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Old 11-11-2008, 09:55 AM
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normally i work on my car or something or shop for stuff for it , but because of my fractured wrist i cant work, cant work on my car and cant buy bits for it as i dont get paid whilst off being self employed .
This is my second day off and im bored rigid as all my mates are working and theres only soo much facebook and passionford etc i can do
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what happened?

when i broke my wrist (left wrist falling over) i went to work after a while and sat in the office learning office stuff about how to pass the time when not being able to do anything

in your case i would probably just veg out in front of the telly for a week or so and then find a book to read about stuff you want to learn about
Old 11-11-2008, 10:03 AM
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Either read and learn stuff or wank
Old 11-11-2008, 10:07 AM
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I'm sorta in the same boat Paul, well after 8pm Monday to Fridays anyway !!

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Originally Posted by Mondeo Man
Either read and learn stuff or wank
im right handed though

DOJJ- i fell on it skating saturday night whilst pissing about, i thought nothing of it as i managed to move it slightly, then sunday morning the wieght of my hand on my wrist was killing me lol. I got it x-rayed and its fractured but some people have said it can take upto 3 months to heal properly-its the little bone on the wrist where finger and thumb meet the wrist- my arms bruising all funny colours lol
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Originally Posted by jb fletch
I'm sorta in the same boat Paul, well after 8pm Monday to Fridays anyway !!

il pop round sometime, you can lift that engine in my van (once ive sorted it) lol then il get a slave to help me fit it (i got left hand for the ratchet)

nights are ok, theres loads on tv lol- driving about is a pain though lmao
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lol thats cool but not allowed out the house !!
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Originally Posted by jb fletch
lol thats cool but not allowed out the house !!
good job you got long legs then- you can leave that ankle inside
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Originally Posted by rst in breaking
im right handed though

DOJJ- i fell on it skating saturday night whilst pissing about, i thought nothing of it as i managed to move it slightly, then sunday morning the wieght of my hand on my wrist was killing me lol. I got it x-rayed and its fractured but some people have said it can take upto 3 months to heal properly-its the little bone on the wrist where finger and thumb meet the wrist- my arms bruising all funny colours lol
i can't remember what i broke, i think i had a scaphoid fracture, but i fucked both them little bones in my wrist

if you hold your hand out flat with your fingers and thumb spread out, there is a little depression on the ligament where the thumb goes into the wrist, they pressed there and i almost passed out with the pain

i was in a cast for 12 week and then it took another 2 months to get sufficient mobility back to be able to do stuff and i have limited mobility in that wrist now even after some physio

on the plus side, i did get lots of funky coloured plastic casts to wave about the place, blue, yellow, pink, multi coloured as well in my trips to the hospital

you will need to use LOTS of soap and water to wash the dead skin off and you will need to spend a few months building the muscles up again to the same levels they were previously, my right forearm was normal sie, my left forearm was literally just skin hanging from the bone, i could have modelled with it
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Originally Posted by dojj
i can't remember what i broke, i think i had a scaphoid fracture, but i fucked both them little bones in my wrist

if you hold your hand out flat with your fingers and thumb spread out, there is a little depression on the ligament where the thumb goes into the wrist, they pressed there and i almost passed out with the pain

i was in a cast for 12 week and then it took another 2 months to get sufficient mobility back to be able to do stuff and i have limited mobility in that wrist now even after some physio

on the plus side, i did get lots of funky coloured plastic casts to wave about the place, blue, yellow, pink, multi coloured as well in my trips to the hospital

you will need to use LOTS of soap and water to wash the dead skin off and you will need to spend a few months building the muscles up again to the same levels they were previously, my right forearm was normal sie, my left forearm was literally just skin hanging from the bone, i could have modelled with it
oh that really aint good, i really need to be working as i cant afford to be off and with a recession it could be hard finding work again after .

is there any one handed jobs i can do for a while other than a sperm doner?
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Try taking up Fencing or conducting only need one hand for those.
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Few ideas from google:

http://selfsufficientish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=706

http://forums.freddyshouse.com/off-t...ne-handed.html
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i broke my wrist many years ago, at the time i was an apprentice sheet metal worker, so hammers were a big no no, which meant i was off work for 14 weeks.

I found going to the pub kept me entertained, lol
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Originally Posted by Twellsie
i broke my wrist many years ago, at the time i was an apprentice sheet metal worker, so hammers were a big no no, which meant i was off work for 14 weeks.

I found going to the pub kept me entertained, lol
couldnt do pub on my own and thats money that i'll be needing lol
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learn to be left handed

i was abidestrous before i broke my wrist, now it's nearly 7 years later and i'm still struggling to touch type with all the left fingrs
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finger movement is fine thankfully lol
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