On 4/21/2016 3:23 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:12:07 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:



I was with her while they took the X-Rays. The tech put the first on on
the display screen and involuntarily reacted with a minor gasp.
I asked her if it was broken and she said she was not allowed to say
anything, however I was welcome to study it myself. Didn't take any
special training to see that break. Right below the ball.


That was pretty much the same break my wife had, falling out of an
orange tree hanging christmas lights.

She took a lot of joy chain sawing that tree to the ground when she
got better. This was her christmas sling
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Judy%20sling.jpg

Be sure your wife does the PT as soon as possible so she gets full
mobility back.



Not to get too morbid in details but she broke her right arm ... the
same side that she had a mastectomy for breast cancer years ago. That
surgery took a lot of muscle away and she has always experienced a
weakness on that side. That was 20 years ago however and the
treatments and surgical procedures have changed dramatically over the
years, having far less permanent effects. Chemo has changed
dramatically also. It is much more targeted the affected cells. When
she had the chemo treatments they were much more "shotgun". I always
felt the effects of chemo was worse than the cancer. Her doctor agreed
but it was the best they had at the time.