So it seems I am to be put on crutches after falling twice in 2 hours yesterday on the same foot. They don't think it's broken ...but it is in the middle on my foot off to one side...
I am so irritated because the doctor and nurses at the ER were short with me when I expressed my concerns using crutches since I had fusion 13 months ago heck it all went down rudely too...
She came into the room and said "I looked at your xray I dont see a big time fracture so I don't know what's wrong" ...dh and I exchange glances...
She says we're going to put you in a hard sole shoe and get you crutches...I said ..well I had fusion 13 months ago and I cannot lean into anything like that...she said "What do you mean fusion?" ...dh and I look at each other again..I explained that I had my spine fused to correct my scoliosis and I do NOT bend...she said what do you mean ..do you just lay in bed all the time? WTH????? yeah and THAT was the doctor...
So in came the nurse with the shoe and crutches... the nurse told me with a shortness.. well you can take the crutches or go find a wheelchair its up to you....that was after I told him I feared using them because I KNOW I am not stable on my feet and my upper body strength is NOT yet up to par...I was just scared but they didn't get it...just seemed irritated with my worries...
I don't know how to really use them folks....I am so MAD because I cannot lay in bed for the next week or 2 waiting for the ability to put weight on my foot again....I spent so much time in bed last summer...this was MY summer ...this is the FIRST summer I have had in years.... What do I do? All I was given was a hard soled shoe and these stupid crutches...using them just 5 minutes and between my shoulder blades is KILLING ME!! I just want to cry....
I am so irritated because the doctor and nurses at the ER were short with me when I expressed my concerns using crutches since I had fusion 13 months ago heck it all went down rudely too...
She came into the room and said "I looked at your xray I dont see a big time fracture so I don't know what's wrong" ...dh and I exchange glances...
She says we're going to put you in a hard sole shoe and get you crutches...I said ..well I had fusion 13 months ago and I cannot lean into anything like that...she said "What do you mean fusion?" ...dh and I look at each other again..I explained that I had my spine fused to correct my scoliosis and I do NOT bend...she said what do you mean ..do you just lay in bed all the time? WTH????? yeah and THAT was the doctor...
So in came the nurse with the shoe and crutches... the nurse told me with a shortness.. well you can take the crutches or go find a wheelchair its up to you....that was after I told him I feared using them because I KNOW I am not stable on my feet and my upper body strength is NOT yet up to par...I was just scared but they didn't get it...just seemed irritated with my worries...
I don't know how to really use them folks....I am so MAD because I cannot lay in bed for the next week or 2 waiting for the ability to put weight on my foot again....I spent so much time in bed last summer...this was MY summer ...this is the FIRST summer I have had in years.... What do I do? All I was given was a hard soled shoe and these stupid crutches...using them just 5 minutes and between my shoulder blades is KILLING ME!! I just want to cry....
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