someone remind me i'm 66 not 26

Hey Phill ... news flash ... you're 66, not 26!

Sorry about that, my friend, just responding to your request. We have a saying here in Canada about how we can't do things as well as when we were young superstars full of vitality:

"The older I get, the better I was."

Hope you mend well and soon, Phill.

thanks for your concern and good wishes guys, i honestly thought no one would show interest in an old trouper playing silly burgers. Jim i feel your pain, Ann took a tumble over the handlebars a couple of years ago and broke her collar bone she was in agony and a few years before that she broke a few ribs.....accident prone or what?

Zurf, we have the national health service over here where you go to see your doctor or to the hospital and get your treatment free so you don't get to call an orthopaedic surgeon out of hours...unless you're happy to pay through the nose or it's life threatening.

thanks for the reminder TF, but i wish you'd told me sooner. LOL

I'm 59 going on 29. I guess there's a lesson to be learned here. But since I still climb trees for a living, I'll probably skip class on the day of that lesson and pay for it the same way you did.

Hope you heal up quickly.

Well we are a clumsy lot aren`t we lol.  Sympathy to all the injured above

I can add myself to the list of injured as well.  I am presently into my 4th week of non weight bearing as I  have a broken leg which I broke whilst on our annual ski holiday at Cardrona in the South Island.   Damaged myself on the first day of skiing, which involved a snow mobile ride back to the first aid center on the mountain and a ride by helicopter to Dunedin Hospital.  Told my husband "don`t say I don`t take you anywhere" ... I mean come on, a helicopter ride and he had the best views anyone could want of the mountain ranges all the way to Dunedin ... Wish i could say the same.  Anyway, a bone-transplant and metal plate with 8/9 screws put in later, and stuck in the South Island for two weeks as the air lines wouldn`t fly me home until my leg brace was unlocked at two weeks.... I finally made it home a couple of weeks ago.  Another two weeks to go and hopefully I am allowed to start walking on it (hoping that is the case).  So for now, me and my broken tibial plateau are recuperating and resting up.

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I've never really thought about the saying LOL but some of these posts really made me chuckle so thanks for that as I've had an awful night trying to sleep. I finally got off at around 7.30 so my daughter could wake me up an hour later....pain, illness, death come second to babysitting.

Peatle and Jandle, so sorry I wasn't aware of your problems and also Jim on the other side of the world, let's all heal up quickly. Sounds like Roger is just going through puberty?

Joe, you're just entering the danger zone, I pulled my ham string at 59 playing badminton...not a lot of fun.

Jeezzz Russ you youngsters got it easy; money for nothing and your chicks for free. LOL

Good gravy everyone. Take it easy, would you? I haven't injured myself in a good long while. On the other hand, all I do is sit at a desk, so there's not a lot of opportunity for injury except for excessive weight gain.

Here's an update.

I attended fracture clinic this morning and the specialist gave me the great news that I won't need an op! Though I must keep my arm in a sling for a few weeks, I am not allowed to drive as my insurance will be void if I do ( it's an offence to drive with no insurance in the UK) and no lifting for at least 8 weeks or rounders which started this in the first place.
So, my best wishes to all my Chordie mates that are still suffering. I'm still in pain but my mind is now eased a little.

This thread has gotten kind of funny (in a cruel, insensitive way).

My Mom and late-Dad were avid bridge players with a group of other seniors. Dad used to say that their conversations were an "organ recital", with everyone talking about their inner health issues. My own contribution is primarily my 19 broken bones (to date). I've played a lot of sports, and went at them all aggressively as if I was Superman. Sometimes I think an opponent had some Kryptonite in their pocket.

getting in and out of bed are still really painful especially the early morning walk across the landing...you know? and i've found the most comfy sleeping position is sitting up. where i've never lost feeling or movement in my hands, moving the arm itself has been scream out loud time eg picking up the guitar....murder! so picking up amps and speakers is off the menu for a good while i think.

i've never understood the rules to bridge, but once on holiday there was a group of Italians playing cards on the next table, all talking at once at the top of their lungs....i wonder if any of them knew what the others were talking about? 7 broken bones? i've only ever managed to break my nose. could have been when i was boxing or i when got knocked in the nose by a cricket ball.