primitives discuss a broken hip

[BattleHymn]

The rest of Skin's is soooo slow today that you have to wander off way out into the boonies of the island to find any campfires burning.

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Sat Jul 25, 2015, 06:58 AM
ellenrr (2,832 posts)

Just found out that my 72 year-old friend broke her hip!

She was visiting Mexico and is in a Mexico city hospital.
which is not reassuring.
Much as the US health system is flawed, for a broken bone, it is where I would wish to be.

Anyone here ever have a broken hip?
I don't know what happened. still trying to get details from her boyfriend, and find out how I can - if I can - speak to her.

She is healthy, I know that will aid her recovery, and I hope her immune system is strong to resist hospital-borne antibiotic-resistant infections.

Sat Jul 25, 2015, 11:56 PM
Star Member csziggy (18,626 posts)
1. It depends on how bad the break is

Did she have to have surgery to set the break?

My 94 year old Mom cracked her hip a few months ago - clean through but not displaced. She used a walker for a while, got physical therapy and is now walking without a cane most of the time. She carries the cane around, but seldom needs to use it for balance. Mom is tougher than most people, though.

In a few years, she'll just get a pill instead. 

Sun Jul 26, 2015, 11:49 AM
Star Member csziggy (18,626 posts)
3. It may mean that your friend broke the head off the hip joint

That ball that fits into the hip socket - a prime place to break and one that is hard to knit back together.

These days they use more targeted pain relief and fewer opioids - when I had my knees replaced they had this wonderful machine that pumped cold water through a mat on my knee. The cold helped the the pain better than the drugs.

I hope your friend can continue to hike.

Tue Jul 28, 2015, 05:34 AM
ellenrr (2,832 posts)
5. csziggy and SheilaT

csziggy :
you are exactly right.

Yesterday that is what she told me.

Interesting about the cold water. Much better for you than drugs.
I doubt they have that in Mexico.

[JohnnyReb]

WHAT? WE have better healthcare than some other country?

[67 Rover]

WHAT? WE have better healthcare than some other country?

When it comes to fixing broken bones yes but it's 50/50 at best surviving the birth of a  child if the DUmmies are to be believed.