I’m becoming very fed up.

Give my neck a break ? best not to KatyK

Your tiredness may be caused by the extra effort you have to put into things you are able to do, plus carrying around the weight of 8 bags of sugar .

Good luck on Wednesday x

KatyK this old age lark also makes us more tired. I could fall asleep standing on my feet.

Annie would it not be 4 bags, 2 lbs each bag of sugar?

Not for me Charley I can’t lift a 2lb bag ?

I think that one's body puts all its effort into repair work and sleep is a cure all in my book. I've had a new knee and all I wanted to do was rest rather than exercise the knee. I'm in bed at 9.15 (at the latest) and struggle to get out of bed by 10 am. I have got up and made tea and emptied the dishwasher. I have a bath and go back to bed . Getting dressed is a tiring chore so Katek be kind to yourself.

It's not me. It's katek

My apologies- a slip of the finger.

Oooops sorry x

Sympathies katek I'm grateful it's not me!

I think the body heals more quickly when resting or asleep.
When I had a break I was recommended calcium, magnesium and Vitamin D tablets to help heal the break.

Added to which, everything is so much effort when you're trying to do everything with an injured limb.

I had a sling for nearly 6 months when I broke my elbow - and a heavy plaster from hand to armpit. The worst thing of all was the pain it gave me in my neck, so you have all my sympathy. Sometimes they treat a broken shoulder by strapping arm to chest with no sling - might be worth asking them if this can be done instead. But someone has to remove the strapping each day so you can dress!

They usually change those heavy plaster casts for a lightweight one after a couple of days, when they've made sure any swelling has gone down.
The new casts come in very fetching shades of pink, purple, blue etc.

Could painkillers have a soporific effect? If you're taking any that is.
I too had massive energy drain when recovering from my knee replacements. Something about healing?

Katek
How awful for you.
I think its exhausting doing nothing and even more so not being able to do anything.
Its a bit like going for a walk and just being outside for example, gives you more energy and wakes you up.
I think its not being able to do anything that's the worst.
Could you not try very small things like walking round the block or just sitting outside for a bit somewhere nice?
I really do feel for you and yes it is exhausting.
Sleep and rest is a great healer and I always try to remember 'this too shall pass'.
Good luck for Wednesday.

Katek you have all my sympathy, I fractured a metatarsal and a undisplaced fracture in my ankle last summer. I had an aircast boot for 9 weeks during all those wonderful warm days!!!

I am normally very active, but during that time I was absolutely exhausted, I also put it down to my body telling me to rest/sleep so it could heal.

Take care and try to relax ?

Oh dear katek- a horrible injury because of the pain involved, I imagine. I think you have to go with the flow and not fight tiredness and lack of energy. It's like we almost need to give ourselves permission to slow down and do very little. It can be frustrating I know, but this is the time of life when we can take the pressure off ourselves to be always achieving.

Enjoy a bit of sloth I say, even if it's injury-induced.

I hope as your shoulder heals you'll feel less tired and more like your old self.

Oh that sounds like an awful injury, no advice just sending kind and healing thoughts

Healing does take it out of you. Also the event itself and the hospital visits, not to mention the pain, does nothing for your spirits, and that contributes to feeling exhausted. Take it easy. Three weeks is no time at all. Just look after you. Enjoy a bit of enforced R and R time.

Yes, I like the "this too shall pass" thing. Very true.

You have my sympathy. When I broke my shoulder my arm was in a padded strap rather than a traditional sling. It could be adjusted so that the most comfortable position was found.
The should has many tendons attached to different muscles across the back. This made doing anything involving moving the back muscles painful and tiring. Including standing for any length of time.
So rest up as much as possible. The healing process is slow and it is worth doing all the physio as frequently as recommended. I was told that I might not be able to straighten my arm above my head, but I can and I put that down to the physio regime.

It is tiring getting over broken bones. Can I just put in my usual plea of suggesting you ask to be tested for osteoporosis, it seems people are rarely offered a Dexa scan after a first break.

I was exhausted for ages after breaking my leg in two places. I think it's a combination of the shock of having an accident and the healing process, nature is making sure you get lots of rest. If you had a GA for surgery, too, I think that doesn't help.

I'm astonished an arm plaster weighs 8lb! I'm glad I opted for surgery as a toe to hip plaster would surely weigh as much as an elephant.

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Katek.

My shoulder was broken right up at the top, on the joint, just avoiding the implant I had previously acquired. So it couldn't be put in plaster. It knitted
remarkably quickly in six weeks, but I had to endure several physio sessions before I was passed fit to drive. It was devastatingly painful when it happened and all I could take for the pain was paracetamol as I react badly to opiates - or are they opiodes?
Take comfort, Kk, By now the bone should be on the mend and your exhaustion is nature's way of telling you to rest and recuperate. Do just that.

Katek You have my sympathy. I broke my shoulder in 2008 (riding with the Huskies). Attended A&E in Slovenia - an experience very similar to our UK hospital.
Anyway I think, on attending my 2/3rd visit to UK fracture clinic when cast and sling was off, the registrar made me crawl my fingers as high as possible up the wall and then struck my arm from underneath- probably to test the strength. I will never forget the pain. So be warned you will do a lot of arm crawling up the wall.
I would say it was a good 8 months before I could move my shoulder easily. Lots of Physio and exercises in a warm swimming pool and a spring and pulley device that went over the door frame that someone lent me.
I wish you luck.

Thank you all for the words of encouragement, made me feel very much better. I know I’m often the architect of my own misfortune - expect too much from myself and then get frustrated when I don’t/can’t meet those self imposed targets. I just feel that I’m not unwell - I’ve only broken something so that it isn’t working properly. The rest of me ought to be functioning well and it isn’t!! Clinic tomorrow and coffee afterwards with friend who works at the hospital which will be nice. Fingers crossed for positive X-ray!

Oh Kate, I really feel for you. I broke my shoulder a few years ago, but unfortunately it was completely smashed and I had to have an operation, and a shoulder replacement. It was so painful after the op, and I had to wear a sling for about 6 weeks, which became very painful across the back of my neck and shoulders. I couldn't do anything for ages, was so tired and felt really depressed. Luckily DH was very good, he cooked (under supervision!), and managed to keep the place tidy - although he drew the line at ironing! Eventually I began to feel better and started doing small things. But it took a few months before I was recovered. Just in time for DD's wedding! There is light at the end of the tunnel.