it's minor but only a scan will confirm for sure.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@DrLawn, good luck doc.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| adithorp wrote: |
| insist on a scan... not just x-rays. Hopefully it's minor but only a scan will confirm for sure. |
+1 as they may not be aware and will need educating that the major risk in your accident as actually to ligaments not bones
Good luck!
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@DrLawn, Fingers crossed it's a quick healing process. A couple of years ago I had a gradual flare up from a 10 year old old MCL injury to my knee, increasing stiffness and pain, especially in the mornings. I got myself onto 8 sessions of intense physio at my local hospital and after putting in a fair bit of hard work to build up supporting muscles with some self massage to break up inflamed scar tissue it has pretty much been perfect since then. I thought I'd have to keep doing the exercises but haven't even needed to. I really have become a convert into the benefits of post injury targeted exercises.
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks for the concern and support!
I was feeling pretty down this morning, but as the day has gone one it seems to be much better.
I'm sitting here with bag of frozen peas thawing out on my knee as I write.
Back to the fracture clinic tomorrow, so lets pray for a good prognosis.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@DrLawn, as a doctor, and middle aged? Anti inflammatory pills and give up drinking and smoking. Standard advice.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Be careful not to get ice burn, better with frozen gel pads.
And gin.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Lots of gin 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I think it was being forced clock wise by the tail of the ski as I ended up on my posterior.
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Sounds like a classic ACL injuring fall
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Any sign of a prognosis @DrLawn, ??
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How are you doing?
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
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I think it was being forced clock wise by the tail of the ski as I ended up on my posterior.
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Sounds like a classic ACL injuring fall |
Yes, that's how I read it.
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not liking the radio silence
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Must have been quite the queue at the fracture clinic... 
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Or perhaps there's a fracture that needs to be operated on. So he's out...for only a bit hopefully.
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@abc, unlikely to be operated on at the weekend if it isn't an emergency
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