 Poster: A snowHead
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I already told you not to break your leg skiing in a previous thread.
The Swiss docs fixed that up and put me on Clexane which thins the blood and reduces the risk of DVT.
"Don't let the English doctors stop the Clexane, we like you to be on it for four weeks"
Needless to say that as soon as I asked for it in the UK the docs said "10 days already....more than the week we would give...no more Clexane for you "
Four weeks later: I just spent the whole day in hospital getting:
Very bored, a lot of hanging about.
Measured.
Two blood tests.
Ultrasound of my leg.
Chest X-Ray
And a finger in places fingers have no place being. 
DVTs are a pain! Literally and metaphorically.
So now back on the Clexane for a few days and Warfarin for three months.
So heed my advice:
Don't get a DVT.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Wed 20-05-09 10:38; edited 2 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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rungsp, Not a good year for you  Hope you're better soon
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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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rungsp, bug !!!
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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rungsp,  hope you're better soon
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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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rungsp, got a foot on the mend myself. 5 weeks 2 days and 7 hours since the op..veeeeerrry bored. Get well soon
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Tue 19-05-09 21:02; edited 1 time in total
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rungsp, Why dont UK Docs not believe their EU counterparts, twice I have come back with a member of my family injured both times with a letter for the UK Dr and yet they ignore it's contents, on asking why I was told it's because we dont work like that here!
Also X rays taken (and paid for!) in France are treated as 'foreign film' in the UK and ignored, we'll send you off to X ray for some proper pictures! What the French can't take an X ray??
Anyway you get better sooon! 
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Boredsurfing, so true.
The UK Orthapaedist said "How strange, why have they triple locked it? We only ever double lock" IE the number of screws holding the bone to the pin.
I replied "How often do you see a spiral fracture and pin it?"
"Abbout twice a year"
"The swiss doc told me he averages one a day for four months a year, I guess they know what they arre doing by now"
At least the UK doc then said: "Good point, maybe I'll start triple locking too"
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rungsp, Yep they said to my wife much the same things about the pins holding her wrist together 
You would think that they would get together and share their experience wouldn't you!
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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rungsp, hope you're up and running about soon. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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rungsp, hope you get better soon.
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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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rungsp, Sympathies I had one last year and it was more boring than anything, no drinking, no excercise, no fun
Make sure your INR stays above your recommended level, mine was too low for a bit, GP didn't seem too bothered and it took a few weeks to get it back to the recommended level. When I went back to the hospital they decided I had to be on warfarin for 5 months instead of 3 so my INR had been above the level for 3 continous months.
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rungsp, Hope you're better soon and well fixed for next season.
My advice to everyone, based on both my own and my friends experiences is to get anything fixed in resort/ foreign country if you can - even if it means staying on there beyond your flight home! it will be worth any extra expense.
No disrespect to the minority of competent UK docs and surgeons - however, unless you go private you are less than likley to get near any of them. 
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Masque:
Masque
FreeRider
Posts: 9558
Location: Still up my own back bottom
What glorious irony there.
There is nothing more to be said! 
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Poster: A snowHead
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rungsp, that's my brain not my fingers . . . 
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