The Fracture Gals

[albaqwerty]

Patsy and Margo

Hope you each got on OK at the respective clinics yesterday

Didn't Retro go back in yesterday too? Hope he's ok

[MargoTester]

Morning Alba - not too bad thanks, apparently the bone has moved since I broke it and he was talking about an operation to put a plate in, but said that research seems to prove its better left to heal on its own so I have to take his word for it. Back again in three weeks. Think you may mean Mally as she went back yesterday too and they were pleased with her improvement could be a year for her to get back to normal. Retro was back to hospital at 9.00 thins morning so will wait to here from him. Thanks for asking xx

[DTCwordfan]

This constant ache
is Margo's leg's message to her, ever so.
'Hello. Hello. Hello.
You're getting there,' it says,
'step by step.'

Legs aren't stars
which sputter out
and go on gleaming anyway.
Patsy's lived, of course,
with phantom limbs and acidity

but Margo's fracture
doesn't point to
amputation. No.
It hisses at something
much more enjoyable,
more time on AB with Albs and al

Skin lantern,
necklace of teeth,
the bones & sinews
are all in revolt against us.
Just ask Balders about cuts and skulls.

with little bribes:
vitamins, penicillin,
& now these pounds of plaster,
but they will bury us,
good Bolsheviks that our bodies are,

And their bodies know it.
So they've got time to bide.
Meanwhile: Balders spread-eagle
on these crutches, Margo in plaster
and Patsy in an Omeprazole lake
Where's Sqad for christ's sake
in the Spanish bar, gin and tapas.

Our bodies are moving, here & now,
step by step,
towards the future,
that incurable fracture.
Not even Sqad or Balder's Lady Doc
can cure.

[dannyk13]

Good morning Margo, sorry to hear you are not healing as fast as you would like.I have a Titanium plate in my wrist which doesn't give any trouble but I have to wear a wrist band when exercising otherwise it aches a bit.

[petal54]

sounds like a long haul,going in / out clinics always a pain,hope all goes well!

[albaqwerty]

oops Sorry, Patsy (there's too many with bumps and knocks at the moment !! I'm struggling to keep up with who's bumped what and who's going where and when.)

Hope they find a huge improvement in 3 weeks time xx

DT, you're on fire as always :-)

[albaqwerty]

oops, thanks also for the news about Mally, a long haul tho to get back to normal. Can't rush these things

[MargoTester]

DT brilliant but it's my upper humerus I fractured:-)) fortunately the left one so can still typed one fingered. I didn't realise how incapacitating it would be, not able to drive for at least 6 weeks which is a pain as OH doesn't drive - feel trapped thank gawd for AB

[MargoTester]

Thanks Danny x

[Patsy33]

You have such a way with words DTC!

[Patsy33]

Tweren't I Alba... Twas Mally. Thanks anyway!...

[dannyk13]

He should be made AB Poet Laureate.

[albaqwerty]

Patsy, please take care for a couple of days in case I've jinxed you :-D xx