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RE: AAAHHHHHH TOO!

Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2001-07-23 19:16

Connie,
I can certainly identify with you a bit. I fell a few years ago and broke my fall by landing on my right hand and breaking it in a major way. When I was going down I remember thinking "Ok, I can land on my head like I'm going, or I can break my fall by falling on my hand and probably breaking it." I opted for the hand. It was obviously broken (quite deformed). I had heard all kinds of horror stories from musicians who had had similar problems and were unable to play their instruments from poor treatment from emergency room physicians (a midnight accident--of course), so I took a deep breath and snapped the bones back into position before going to the hospital.

I had to go to two different specialists before getting it put into a proper cast, but used to give everyone the "willies" by taking the cast off for performances and then putting it back on until it healed. I still had a hard time with it after it was "healed" and have had to do hand exercises since breaking it. So, "Bite the bullet" when it's well and do some very energetic exercises to keep it flexible.

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