Broken hip

Ok not a direct bike question but anyone here recover from broken hip. I hit
monday out on the ice stupid me. It was at the top of the hip across the
ball. They put in 3 screws and that went pretty good but had to go home with
a foley Catheter. I could not get a stream to flow the old BPH was no
helping. This is really a pain and I sure hope the old system to get rid of
pee will be able to come back this is not good.

Now I have the fear going back to the bike any of you guys deal with this. I
am runner too that is my primary but will have to just see how that goes.
Deacon Mark Cleary
Epiphany Roman Catholic Church

Per mark cleary:
Now I have the fear going back to the bike any of you guys deal with this. I
am runner too that is my primary but will have to just see how that goes.

What do the docs say ?

I have a mental picture of another fall on the spot where the screws are
as being an Industrial-Strength Bad Thing.

Didn't John Kerry go though something like that back in March ?
--
Pete Cresswell

On 10/12/2015 21:47, mark cleary wrote:
Ok not a direct bike question but anyone here recover from broken hip. I
hit monday out on the ice stupid me. It was at the top of the hip across
the ball. They put in 3 screws and that went pretty good but had to go
home with a foley Catheter. I could not get a stream to flow the old BPH
was no helping. This is really a pain and I sure hope the old system to
get rid of pee will be able to come back this is not good.

Now I have the fear going back to the bike any of you guys deal with
this. I am runner too that is my primary but will have to just see how
that goes.

Bummer.

5 years ago - ice for me too.

There's quite a high chance of the ball dying (is it 33%?), and if that
happens it's replacement hip time. I really didn't want that, but
fortunately it was ok for me.

3 months doing nothing with the leg. No weight bearing, nothing. And no
plaster to show for it either.

Waterworks all worked fine though. Didn't take a crap for a while, but
that was the opiates.

When it came back I just rode again. Obviously I was weaker, but it's
not too bad. I've taken up running since too, and that's fine. Leg
muscles build back fairly quickly.

The leg still doesn't move quite as far. I probably ought to have put
more effort into my exercises. But it's not a noticable problem.

One big difference is I am a lot more nervous around slippery stuff now.

The three months off does pass. Tedious as buggery while you have to sit
around, no driving or anything. Fortunately I was able to still work -
if I'd actually had to be idle that would have been significantly worse.

On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:47:15 PM UTC-8, mark cleary wrote:
Ok not a direct bike question but anyone here recover from broken hip. I hit
monday out on the ice stupid me. It was at the top of the hip across the
ball. They put in 3 screws and that went pretty good but had to go home with
a foley Catheter. I could not get a stream to flow the old BPH was no
helping. This is really a pain and I sure hope the old system to get rid of
pee will be able to come back this is not good.

Now I have the fear going back to the bike any of you guys deal with this. I
am runner too that is my primary but will have to just see how that goes.
Deacon Mark Cleary
Epiphany Roman Catholic Church

Hope you get well soon Mark. I got hit by an SUV six weeks ago and altho I walked away with a broken helmet only, I am scared to ride and my way of dealing with it has been to put on 10 lbs and go out and buy bigger pants.

Actually I did ride twice since then but doing so didn't allay my fears.

Oh I also went out and put down hundreds of $$ on spendier lights than the pieces of crap I was using, and decided to start using the lights during the daytime. Couple more weeks I'll be commuting again nervously.

Doug

On 12/10/2015 4:47 PM, mark cleary wrote:
Ok not a direct bike question but anyone here recover from broken hip. I
hit monday out on the ice stupid me. It was at the top of the hip across
the ball. They put in 3 screws and that went pretty good but had to go
home with a foley Catheter. I could not get a stream to flow the old BPH
was no helping. This is really a pain and I sure hope the old system to
get rid of pee will be able to come back this is not good.

Now I have the fear going back to the bike any of you guys deal with
this. I am runner too that is my primary but will have to just see how
that goes.
Deacon Mark Cleary
Epiphany Roman Catholic Church

No broken hips here, but my wife endured hip replacement last year, due
to arthritis. Before, she wasn't a fast cyclist, but she was quite
capable of 50+ mile days. The main detriment is loss of conditioning,
due to lack of activity - and that includes the many months before
surgery when it was too painful to do much, plus the recovery time.
However, I think she could be stronger if she had the will to push
herself. We're both at an age where the fire in the belly has diminished.

Still, she's come back wonderfully in most ways. Her range of motion is
quite good. A six-mile hike is no problem, and while her riding isn't
as strong, we've gotten lots of use out of our tandem this year. Using
that, we're always close to the front on the sprints to the finish & the
beer, at least if the other riders are as old as we are. ;-)

She retired from the Physical Therapy field and is an avid believer in
stretching exercises for maintenance, as well as all the normal
therapeutic exercises you'll be given. It was quite a shock to her,
though, to find out how difficult were the exercises she'd been giving
her patients all those years! They're tough, but definitely do all your
exercises. Your therapist should push you.

FWIW, she'd say just be thankful it wasn't your knee. Knee recovery is
much more painful.

Hope you heal well. And I'm sure you'll have lots of people praying for
you. That can't be bad.

--
- Frank Krygowski

On 12/10/2015 2:51 PM, Doug Landau wrote:
On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:47:15 PM UTC-8, mark cleary wrote:
Ok not a direct bike question but anyone here recover from broken hip. I hit
monday out on the ice stupid me. It was at the top of the hip across the
ball. They put in 3 screws and that went pretty good but had to go home with
a foley Catheter. I could not get a stream to flow the old BPH was no
helping. This is really a pain and I sure hope the old system to get rid of
pee will be able to come back this is not good.

Now I have the fear going back to the bike any of you guys deal with this. I
am runner too that is my primary but will have to just see how that goes.
Deacon Mark Cleary
Epiphany Roman Catholic Church

Hope you get well soon Mark. I got hit by an SUV six weeks ago and altho I walked away with a broken helmet only, I am scared to ride and my way of dealing with it has been to put on 10 lbs and go out and buy bigger pants.

Actually I did ride twice since then but doing so didn't allay my fears.

Oh I also went out and put down hundreds of $$ on spendier lights than the pieces of crap I was using, and decided to start using the lights during the daytime. Couple more weeks I'll be commuting again nervously.

While no guarantee, good daytime lights, and good nighttime lights, do
have a significant effect on driver behavior. And most drivers
_appreciate_ cyclists that take the trouble to make themselves visible,
so it's a way to increase goodwill as well.

The other device that has a big effect is a side flag. For those that
feel it is too dorky, see "Alternatives to the Safety Flag" at
http://www.bikecommuters.com/2007/10/05/alternatives-to-the-safety-flag/.

Or do what this cyclist in Houston did in an attempt to enforce the
three foot rule:
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Cyclist-uses-long-pole-video-camera-to-remind-5425186.php.

On 12/10/2015 7:04 PM, sms wrote:


While no guarantee, good daytime lights, and good nighttime lights, do
have a significant effect on driver behavior. And most drivers
_appreciate_ cyclists that take the trouble to make themselves visible,
so it's a way to increase goodwill as well.

I'm sure motorists are just as appreciative of these safety flags:
http://www.gettysburgflag.com/images/BikeFlagChild.jpg

They used to be standard equipment on all Vermont Bicycle Tours.
Seriously.

Oh, and at less than $20, they're much cheaper than a hospital visit.
People who use them all report excellent driver behavior. All the
tech-worker yuppies use them. Nobody would ever ride less if required
to use a tall safety flag. If you don't use a tall safety flag, you
don't have a brain worth protecting.

Please buy them by clicking through Scharf's website, because he earns a
tiny commission by guerrilla marketing.

--
- Frank Krygowski

On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1:47:15 PM UTC-8, mark cleary wrote:
Ok not a direct bike question but anyone here recover from broken hip. I hit
monday out on the ice stupid me. It was at the top of the hip across the
ball. They put in 3 screws and that went pretty good but had to go home with
a foley Catheter. I could not get a stream to flow the old BPH was no
helping. This is really a pain and I sure hope the old system to get rid of
pee will be able to come back this is not good.

Now I have the fear going back to the bike any of you guys deal with this.. I
am runner too that is my primary but will have to just see how that goes.
Deacon Mark Cleary
Epiphany Roman Catholic Church

Urine retention is an unfortunate side-effect of anesthesia. What happens is that the anesthesia effect subsides and you end up with urinary incontinence or near incontinence. When the catheter comes out, make sure you have a urinal handy, particularly if you're not mobile. It gets back to normal over time -- less than a week.

What Clive says about opiates is so true -- you can get killer constipation.. Make sure you're taking a softener. I've broken both legs and gone through surgical repair -- rods, plates, screws. Both were ski falls. I still ski, but it has made me more timid -- which is a really bad thing on skis. I've separated my shoulder, broken ribs, knocked my self out, gotten plastic surgery on my face, stitches in my leg because of cycling injuries (crashes, hit by cars). I still ride, and foolishly still ride in the snow and ice -- unless its bad sheet ice. Go buy some cheap studs as a bit of insurance, although with studs you can still go down on train tracks, manhole covers, etc. like I did last year (and luckily did not break my hip, but it really hurt). Sometimes the better part of valor is driving the car.

Anyway, when your ortho releases you to ride, just find a nice place to roll around until you're fully healed. You'll be timid for a while and may never ride again in super-cold weather, but you'll get back on it.

BTW, one of my best cycling buddies got hit by a car and broke his shoulder and went through surgery. He was miserable to ride with for about a year because anytime a car so much as twitched at an intersection, he would slam on his brakes. I practically rolled over him a few times. He relaxed considerably in year two, but he's still more timid at intersections than he used to be. Maybe that's a good thing -- so long as you're not on his wheel.

-- Jay Beattie.

stretched the cartilage in the left throwing bike plus bagged over a fence. As I was launching into a Century plus training schedule.

The joint was off for a long time maybe 9+ months before I would forget the problem was still there. Continued riding after a week or so..

Conditioning is essential. The hip remember the hip ? ERX.COM

For kayaking the glenohumerous is more obvious as the GH is often a come apart fpr yakkers reaching to far back at the shoulder then force paddle/yak forward n dislocation. I arm swing with weights n grips every morning.

Faith healing works with joint/bone healing.....meditate on this at the local libraries positive attitudes shelf.

My mother who did not condition went out one day to pick oranges from her tree, climbed up down then turned...brain disconnected to leg n torso snapping the hip with a deft no brainer karate move. The immobility ebentually killed her with a fall going to the bathroom.

So be positive about inflicting a career ending injury on yourself.

I attribute my rapid recovery from the three screw operation to taking the rehabilitative exercises very seriously. I could hardly do them at first, but I tried and kept at it every day, three times ten reps of six different exercises twice a day. As I got stronger I did more. It's important to move around and not sit in one position too long. I was putting weight on the leg after a month per doctor's order. He was impressed with the leg strength. I suspect a lot of people blow off the exercises and delay recovery for it.

I got on a bike and rode the first time at two months, but rode for only a few minutes at first. The hardest part was getting on the bike. I could not swing a leg over it; I laid the bike down and pulled it up between my legs. At five months I was riding thirty miles virtually every day. In retrospect, that was probably a little too much considering hills and headwinds I typically encounter. Now, two years later, I'm still not the man I was originally, but I feel best on the bike. I'm 65 and I suppose that has a bearing on progress.