Hurt my Hip-- advice???

"MB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I'm a 57 yr. old male. I was shoveling snow. Bottom line: I slipped badly on the ice about 8 hours
ago. I went up and then landed hard on my left

hip.

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I'm in a lot of pain.

However, I can walk (slightly gingerely, but pretty good). I assume since

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can walk okay and I am in pain but not excruciating that I haven't broken

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hip (I am hesitant to go to the ER-- it's expensive and I really don't

want

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to be hanging around there for 5 hours!).

Assuming it is "just" a badly bruised hip and not broken, how do I take

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of it?? I tried ice for a bit. I am also trying a hot-pak (and that seems

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work better).

You should go to the ER. You might have broken your hip.

HMc

MB said:

However, I can walk (slightly gingerely, but pretty good). I assume since I can walk okay and I am
in pain but not excruciating that I haven't broken my hip

Bad assumption. No merit whatsoever.

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(I am hesitant to go to the ER-- it's expensive and I really don't want to be hanging around there
for 5 hours!).

Understood, and maybe it is just a bruise, but if you're wrong, it's just going to get worse and
more expensive the longer you wait.

If you're in as much pain as you say, there's a good chance it's more than just a bruise.

Howard & Carey:

OK, you guys talked me into it!! The pain continued so I ended up in the ER room at 12:30 AM.

Fortunately, my hip is fine. However, the x-rays MAY be (but is probably not) showing a broken
pelvis. The doctor wasn't 100% sure so the radiologist will let me know tomorrow. I definitely have
a bruised hip.

Regardless, it is not considered serious, only very painful. The doctor said if it is broken it will
just be painful longer but they don't have to do anything

Mel

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MB said:

However, I can walk (slightly gingerely, but pretty good). I assume since

I

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can walk okay and I am in pain but not excruciating that I haven't broken

my

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hip

Bad assumption. No merit whatsoever.

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(I am hesitant to go to the ER-- it's expensive and I really don't want to be hanging around
there for 5 hours!).

Understood, and maybe it is just a bruise, but if you're wrong, it's just going to get worse and
more expensive the longer you wait.

If you're in as much pain as you say, there's a good chance it's more than just a bruise.

MB said:

Howard & Carey:

OK, you guys talked me into it!! The pain continued so I ended up in the ER room at 12:30 AM.

Heh.... That's when everyone ends up in the ER. It's a law of the universe that everyone waits until
after midnight... on a weekend or holiday if at all possible.

But seriously, glad to hear it's not serious. Next time do yourself a favor and visit the doc during
office hours. It's cheaper, and the magazines in the waiting room are better! ;-)

"MB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Howard & Carey:

OK, you guys talked me into it!! The pain continued so I ended up in the ER room at 12:30 AM.

Fortunately, my hip is fine. However, the x-rays MAY be (but is probably not) showing a broken
pelvis. The doctor wasn't 100% sure so the

radiologist

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will let me know tomorrow. I definitely have a bruised hip.

Regardless, it is not considered serious, only very painful. The doctor

said

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if it is broken it will just be painful longer but they don't have to do anything

Good news. I have seen hip fractures where the femoral neck impacts on itself. A relative lack of
pain while walking is always a hopeful sign, but not definitive.

HMc