The sudden fall

 Well son K and I were out for a walk on Aug 21 when I tripped somehow on the sidewalk and landed hard on the grass with my right arm extending straight out. The impact winded me and I ended up hurting my right shoulder.  Husband M took me to a walk in clinic nearby as my doctor's office was closed by that time.  They thought it was a sprain but ordered an x ray just in case. The X-ray lab was closed by that time so the next morning we had it done only to be told to go to the hospital next as it was a shoulder fracture. 

Emergency care at the hospital can take some time so we went prepared with snacks, water bottles, but it only took 3 hours. I asked them to look at my right foot where the instep had started to hurt the night of the fall.  That took extra time to have an x-ray and cat scan but nothing was broken.  I was fitted with a splint and told the fracture clinic would call me the next week to follow up, I will need physiotherapy probably.  I may have to wear the splint for 6 weeks.   (...  to be updated after my appointment.)

The challenge is to go about daily tasks using one hand. Fortunately it is my dominant hand.  Interestingly we were asked to use QR codes to sign up at the walk in clinic and at Triage at the hospital.  Times have changed.

As an aside I remember the splint guy saying summer is their busiest time in emergency.  He said they get many e-bike injuries.  I had mentioned how happy we were with their service knowing how busy it is there.

Update:

I went to the fracture clinic Aug 28 for a 7.30 am appointment with an orthopedic surgeon.  He recommended surgery so I am scheduled for next week! They did a shoulder CT scan for confirmation.  It will be a 6-8 week recovery followed by at least 3 months of physiotherapy.  Surgery for me will need plate and screws as opposed to getting a new shoulder.  The nurse said I should do a bone density scan later on through my family doctor to check my osteoporosis risk due to this event.

I put these details in my blog for handy future reference. In fact, I referenced my blog to check the date of my last surgery (hysterectomy) when I was filling out the hospital form.