OH has broken his foot. Help, this is not good for either of us!

melanzana

Well, he is ok thankfully. Fell off the ladder whilst cutting the hedge. Hospital confirmed a crack in the heel bone.

No surgery, but a massive big boot to be worn and no putting weight on the heel. Well now, that is not being observed! This man has taken the boot off to drive!!!

So this man who is in sixties is a fitness fanatic. Not like me! So goes to the gym every day. We also go for walks three or four times a week (retired now) with a lovely lunch after the exertions.

Everything is curtailed now and he is so bored and fed up, naturally, he is imprisoned by the BOOT! Sorry if I am being insensitive, but the man hit his head aswell and it could all be so much worse.

Anyway, the point of this thread is what do I do with him? We don't have a Blue Badge or anything, so finding places to go where the distance from car to venue is short is a problem.

This man also said he was going swimming to keep his mobility up, now am I with a nutter or what :T

Trying to be lighthearted, but any suggestions?

Taxi I suppose lol.

Just a bit of a rant here. Sorry if offended anyone with bad injuries after a fall.

I am losing it. He is here around me all day and doing my little head in!

paddy's_mum

Be grateful it was his foot that got broken, not yours :->

How to keep him from dashing about? A sturdy length of rope would be my practical suggestion!

(In reality, is there a subject that he has often thought 'I'll do such-and-such when I have time' could be of use now? A short study course of some sort - I've always wanted to do basket weaving. One day I'll get a Round Tuit.

rhino_horn

My husband broke his foot earlier this year. Drunk and fell off the kerb at 3am outside our house. Idiot.

That was the end of his football season. He then got flu so was completely laid up.

He got bored, took the boot off after a couple of weeks, limped around and used his crutches for a couple more weeks, then got rid of those.

Not saying that's what your husband should do mind...

The fact that I was completely unimpressed by the whole situation seemed to make his recovery far, far quicker...

Grumpelstiltskin

If he is driving against medical advice I think you will find his car insurance is not valid.


Knowing insurance companies if he had an accident even if it was not his fault they would use this as an excuse not to pay out.

melanzana

paddy's_mum wrote: »

Be grateful it was his foot that got broken, not yours :->

How to keep him from dashing about? A sturdy length of rope would be my practical suggestion!

(In reality, is there a subject that he has often thought 'I'll do such-and-such when I have time' could be of use now? A short study course of some sort - I've always wanted to do basket weaving. One day I'll get a Round Tuit.

Thanks for the suggestion paddy's mum, but he is just a gym bunny despite his age. Having worked in a field where his brain was overused, he said never again, just my fitness now!

We do volunteer with a local food bank where we serve up dinners to those less fortunate than ourselves. It is once a week and he really misses that. I still go, but standing for two hours is not an option for him now!

I think I will murder him soon :rotfl:

melanzana

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

If he is driving against medical advice I think you will find his car insurance is not valid.


Knowing insurance companies if he had an accident even if it was not his fault they would use this as an excuse not to pay out.

Hmm, I will say this. But I don't hold out much hope.

He is one of those who has been Driving for nigh on Fifty Years and NEVER had an accident types!

(I often say did you ever CAUSE any though darling lol)

But thank you, I will file it away just the same as ammunition!

melanzana

rhino_horn wrote: »

My husband broke his foot earlier this year. Drunk and fell off the kerb at 3am outside our house. Idiot.

That was the end of his football season. He then got flu so was completely laid up.

He got bored, took the boot off after a couple of weeks, limped around and used his crutches for a couple more weeks, then got rid of those.

Not saying that's what your husband should do mind...

The fact that I was completely unimpressed by the whole situation seemed to make his recovery far, far quicker...

Hope your OH is ok now. Anyway, the boot is off for driving, and then it's off for going to meet his friends down the town. Hobbling about and more than likely making the situation much worse, but will he be told? Not a chance.

Men, they are so conscious of appearing a little bit less than perfect sometimes!

Good lesson IMV. No one is invincible.

pigpen

I'd leave him to it then when it is hurting after it should have healed use the words 'told you so/you knew best/HA!' as and when required.. he is a grown man if he cant take responsibility for himself at his age then there is no hope.

fozziebeartoo

Yep, just what I was going to say too.

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

If he is driving against medical advice I think you will find his car insurance is not valid.


Knowing insurance companies if he had an accident even if it was not his fault they would use this as an excuse not to pay out.

melanzana

fozziebeartoo wrote: »

Yep, just what I was going to say too.

Men sometimes! I doubt he ever thought of that. And when I tentatively mentioned it earlier, I got excuses. Like.... how would anyone know I had a cracked heel anyway? That could have happened in the "accident".

Honestly, men!

But much as I love the man, I am backing off for now.

Nothing I say makes a difference. He is invincible!

GlasweJen

He's not in invincible he's an idiot! If he's in an accident it would be clear from any medical records that the cracked heel happened well before the accident. Even if he got another leg fracture the X-ray would clearly show that the heel wound is older than the new wounds.