No helpful advice on the healing just adding jingles for a smooth recovery.
I came off my pony and broke my femur when I was 12. Spent 3 months in traction in the hospital and then 4 more months on crutches.
Speedy recovery hugs from here.
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I came off my pony and broke my femur when I was 12. Spent 3 months in traction in the hospital and then 4 more months on crutches.
Speedy recovery hugs from here.[/QUOTE]
If you had done it now, Iâm sure it would go a whole lot faster.
OP there are breaks and there are breaks I hope you get a break! Really!
Please do not come onto a thread I made at 4 in the morning on heavy painkillers and tell me to sell my horse, or that he is not the horse for me. Of course I didnât take the time to tell you the long, winding story about Titan, all his past problems, what he has done for me emotionally over the last year, or all the ways heâs been checked for pain.
Really 100% NOT what I need to hear from people who have never met me or my horse especially when I never asked for that kind of advice. I asked things like âdid you start back on the horse that caused the injury or did you start on another horse first?â
I just got conformation from my trainer, the saddle slipped under during his bucking and bolting. I got left behind, slipped the reins but caught him a tiny bit with my spurs. I was firmly on the horse throughout the whole incident bringing him back to reality until he turned a corner and the saddle was underneath the horse. The horse was very particular during saddle fitting and this saddle was not only approved by him, it also was said to fit him like a glove. When I start back up riding him again Iâll be looking for a dressage saddle and I will be using a saddle fitter again.
That is more than people who have never met me, my horse, or seen either of us go needed to know.
I will leave this thread up long enough for people to figure out where it went before itâs gone. You may just be trying to open my eyes to reality but literally all you are doing is making me not want to get up out of bed, ever. If my horse isnât there to get up and walk to, why walk.
Iâm sorry youâre taking this so hard. It does sound very much like an unfortunate accident⊠Loose girth??? Very round, low-withered horse???
Itâs true that without the whole story, itâs hard to know how much the horse or a horse-rider mismatch can be faulted.
(Do be advised that you cannot take down your threads, though. COTH is different that way.)
As far as riding a different horse after an accident ⊠so much depends on the accident. My most serious riding accident, of 8 years ago, was not the horseâs fault at all (I fainted and fell from him.) So when I was ready to ride, it was easy to get back on him â well, once I was out of the arm sling, which spooked the poor old fellow. I was also very lucky that it was him, rather than my own horse, who I was afraid to ride at the time. But if a particular horse is giving you doubts, when you reach that stage, itâs fine to not ride that one for a while.
I will keep your painkiller haze in mind, have certainly BTDT and was inclined to get very emotional about stuff, when I wasnât knocked out.
Good healing!
Sending well wishes & soft hugs.
OP, when I got hurt, at least one person who did not know me, my horse, or anything about what had happened the day we fell chimed in to tell me that my horse was totally inappropriate for the job. They had no clue the horse had been jumping like a total pro around big courses all season. He made a mistake after being spooked. That was it. He was more than capable of the job.
Honestly, now that youâve got the full story, I really donât think you can blame his history! The quietest horse in the world very well could have taken offense to the saddle sliding and weâve all had the âI was doing fine til we hit the cornerâ type falls. Sadly yours put you on stall rest.
Chin up. Stall rest bites the big one, but it doesnât last forever! And, as I told my coach last year when he broke his collar bone late in the fall, at least you did it now and not in, say, May!
Ugh, Iâm so sorry to hear this.
I like to think people mean well & donât want to see others hurt again. Sometimes, the horse not suited for the job or its rider are correct & long overdue sentiments, sometimes completely offbase. I know itâs difficult, but try to remain positive. Thankfully, broken bones heal.
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mods please delete.[/QUOTE]
Doesnât work that way
It is so frustrating when people delete the original post.
A ton of support was given here, I just do not get why you would delete the original post.
WowâŠsad she took it down. I know what a struggle it can be, especially the first week or two post serious injury (I still remember the day I broke down into a wailing fit of sobs, a few days after getting home like it was yesterday. Donât think Iâd ever felt so low). You gotta weed through the unhelpful stuff, but I thought this thread was mostly pretty encouraging and full of well wishes. 
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It is so frustrating when people delete the original post.
A ton of support was given here, I just do not get why you would delete the original post.[/QUOTE]
because it was depressing me beyond belief and i dont understand why we arenât allowed to delete things we post.
the most i could do towards removing it was to mess it up as much as possible.
i dont know why i posted in the first place, probably to take my mind off the fact that it was 4 am, I couldnât sleep, and nurses were about to come back in and take vitals and draw blood again.
if you think itâs frustrating for you that i deleted a post, i actually donât care. itâs frustrating needing help standing up from a chair to grabbing my walker.
itâs frustrating working so hard with a horse knowing heâs twice as old as i would have hoped to have now knowing we are being set back another 6-12 months.
itâs frustrating losing track of that days and nights and not knowing what day it is.
itâs frustrating being told you wonât even be able to think about driving for 2 months and knowing there probably wonât be someone around to drive you to see your horse.
When you are out of the hospital and off of medications you will be able to think with a clearer head about recovering from this injury and where to go with your horse.
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because it was depressing me beyond belief and i dont understand why we arenât allowed to delete things we post.
the most i could do towards removing it was to mess it up as much as possible.
i dont know why i posted in the first place, probably to take my mind off the fact that it was 4 am, I couldnât sleep, and nurses were about to come back in and take vitals and draw blood again.
if you think itâs frustrating for you that i deleted a post, i actually donât care. itâs frustrating needing help standing up from a chair to grabbing my walker.
itâs frustrating working so hard with a horse knowing heâs twice as old as i would have hoped to have now knowing we are being set back another 6-12 months.
itâs frustrating losing track of that days and nights and not knowing what day it is.
itâs frustrating being told you wonât even be able to think about driving for 2 months and knowing there probably wonât be someone around to drive you to see your horse.[/QUOTE]
I am sorry that you are having such a hard time, but I can tell you that several of us, including me and Yellowbritches, have been there, done that. I was in the hospital for 10 days, 9 nights, while they waited for the swelling to go down enough to operate. It sucks. We really are happy to offer a shoulder.
Plaidbritches,
I didnât see the original post but I got the gist of it from reading yours and othersâ posts. I just wanted to offer you some jingles while you are stuck in bed. I wish you and your horse the best. I hope that someone can take you to see him because we all know that some pony snuggles are the best medicine in the world!
I hope you can focus on the well-wishing posts in your thread because I feel like there are plenty in here! I hope you have Netflix or something to binge watch!
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because it was depressing me beyond belief and i dont understand why we arenât allowed to delete things we post.
the most i could do towards removing it was to mess it up as much as possible.
i dont know why i posted in the first place, probably to take my mind off the fact that it was 4 am, I couldnât sleep, and nurses were about to come back in and take vitals and draw blood again.
if you think itâs frustrating for you that i deleted a post, i actually donât care. itâs frustrating needing help standing up from a chair to grabbing my walker.
itâs frustrating working so hard with a horse knowing heâs twice as old as i would have hoped to have now knowing we are being set back another 6-12 months.
itâs frustrating losing track of that days and nights and not knowing what day it is.
itâs frustrating being told you wonât even be able to think about driving for 2 months and knowing there probably wonât be someone around to drive you to see your horse.[/QUOTE]
Youâre angry. Completely understandable given the level of frustration when life throws us these hard curve balls.
The original post was a little unclear about your horseâs role in life with regard to safety, lesson status, etc, which is probably what generated a couple of the responses. I know, in the moment, they might have seemed accusatory but only because they didnât have the whole story and your safety was the number 1 concern.
After youâve had some time to process all of this, please remember this board is great at offering moral support, encouragement, and a laundry list of entertaining threads! I promise, future you is going to laught at the crayola trainer thread.
Weâre here for you.
I promise, it DOES get easier. I really truly know how hard this is. Itâs frustrating and scary and you hurt and feel like crap from all the drugs. Everything is out of wack, youâre eating crap food, if you feel like eating at all, and you canât sleep because you canât get comfortable (Iâm a side or belly sleeper and had to sleep on my back for MONTHS. Ugh. The worst). I wonât even get into the second wave of crap that happened to me after I got home from the hospital (which most COTHers didnât realize until much later).
Who is going to help you while youâre out and down for the count? Is someone going to stay with you or will you be staying with someone? Have you done any occupational therapy yet (once you learn how to move your injured self, it doesnât feel quite as awful). Also, life tends to look up after the next doctorâs appointment. I felt a lot better after I saw him and we got a good look at he healing (I was just reminded of that today, as it popped up on my âon this dayâ thing on FB). Take lots of calcium, try to rest, get a cat to come purr next to you (cat purrs are healing), and just give yourself some time to be sad and angry. Itâs ok to feel that way.
Iâm all for deleting posts made while on tons of pain killers after a significant injury, even if done by a moderator. If there was ever a time - thatâs it. The few days I too pain killers are a complete blackout for me. Goodness gracious they forgot to hide the credit cards - I kept ordering/buying the same stuff over & over again as I forgot I had ordered anything.
And now people are replying with quotes, which means the post will remain unless a moderator removes it, is that the right thing to do here?
I broke my leg slipping on a wet horse trailer ramp. Distroyed my lower leg, dislocated my foot off my ankle and broke my tibia and fibula in more places you can count. I was non weight bearing for 5 months, two operations, a 6 inch rod and a hand full of screws. That was 6 years ago, ⊠I still get nervous on wet surfaces
So many of us here know exactly what you are going through. I ride young green Thoroughbreds almost exclusively and have had several very close calls and many broken bones along the way. The older I get the greater effect those injuries have on my body and my confidence.
I saw this thread too late to see your original post, but to answer the remaining question I would recommend returning to riding as soon as possible/practical given your injury, and beginning with a different horse that is rock-solid bombproof and guaranteed to bolster your confidence. For me, too much time off the horses makes matters worse, but starting right back with the greenies isnât usually a recipe for success as I donât ride them effectively when Iâm worrying about getting hurt. Which in turn multiplies the chances of actually getting hurt.
The situation sucks but it does go uphill from here! Your horse will be there for you when you need him, and then again when itâs time to swing a leg over him. Hugs and best wishes for a smooth recovery.
