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Having done this a couple of years ago I found the pain was fairly quick to ease. The frustration of being on crutches for six weeks when I felt perfectly OK was the worst thing for me. Although I did ride my bike a little before the end of the six weeks and carried the sticks in my pannier, not that I am recommending this.
In the longer term it has not affected my riding a bike at all, did the Dunwich dynamo again last year, I can no longer run as I used to but was never that keen on that as an activity.
I trust that your recovery goes well, start physio as soon as you can is the only thing I would really recommend. You may have to pester a few people for this to happen.There is quite a long thread on bike radar covering this.
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12571535&hilit=hipMaybe a better link http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40088&t=12571535
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Oh, Alex, what rotten luck. :(
Something that's often stressed in these circumstances is the known problem that badly-constructed innocuous features like kerb upstands pose to cycling. Various calculations have been made over the years that they cause a much more considerable proportion of injuries than more visible problems (as visible problems are more easily identified and acted upon).
Very reluctant to ask people to do things for me.
Don't be, don't push yourself to the background at such a difficult time. If you do too much, it may impede your recovery.
Get plenty of rest and get better soon!
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Has anyone on here broken the top of their femur (hip) and had a dynamic screw put in?
I have both a full break and a long fracture after my wheel slipped into a ridge on a crappily designed cycle path at Vauxhall X. Rain probably didn't help.
If so, please reassure me that the pain will soon ease, and the swelling/oedema go down?
I'm home now after spending 6 days in King's, and although I'm finding the pain management really fucking hard, I'm finding it even harder to keep my legs up which iirc is the only way to move the fluid?
My guts have been all over the place too - 72 hrs of severe projectile vomiting and diarrhoea post op. I'm still struggling to find anything I can eat without feeling queasy, or it vacating my body immediately. So much for morphine bunging you up!
It's nice to be home, but the place suddenly feels like a- an obstacle course and b- a health and safety nightmare. Very reluctant to ask people to do things for me. Trying hard to keep chipper - if I stop, that's when I get depressed. Only 6 more weeks on crutches.
On the plus side, I has a Ti screw :) Happy Christmas everyone!