How long will it stay for??

keltoms · 05-03-2007 3:22pm #1

Hi All,

The other week i was playing a soccer match and i accidentally got an elboq to the face, busting my nose open and causing it to bleed like a tap! so i went to the hospital to get an x-ray done on it only to find out that my nose is in fact broken (minimal displacement). The hospital are going to send me a letter out with a date to come back and get it clicked back in, but the only thing is is that the doctor told me that i will have 2 black eyes after the op. was just wondering if anyone know how long roughly does a black eye last?? Its just i have a couple of 21st coming up along with paddys day and i dont wanna have two black eyes for them!! Let me knwo anyway, thanks a mill!!:)

keltoms · 05-03-2007 3:23pm

Hi All,

The other week i was playing a soccer match and i accidentally got an elbow to the face, busting my nose open and causing it to bleed like a tap! so i went to the hospital to get an x-ray done on it only to find out that my nose is in fact broken (minimal displacement). The hospital are going to send me a letter out with a date to come back and get it clicked back in, but the only thing is is that the doctor told me that i will have 2 black eyes after the op. was just wondering if anyone know how long roughly does a black eye last?? Its just i have a couple of 21st coming up along with paddys day and i dont wanna have two black eyes for them!! Let me know anyway, thanks a mill!!:)

Kinetic^ · 05-03-2007 3:25pm

LOL, here's me reading and thinking you've an interview or something important to go to :rolleyes:

About 2 weeks.

humanji · 05-03-2007 4:00pm

But on the plus side, it'll save money on a mask if you decide to be a superhero!

Seriously though, as Kenny5 says, about 2 weeks. Best try and get it done as soons as possible so that you have plenty of time to heal up.

akw_old · 05-03-2007 4:46pm

get some arnica - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnica - tablets. they get rid of bruising.
two black eyes, and parties. would that not be a plus with all the girls asking what happened? its an ice breaker.

6th · 05-03-2007 4:51pm

akw speaks the truth, arnica is great stuff. I think NaturesWay sell it.

LegacyUser · 06-03-2007 2:58am

'You say its just to click it back into place i cant see why this would cause black eyes.....

I broke my news when i was younger and i didnt mean miner broke like really Badly broke it anyway went the hospital an as u put it the doctor CLIKED it back into place i didnt bruise or anything i was fine.'

keltoms · 06-03-2007 2:10pm

ye its an ice breaker alright but i had one before and people just look at ya like ur an absolute pikey!! know wat i mean?? will get some of that arnica stuff though, thanks!

loismustdie · 06-03-2007 11:48pm

start taking arnica even before so they kick in and make sure not to let anyone else touch the arnica cos apparently it loses some of its healing power if you do!

Moojuice · 07-03-2007 11:01am

WATS UP ! wrote:

'You say its just to click it back into place i cant see why this would cause black eyes.....

I broke my news when i was younger and i didnt mean miner broke like really Badly broke it anyway went the hospital an as u put it the doctor CLIKED it back into place i didnt bruise or anything i was fine.'

That's almost impossible to read. I don't mean to be pedantic but jesus have you heard of grammar? Syntax? Punctuation? WTF

Anyway.....I would have thought they would have set the nose when you went for the x-ray. Seems like they will have to break it and re-set it.

keltoms · 07-03-2007 11:04am

no the doc said that they have to wait 2 weeks so that all the swelling has gone down. didnt mention anything about breaking it again, said it either has to be "clicked" back in when it happens (on the football pitch) or else 2-3 weeks later! : (

Moojuice · 07-03-2007 11:09am

Best of luck with it anyway

keltoms · 07-03-2007 12:00pm

cheers man!

ZiabR · 07-03-2007 12:02pm

Yeah happened my bro before. After they did the re-break of the nose he was black for just over a week. It will take time but good luck with it

Anti · 07-03-2007 12:16pm

Happened to a friend of mine in school when we were playing rugby, He had bruising and swelling for almost 2 months.

Do you normally heal from bruising quickly. If so you should be grand. Or use that stuff linked up there somewhere..

BrenC · 07-03-2007 12:17pm

If you get vitamin K cream, it would speed up the process, Under 2 weeks for the bruising to go.

keltoms · 07-03-2007 12:21pm

vitamin k cream? should get that in a pharmacy yeah?? thanks

BostonB · 10-03-2007 2:18am

keltoms wrote:

... i have a couple of 21st coming up along with paddys day and i dont wanna have two black eyes for them!!...

Why not just move the appointment to 2 wks before or just after?

keltoms · 24-05-2007 9:41am

Hi all,

I rang up the hospital 2 weeks ago as i still hadnt heard anything back from them since march (presumed there was just a backlog) and they gave me an appointment for an assessment to be done for the 23rd May (yesterday). Anyway i went in and the doctor asked me when i went into the hospital first with the broken nose - told him it was back in march. He said that i should have been contacted within a couple of weeks that i left the hospital to get it 'clicked' back in and that if i wanted to get it straightened out now that id have to get cosmetic surgery done on it. He went on to say that id be in hospital for 3 days and would have to get off work for 2 weeks after that.

Is there anything that i can do about this?? considering that this is the hospitals fault that they never contacted me??:(

Just said that id let u's know how i got on...

mazdafarl · 24-05-2007 2:33pm

Irish health service what?

Talk to your solicitor, I really doubt you'd get that much though, prob just loss of wages and your legal fees if anything, Its not as if it left you with a retarded nose... unless it does.. then ching ching

Zillah · 24-05-2007 4:05pm

Aw shit man, that sucks. Makes sense though, you can't just pop a bone back into place after its been healing for weeks. I dunno if you have a leg to stand on legally though, like Maz says, check with a solicitor.

Gun_Slinger · 24-05-2007 4:49pm

Hey, sorry for your troubles!

Same thing happened me a couple of years ago playing soccer. Long ball into defence, me and the striker go up for it, I head it out and he heads my nose into the back of my face! Massive swelling, pissing blood the works.

Thing is I had a big interview that week! Went to the interview with 2 black eyes and ended up getting the job. I dont know how as I looked well dodgy.

Like you I had to wait until the swelling went down and then got it reset. After it was reset the black eyes were not nearly as bad as when it first happened. You might have to wear a splint though (big white piece of plastic) on the bridge of your nose for about 5-7 days? That looks as bad as the black eyes! Be prepared for spontaneous outbursts of laughter when your mates see you!

Hope this helps, best of luck with the recovery...

DublinWriter · 24-05-2007 6:41pm

akw wrote:

get some arnica - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnica - tablets. they get rid of bruising.

It's important to take Arnica pre-op to stop bruising.

I had some major oral surgery done a few years back and the surgeon recommended Arnica. I'm not a believer in Homeapathy, but my bruising was far less and went quicker than most others.

How long will it stay for??

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