Thursday afternoon, on the way home from school, I was involved in an accident. I don't remember a damn thing - I was leaving school and then I was in the hospital.
Damage that matters consists of a few breaks in my left wrist/forearm. Styloid process of the radius, shaft of the radius a little farther up (with some real displacement), end of the ulna.
There was also a concussion - or at least loss of a non trivial amount of memory - but I don't notice anything from that at this point. Also a little rash where the jacket rode up - both on torso and arms. Remember, fit matters.
Kaiser Oakland plated the break on Sunday morning, put me in a splint, and let me go. They gave me a fair number of 10/325 Percocet for pain, some Zofran for nausea, and some stool softeners - and I need all 3 to some extent.
I'm trying to taper off the real pain meds as quickly as reasonable, as obviously I don't want to have to break an oxy habit. On the other hand, I don't want the pain to be excessive. I'm taking some Ibuprofen as well, which helps with pain and swelling a little.
Anyone have any tips? I'll be back to Kaiser this Friday, and seeing what they say, but hearing from people with personal experience is helpful as well.
Damage that matters consists of a few breaks in my left wrist/forearm. Styloid process of the radius, shaft of the radius a little farther up (with some real displacement), end of the ulna.
There was also a concussion - or at least loss of a non trivial amount of memory - but I don't notice anything from that at this point. Also a little rash where the jacket rode up - both on torso and arms. Remember, fit matters.
Kaiser Oakland plated the break on Sunday morning, put me in a splint, and let me go. They gave me a fair number of 10/325 Percocet for pain, some Zofran for nausea, and some stool softeners - and I need all 3 to some extent.
I'm trying to taper off the real pain meds as quickly as reasonable, as obviously I don't want to have to break an oxy habit. On the other hand, I don't want the pain to be excessive. I'm taking some Ibuprofen as well, which helps with pain and swelling a little.
Anyone have any tips? I'll be back to Kaiser this Friday, and seeing what they say, but hearing from people with personal experience is helpful as well.