broke my fingers today

[cobbychic]

well, feel a right idiot today. hughie spooked and bolted today and i foolishly had the leadrein rapped round my fingers. i dislocated my finger and broke it in several places and have a plaster on all the way up my arm!
am really fed up

[Maggiemooo]

Ouchhhhhh... get better soon.

[denisextilly]

Oh no poor you,hope you get better soon :D:)

[stressy]

oucchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! hope it gets better soon hun! x

[Cortrasna]

Ouch!!! Hope it isnt too painful??? timely reminder to self - do NOT wrap lead rope around hand;) (Think I do it from time to time without realising:o

[Nookster]

ouch :( but sadly these things happen

i'm sat sulking over a fat ankle this evening after taking a chip from my lads hoof this evening. :o

[Kimmy C]

I friend on mine had to have stitches in her hand the other week as her horse went down for grass and the reins cut through between her thumb and forefinger - ouch !

[Daisy_Roots]

OUCH!! How long does the plaster need to stay on for?

[Mimi + Me]

OUCH!! How long does the plaster need to stay on for?

Same thing happened to me a couple of years ago, I got so annoyed with having my arm in plaster up to my elbow for a broken and dislocated finger, that I cut it off the next day at home with some wire cutters!! When I went to the hospital a couple of days later everyone had a go at me (from the receptionist to the nurse to the doctor), and they insisted that they put it back in plaster. I said if they do, then I'll just cut if off again. They made me sign a disclaimer saying I knew I shouldn't be driving blah, blah, blah before they put a splint on it. It's all very well them sticking me in plaster for six weeks, how on earth was I supposed to drive and see my horse :mad::mad:

Sorry cobbychic I've gone off on one there a bit :o:o. These things can happen so quickly, I hope your poor fingers recover soon.

Did you hear them snap when they dislocated, I did :D

Oh and I bet the doctor told you how dangerous horses are ..........

[fairlady]

sounds painful, but these things happen in seconds:eek:

Hope you manage to do whatever you want to do with the plaster on;)

[eventerbabe]

ow, ow ow!! that sounds very painful! my mum dislocated her finger a few years ago, similar incident to yours. She found bowen therapy very useful. Infact, if she'd followed NHS treatment she'd never have got movement back in her finger.

[happyhacker101]

Ouch - hope you're feeling less sore soon

The lead rope wrapping trait is one that I'm guilty of too - it's just so easy to forget .....

[Ceiron]

ouch, hope it heals quickly

[Sparky Lily]

Oh poor you. We all know not to wrap the rope around, but nevertheless we all do now and again. Bad timing or what!

Still, you are in good company. I once heard Monty Roberts say how exactly the same thing had happened to him.

[bluntcrayon]

Oh ows..... that sounds nasty! I must say though this site is a great 'what not to do' with horses, since joining a few days ago I've read threads and learned: not to unload a horse without a hat on; not to feed a horse in the corner of a field; not to wrap a lead rope round your fingers. You could console yourself that at least your suffering might mean others avoid the same accident... probaby not the greatest consolation though :o

Mimi you are mental!!

[Sofi P]

ouch!!! Hope it gets better soon

I'm seriously OCD about not wrapping ropes around my fingers after I heard a horror story about someone having to have their fingers amputated because a horse bolted. It may very well have been a made up story but it worked on me!

[kayjayhorses]

oh poor you that sounds bl**dy painful - hope it doesn't have to stay on for too long. Although a plaster for broken finger does sound excessive.

[cobbychic]

i know, i was expecting them to strap it to the next finger not have a plaster on!!!! cant do anything. hubby has mucked out for me today bless him. got to go back tomorrow to fracture clinic but today they were on about poss operating on it as its twisted and wonky!!!! ouch!!!

[diplomaticandtactful]

ouch, did something similar myself a few years ago, leading two, and they decided to fight, and there was me holding onto both of them,took the tendon off my finger, awfully painful.

hugs, though you might not be able to stand one at the moment.

blooming horses always looking for ways to kill you!

[kturner]

Isn't it amazing how the brain doesnt send a let go signal in some of these situations.

I was dragged to a haylage bale sliding on the concrete floor, leaning back, almost sitting down by my daughters 28yr old arab. The leadrope wasnt even wrapped around, but my brain would not let it go! Ligaments in two were all torn and I still cant open the fridge with that hand 5 yrs later. It causes me a lot of trouble, but I didnt go to hosp at the time, as just thought it was a sprain.:o

That incident made me remember a few years later when same daughter and I were leading two through a herd of cows on the farm to let go and run. We dived under the electric fence and let the horses fend for themselves. They were back at the stables before us of course.

[diplomaticandtactful]

i couldn't let go as we were about to cross a road, my fault for trying to take two at a time

[Claire1605]

Oh and I bet the doctor told you how dangerous horses are ..........[/QUOTE]

Isn't that always the way. When I went to A&E when Harvs jumped on me the receptionist and the xray bloke both replied when I explained what happened "OH I don't like horses, they scare me"!!!

[Carrie+Morgan]

Ouch that sounds so painful!!

I think you need lots of chocolate and tlc xx

[Trewsers]

Ouch! Heal soon! Can't believe they put plaster on, what a pain......

[Mimi + Me]

Mimi you are mental!!

I was back riding two days later, I just had to be very careful when doing up the girth etc.

When I eventually got to see the 'plastics' department about 5 weeks later, they told me how beautifully it had healed.

Just as I was going out of the door of the consultation room the doctor told me to not ride for a little bit longer. When I turned round and told her I'd been riding all this time, she just shook her head in despair :D:D;)

[diplomaticandtactful]

most doctors think horse riders are lunatics but are usually kind about it.

after all, as i explained to them when i got kicked on the hip and was in agony, it is all very well you telling me to take it easy but someone has to still feed them, muck them out etc, they don't do it themselves.

[harleemonster]

i was a bit tied up other week trying to get a headcoller on Ros when he reared so i ended up going up with him!! didnt break any bones but i tell you i felt like my arms and back had been well and truly pulled out of place!!!

on a plus note my 3yr old really enjoyed the show, mummy being bounced up and down like tigger!!!!

hope you heal quickly, and feel better soon!! x x x x x

[myfunkyhorse]

I also broke my finger last sunday :( I feel for you huni its sooooo painful Lead rope accident too