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My son had his visit to the consultant today and was given the all clear!!! All the resting and the crutches have healed the ligament!!! YAY! He now has to undergo some physio and must take it very easy for the next few weeks, so the crutches will have to stay for now, but the plaster has gone!!!!! he's mended!!!


Jo xxx
Good to hear that Jo:)
 
My son hurt his leg, I took him to Málaga hospital on Saturday and they x-rayed and drained the swelling and told me to go to Torremolinos hospital where they specialise in injuries - he has (according to the consultant) a very nasty torn ligament in his knee. They've bandaged it up, told us to get crutches, medication and to make an appointment for three weeks time for an MRI scan and a possible operation. I went to the appointment desk, but they refused to do anything without a social security number. We dont have one. My children dont even have NIE numbers, cos at the time they were included on mine, but apparently not anymore???????

I'm on the brink of sending my son back to the UK to get this sorted - any ideas please. I'm feeling quite desperate. What made it worse is that I didnt have an enterpreter with me and the doctor gave me a telling off, cos he wanted to talk about my sons knee in depth - I understood that the hospital in Torremolinos had them, but they didnt

Jo xxxx
Hi Joe, I am so sorry to hear that, how awful of them - well it does not suprise me. I had an knee ligament problem and the ligament was broken and I can understand exactly how your son must be feeling. I have Mapre cover which i have had now for 5 years and my daughter is on it as well, it costs 1,330 for the year and it is brilliant. I hope this helps and so sorry that i cant do anything more to assist you. Big hug and keep me posted saludos nicola
 
Hi Jo

Glad to hear your son's on the road to recovery ;-))

When I messed up the ligament in my foot last year it took a few months to repair but I got there in the end and I'm sure he will too.....yeah the exercise maybe a little uncomfortable to begin with but no pain no gain (well in a controlled way in the case of ligament rehab) :clap2:
 
its only me - Nicola

Hi Joe, I am so sorry to hear that, how awful of them - well it does not suprise me. I had an knee ligament problem and the ligament was broken and I can understand exactly how your son must be feeling. I have Mapre cover which i have had now for 5 years and my daughter is on it as well, it costs 1,330 for the year and it is brilliant. I hope this helps and so sorry that i cant do anything more to assist you. Big hug and keep me posted saludos nicola
Hi Joe, How is your son doing? please let me know, how things go. big hug saludos nicola
 
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My son has been given the all clear, his "broken" ligament has healed, but he now needs quite a bit of physio - he's been given an "urgent" appointment at the hospital in May?? Not sure what we were supposed to do wth him til then, so we're taking him privately. He still uses the crutches, but he can more or less weight bare. Thanks for asking

Jo xxx
 
but he can more or less weight bare.
In this weather waiting bare he will freeze to death. and stop using those four letter words such as "b*re" you know, from another thread, how it gets Steve all excited.

On a more serious note. I tore a ligament in my right elbow when I was in my second year at high school and after several months in a sling while it healed I had to have hotwax baths and do physio three times a week at the local hospital to try to get my elbow that had tightened up at an angle of about 120° to straighten up. It was Oh so painful that I didn't do it as well as I should and even now nearly 50 years later, I can't get it any straighter than 170° (OK so you're all checking to see how far you can straighten yours!)

Please encourage him to persist with the physio unless he wants to be partially disabled for the rest of his life.
 
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