i fractured mine a year ago same place nosurgery was in brace for 12 weeks but dr told me not to take brace off. went to pt for 6 months have good range of motion but still working on shoulder dr told me not to baby arm the more i use it the discomfort will go away i hope long and painfull healing process 49 years old good luck

Hi,

I'm suffering in the exact same way you are, it's now been 4 months. Would love to hear how you've got on.

Hope to hear from you, any advice you can give me would be great

thank you

Jo

hi tweety05 and jo

broke my l/humerus 17 weeks ago, still in the supporting brace. ortho said we will keep trying the natural way instead of surgery (i don't want that). you just need patience, everyone heals at a different rate. have only just started physio, its is painfull, so start this as soon as you can

michelle

Hello,

I suffered a severe mid-shaft humerus fracture in March. It was a comminuted fracture, broken in about 5 or so pieces. Somehow, over the course of about a month the bone found a satisfactory alignment without surgery. However, it is still not healed. There is finally some visible healing in the xray, but I likely have several more months of healing left. I also suffered significant nerve injury to the radial, median, and ulnar nerves in my left arm. I had almost complete paralysis of extension in my digits and wrist. I have had significant recovery in that area over the past six months. My wrist is working quite well now but the fingers and thumb still have limited extension. Patience is the key, you are very early in the process. My orthopedic doctor and I are still very hopeful that with a bone stimulator and time, the injury will heal fully. I am also very optimistic about my motor function in my hand. Just keep doing what you are doing. Don't push it. It will come in time. Hopfully much sooner than mine. It'll be a year before I am "healed." Btw I am 30 years old, so it can take a very long time for us youngsters as well.

Hi. Im 21 years of age and broke my left humerus and dislocated my shoulder whilst abroad in Greece in an accident. The doctors in Greece could speak little English but told me that i would need an operation to have it fixed.I was reluctant to have an operation abroad so booked an earlier flight home. In Greece they put my arm in an cast from my shoulder to my hand. When i arrived back in England the house doctor agreed that i needed an operation however after being examined by several other doctors including a doctor who himself had broken the same bone told me to leave it to heal naturally because of the dangers of having an operation i.e nerve damage and risk of infection. So they left my arm in a sling and cast for four weeks. After the four weeks the doctor said there was a calcium formation so decided to put it into a splint. I wore the Splint for a further four weeks and again returned to the hospital. The doctor said there was a callus formation and to come back in four weeks. Subsquently i was told to wear the Splint for a futher two weeks and then just wear my support bandage. I recently returned to the hosptial to be told that my arm has fully healed after 12 weeks of the accident. I would just like to acknowledge that i know how difficult it is waiting for your arm to heal but patience is the key. It is true that people heal at different rates and there were times throughout this experience when i doubted that my arm would heal due to stories which i read on the internet. I would like to say that i discussed some of the articles i found on the internet with the ortho doctor and he agreed that you should never beleive everything which is written on the internet i.e horror stories. I am shortly going to begin pyschio on my arm because my shoulder is still quite shift but after having my arm taken out of the cast i did gradually move it as much as i could because my GP advised me to work my mucles as much as i can. In some ways looking back at the experience now i was quite lucky as i had no nerve or artery damage and have not suffered any real pain. I just like to tell people that are in a similar situation try not to worry as the doctors know best.

i am 30 years old and almost 2 months ago dislocated my left sholder and fractured my humerus bone. I have no insurance and no money to go to a doctor. After the emergency room visit I had my arm in a brace and just recently stopped using it. I can't stretch my arm completely straight and lost nerve damage to my hand. I can wiggle my fingers, but no grip, the upper part of my arm is still swollan and sore. I have been trying to move it alittle and work it out naturally. How long do you think it will take to heal. It is so hard and no doctor will see me without $.....which I don't have. Insurance won't cover my pre existing injury...... no help from anyone ..... it is sad when you are a hard working person working 2 jobs just to keep alive and try to help everyone and when i need it noone wants to help me ...... any ideas on what i can do>?