I’m becoming very fed up.

That's great news!
Onwards and upwards now

Katek yeeeeesss, you are free of those 8/4 bags of sugar ,
So happy for you x

Hurray!!
and hope the physio goes well

Yay! Sling off and bone healing well-next step physio but still no driving for another couple of weeks. I’m so used to the sling now that I’m still walking around with my hand resting somewhere near my bosom!

So many of you have gone through this and know what’s involved. Thanks for all the handy tips and support. I admire your fortitude ladies!

I broke my shoulder and arm whilst out for a walk (trying to get fit). I didn't need an op. I ate sesame seeds and tinned sardines and salmon to rebuild the bones. Lots of physio, the door pulley, warm water therapy and it seemed forever. Now I go to tai chi, can fasten my bra and no pain. Still struggle to tie my hair in a ponytail. It will pass.

Keep a, very simple, note of what you are able to do - it may not appear much but as the days pass you will be able to look back and see your progress as you gradually do more and more

Katek If you are normally an active person then you will /may experience frustration that this broken shoulder is preventing you from your 'normal' way of life. Having had two hip replacements I can assure you I was climbing up the wall (not literally) with frustration not being able to do the things I took for granted during the period of healing.I too felt tired not because I wasn't sleeping at night but from boredom. I took to watching non stop tv ,making endless cups of tea , phoning friends, who were very patient .anything to relieve my frustration. It will pass so be patient and give your shoulder time to heal.

Your body is putting your energy into healing and recovery. Try to go with it and get plenty of rest, and eat well. You’ll recover more quickly in the long run.

Be kind to yourself Katek, sadly, things like this do take longer than you'd like and it's easy to get down in the dumps because of an accumulation of all those little everyday frustrations. Hopefully you have support at dealing with this. Best of luck.

Stansgran
It took me a couple of months to recover from my knee replacement. To start with, the anaesthetic takes ages to clear properly; and the operation itself is quite a shock to the system.

I know the feeling - had a hip replacement Saturday, didn't sleep much Saturday night due to other confused/noisy patients but Sunday afternoon and Monday all i did was sleep home yesterday still tired but it will improve - only thing is i have to rely on other people to do things for me which i hate !!

DH broke his collar-bone the year before last, and after having it reset a year ago, he is now at long last beginning to look like himself again. I hope your recovery is quicker, but I think it is quite normal to be tired while recovering from a broken bone. Pain is tiring too.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Have you tried a heat pad or a pad heated in the microwave for your neck? They really help. My neck is permanently bent so that my ear touches my shoulder, can’t look to the left either and get a lot of pain and these things do help with it, even a hot water bottle with a towel round it and placed on the shoulder/neck.
Good luck with your appointment,hope you get some good news

Hope you are all fixed soon and can get back to normal. Unfortunately the less we do the more lethargic we become.

Oh Kate I do so feel for you. I broke my arm last year and absolutely slept for England for the next month or so. GP said it was a mixture of energy needed for healing, and trauma to the body, which is extremely draining. I didn't feel at all traumatised as it luckily wasn't too painful and I had a lot of help and kindness from friends and family, but even so I was amazed at the exhaustion. My hair also thinned for a while - again, trauma it seems, the body just does not like it when it is battered about. Chin up - it won't last that long

I once dislocated my left elbow -fine, I thought, I'm right handed, no problem. But I couldn't even do up my bra! Luckily my sister was around to help. Took 8 weeks before I could straighten it properly.
Your sleepyness may well be caused by the fact that you are probably not sleeping as well at night - I found it hard to find a comfortable position, and turning over in bed was just about impossible!

Just be careful when things seem to be going well. The shoulder I broke was the one that had previously been partially replaced. After the replacement op, the dreaded physio got me going and I was even able to fasten my bra round the back. Then, that winter I was shovelling snow and put too much strain on the joint. In the past twelve years I haven't been able to fasten my bra. However, nowadays,that shoulder is completely painless - it's the other one that gets tendonitis.

Spot on with that comment kate - that you aren't ill, just dealing with a break!
I know exactly how you feel and was so frustrated with that feeling.
However I came to terms with it when my doctor DiL pointed out that we need huge amounts of energy to heal a break! It makes sense when you accept that so much of your energy is diverted to that healing process and less is available for 'other stuff'. Your own body works out the priorities.

(Whisper this bit! Growing older inevitably slows things down.)

Good luck today.

Hope your cloning appointment goes ok Katek ?

Thank you very much Annie. Appointment is at 2 so will post outcome later on. Fingers crossed!

Good luck today Kate

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.

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!

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.

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.