man down! The perils of crofting

[phil55494]

My goodness Stonehead, you don't do things by half do you. A speedy recovery to you, as long as you don't do what my mother did when she slipped on ice and broke one wrist a few years back - make sure you don't end up slipping again and doing the other wrist in!

[Thomzo]

Ouch - I do hope you get better soon. Look after yourself and catch up on some proper telly on iplayer instead of daytime TV on the box. Or download some free books onto the computer to save a few pennies, especially if you can't get out and about.

Or how about writing those memoirs?

Best wishes
Zoe

[Davie Crockett]

Bad and painful news! I hope you're well on the mend soon.... It sounds like you sustained a Colles fracture, which makes your arm look like the dinner fork profile you describe in your blog.

They usually heal quite well. Make sure you see a physio once the bones have recalcified. If you're right hand dominant you'll need to be careful of arthritis in the future. I wish I were closer to be able to "muck in".

Best wishes

[Stonehead]

Ouch - I do hope you get better soon. Look after yourself and catch up on some proper telly on iplayer instead of daytime TV on the box. Or download some free books onto the computer to save a few pennies, especially if you can't get out and about.

Or how about writing those memoirs?

Best wishes
Zoe

Our broadband is too slow for iPlayer. I've found most downloaded books to be a strain on my eyes. We use the local library, but even ordering books in we've found their stock is limited and getting worse. Much of their non-fiction is years out of date. I borrowed three Jefferson Bass novels today so I'll see how I go with those. I'm not really into crime fiction, but I do enjoy books with a decent bit of science in them.

[Green Aura]

Stoney, have you thought about downloading a free PC Kindle from Amaz,on. I've got one and it makes reading on screen much easier.

There are tons of free books about, check out Project Gutenburg.

[Stonehead]

Bad and painful news! I hope you're well on the mend soon.... It sounds like you sustained a Colles fracture, which makes your arm look like the dinner fork profile you describe in your blog.

They usually heal quite well. Make sure you see a physio once the bones have recalcified. If you're right hand dominant you'll need to be careful of arthritis in the future. I wish I were closer to be able to "muck in".

Best wishes

Both the radius and the ulna were fractured. The lunate and scaphoid were dislocated. The consultant said it was down to my wrist joint hitting a round post: my hand and forearm bent around the point of impact (the joint itself) and then 'snapped' either side of the point rather than on the point. I might have got away with bruising if I'd hit a flat surface. It was like breaking a branch over a leg.

[Stonehead]

Stoney, have you thought about downloading a free PC Kindle from Amaz,on. I've got one and it makes reading on screen much easier.

There are tons of free books about, check out Project Gutenburg.

I use Project Gutenburg, and other similar resources, for research. We bought our oldest boy a Kindle for Christmas and loaded it with classic books for him. I tried it, and he lent it to me while I was in hospital, but I don't find it all comfortable for my eyes. I get eyestrain and dry eyes. (The same thing happens when I try to play video games with the boys.)

[trinder]

Wish you a speedy and full recovery Stonehead. All the detail is a bit much for me. Reminds me of my falling off a horse, but actually I didn't fall off, it's much worse actually when you stay on. because He fell- and I stayed on and as he rolled trying to get up his ribs did loads of damage. I can still feel sick at the remembered sounds euck

[Flo]

That will not make running the croft easy Stonehead. Not easy at all. Can you get help for the manual chores?

[Stonehead]

Wish you a speedy and full recovery Stonehead. All the detail is a bit much for me. Reminds me of my falling off a horse, but actually I didn't fall off, it's much worse actually when you stay on. because He fell- and I stayed on and as he rolled trying to get up his ribs did loads of damage. I can still feel sick at the remembered sounds euck

I'm the opposite. I'm interested in all the detail, from the moment it's obvious something disastrous is going to happen. The mechanics of injury and the body's responses to injury are fascinating.

[Stonehead]

That will not make running the croft easy Stonehead. Not easy at all. Can you get help for the manual chores?

Probably not. The farmer across the road would help if he could, but he had his legs crushed by a loader a few weeks back. My family is in Australia, the OH's parents are in their 70s.

Various people have suggested Wwoofers, but there is a lead time involved and we'd need a room with a bed for someone.

We're looking at other options, too, but it comes down to how much the OH can do outside her full-time job (and she has to cook, clean, transport boys, etc with me out of action). The boys will do their bit, too, but they are nine and 12 years old. They do more than most children their age but they can't be expected to do too much.

So we'll just have to decide what to cut and do it fairly soon.

[Graye]

Have you looked at Helpx? When I used their site we were having enquiries within days of posting...

[gregorach]

Incidentally, are the schedulers correct in their assumption that everyone who watches daytime TV is a moron?

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy - daytime TV is so awful, you've have to be a moron to watch it.

[MuddyWitch]

You have a wonderful writing style and more experience than most people could shake a stick at. WRITE A BOOK! Seriously. I mean, A & D not-with-standing, some-one's needed to fill the 'John Seymour' gap in the market.

Healing love heading North.

MW