I've cracked it !

Wonkylegs

well ........ I've cracked my resting splint :shock: :shock: :shock:

obviously I don't know my own strength (though on the last two days evidence it isn't mighty!)

woke up suddenly in the night and turned to grab the bed stick to help me sit up. Heard a strange 'crack' sound. Puzzled over it for a while, then realised that only plastic cracks with that kind of sound :shock:

Yup - sure enough there just at the side of my knuckles, is a crack that will surely only grow ....... so I guess I will have to ring and confess to the OT that I am a vandal :roll: :roll:

Do you think there will be trouble :?:

she might pay me back by making a new one in bright pink

now dare I wear it again tonight :?:

Wonky

minky67

Oh dear Wonky what you like.
glad it was plastic & not bone as i was kindda worried there for a mo.
If she does you a bright pink splint i'll send snowy with the spray cans Mind pink works well with skin tone so they say (Not mine as mine is whiter than white, I dont get out much )
sleep well & stop wrecking the bedroom
debs

Wonkylegs

OH Debs I'll try

Oh and when I say pink I mean bright, vivid, almost fluorescent pink ..... I saw it last time :shock:

I better get practicing sounding and looking contrite

Wonky xxx

minky67

Wonky, what ever that means i agree.
I have to look up things like penitent ( I have got a dictionary & calculator & scales )& get the answer & i is still as thick :shock: :roll: i did English language at school & often wondered why i never got asked to read out loud :roll:
at least if she gives you fluorescent pink you can see what your wrecking before you wreck it.. Sleep well.
debs

bertyboy

ohhhhhhhhhhhh dear whoops they dont make them very strong , hope its still doing the job xx

julie47

Oh dear wonky

Was you having a bad dream perhaps and hit something

Well you must be either very strong or the plasic already had a slight crack somewhere in the plastic that you couldnt see.

Hope you can get a new one soon .
Flourescent pink sounds good to me, you could jut hold out your arm in the night to see where you are going , no need for the landing light

Take care
Juliepf x

dreamdaisy

Am I right in thinking that plastic can weaken with age? It doesn't last forever, and I guess that splints take all sorts of batterings and punishments during the course of day-to-day living. I don't think you are culpable, wonky, it's just the nature of the fragile beast that is plastic! I hope you are able to get a replacement soon - and in a colour/shade/hue you like. Diamanté ones would look fab! DD

Wonkylegs

Del you did make me But I wouldn't dare say that .... she'd not make me another

DD - perhaps you are right .... and she did tell me that they were strong enough to bear weight, but perhaps not mine eh? :oops: They were only made in January, so less than a year old, but it may not be coincidence that the one that has cracked is made of thinner stuff than the other one. (they were made on different visits and we didn't realise until later!)

it is working fine thanks, though I am taking more care when I need to turn over in bed ..... getting a bit paranoid about it

WOnky xxx

skezier

Hi Wonky,

Don;t you go worrying... I sort of agree with Del as it shouldn't have broken and if you just say you woke up and found it broken you shouldn't have to be contrite at all... they should have made em stronger....

I really hope you can just phone and get a replacement? Will they have to re measure you?

Hey when I lost the toe they made me a special shoes and the 2nd one was neon pink..... I was so self conscious of the stump ( I am sorry I know i shouldn't have been but was 22ish) and to me they might as well have put a whacking great arrow at it

My third one I was asked what colour I wanted and I said blue so blue I got Made of similar material I think if not the same so maybe you could specified colour?

More hugs and slurps and he is disgustingly slurpee cus I ate an eclair... not the same one the sheep spay out honest Cris xxx

dorcas

Hi Wonky

the splint shouldn't have split unless you jumped on it from a great height.

I'd definitely let the OT know and I'm sure they won't be phased by having to make you another one
fluorescent pink sounds rather nice.. laughed at Julie PF's suggestion that it would be better than a night light!

Iris xxx

barbara12

Hi wonky
What you like....but dont go worrying... I would like a bright pink one...with a few stripes maybe....think I had better stop
Just blame the dog..
Love
Barbara xx

maria09

Good Heavens Wonky didnt realise how strong you were
Until you said they were plastic mine are metal inside
Maybe you could ask for the metal ones & hopefully you wont break them :!:
Hope you are keeping warm in this weather
Maria x

chris7

Hi Wonky

Just catching up and was worried for a min, like Debs I thought you had cracked a bone!!!! :shock:
Hope you are managing with it and have confessed. I rather like pink. x:))
Been minus something or other all day here, hope you have faired a tad better in your bit of Yorkshire and we have free ice skating on any pavement!!. Burst pipes at work meant a delayed tea break which was rather annoying.
You take care with that splint I fear for Mr Wonky if you turn over in your sleep.
love and warm hugs
Chris xx

Wonkylegs

oh you lot know how to make a girl laugh

I too fear for Mr Wonky but not because I'll clonk him with the splint but because he is snoring away and I can't get to sleep!

the splint might come in handy yet x:))

seriously I know it won't be a problem when I ring the OT, but I am sure she will not see me until next year, so am taking great care of the splint and being nice to it whenever I can

WOnky

speedalong

Hi Wonky,
well it obviously wasn't made to last! At least it proves you have been using it, definitely time to ask for replacement. Let's hope the next one lasts longer...

SPeedy

Wonkylegs

well tried to ring OT dept today but had to leave a message on answerphone - at least I think it was the OT dept answerphone .... it didn't say that it was (or wasn't) just please leave a message ..... so I did! but no call back yet :roll:

will let you know!
WOnky

dorcas

Oh Wonky ... I hope you can get a replacement splint soon.

I suppose that a lot of hospitals might be short staffed just now with the snowy conditions but I hope you don't have to wait too long. ..... unless of course you left your voice message with the local takeaway.

Iris xxx x:))