Two broken wrists but the show must go on

Look what happened to me

On the 31^st of July 2025 I was out walking with my husband, Bob, when I tripped and fell heavily on the hard undergrowth along a narrow footpath bordering a stream between the Hayling Billy Trail and Wade Court at Havant. Stunned, I realized I had hurt my wrists but didn’t think that I had done more than possibly sprained them. I wasn’t in a great deal of pain although I felt dazed. As it turned out I had broken both wrists! Had no movement or use of my fingers in both hands.

An operation two days later by a skilled trauma and orthopaedic surgeon and her team at Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth, and I have one plate in my left arm and two plates in my right arm. I have a splint on my left wrist and a cast on my right one. My movement and the use of my fingers is limited but it's gradually getting better every day. Mercifully, I can still type as it is good exercise. I am also taking the time to learn a speech to text recognition programme, which should come in handy for writing my novels. I have already used it to write the outline to Inspector Ryga mystery number six.

It’s back to the hospital on the 18^th of August to have the stitches out and to see how the healing process is coming along. Fingers crossed for good news.

UPDATE 18 AUGUST 2025

Stitches out, wounds/scars healing nicely. New wrist support for left wrist and new bright pink cast for right arm.

Back again to hospital on 1 September to have another new cast fitted and X rays taken to see how the wrists are healing. Meanwhile on with the typing, in between training my speech to text recognition programme.