Well, I went to Rockness on 10th June 2011 and well, that night I twisted my knee on the very uneven ground and I can assure you, the treatment I received at the Hospital tent was appalling. The Red Cross however were FAB!!!!
I'm now home again and well, my mum went biserk at how the bandage was put on my knee, she couldnt beleive it in the 33 years she has been nursing.
I am resting up now as I am attending the Sonisphere festival on 8th July - 10th July, luckily this time I will be with a big group of friends.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Camping, Gigs and Festivals For Joint Hypermobility and Arthritis Sufferers
Just thought I would add this, I have recently come back from Rockness 2011 Festival in Inverness, and well I found out some good tips for camping/going to festivals with HMS.
- ALWAYS pack a first aid kit
- Have bandages/tube grip
- Never camp on your own, always be in a group
- Make sure the festival or event you are camping at knows about HMS (I didn't and was greeted with a horrid medic)
- Ask for help if you need it, many people don't mind helping
- Buy a pop up tent, 100 times easier than a normal tent.
- DON'T mix with the crowds, who knows what can happen.
- Always stay with who you are there with
- Ask a member of the group to be your "No 2" so to speak
As for normal one night gigs, always let security know, then if you fall over they wont always claim its' down to alcohol.
If you have medication let them know you are carrying it as well.
I am heading to Sonisphere in July and well, as I have already fallen at home and at Rockness, I am resting as much as I can, but I have told my friends that they will have to be a 2nd pair of eyes for me etc (when they are sober). I have emailed the organisers of the festival to let them know I suffer from HMS but I am the only member of my group who has it.
- ALWAYS pack a first aid kit
- Have bandages/tube grip
- Never camp on your own, always be in a group
- Make sure the festival or event you are camping at knows about HMS (I didn't and was greeted with a horrid medic)
- Ask for help if you need it, many people don't mind helping
- Buy a pop up tent, 100 times easier than a normal tent.
- DON'T mix with the crowds, who knows what can happen.
- Always stay with who you are there with
- Ask a member of the group to be your "No 2" so to speak
As for normal one night gigs, always let security know, then if you fall over they wont always claim its' down to alcohol.
If you have medication let them know you are carrying it as well.
I am heading to Sonisphere in July and well, as I have already fallen at home and at Rockness, I am resting as much as I can, but I have told my friends that they will have to be a 2nd pair of eyes for me etc (when they are sober). I have emailed the organisers of the festival to let them know I suffer from HMS but I am the only member of my group who has it.
Monday, June 6, 2011
9 May 2011 - 06 June 2011
What fun I have been having since my last blog, got lots to catch up on and it's only the beginning of June.
Well, after my blog on the 8 May 2011 some STRANGE things have happened.
On the 12th May, myself and my fellow HMSA Fife Group colleague went to Aberdeen to check out the suites at Pittodrie Stadium for an Information Day we are planning to hold in aid of HMSA and Arthritis Care. Everything seems all systems go with it, just need to figure out how to pay for it (eek), but we have it in hand.
Then on Friday the 13th (of all days), my 'Joint Hypermobility' decided to attack and well, I collapsed in a heap falling down the last 4 of the stairs in our house (my bedroom is upstairs of all places), so any way, my old brother Michael came to my rescue (mum, sat in living room and my dad was on my brothers PC), and well he 'tried' to help but to be all honest I think he made it worse, he moved my left leg as I basically landed on it underneath me (which did hurt by the way), after his "helping" he took me into the living room and well at that point I could still walk on it, however, later on (maybe an hour) after the fall, I started to feel alot of pain in my knee, tried to move my leg but I couldn't, so I shouted on my mum (who has been trained as a nurse for 33 years) to come and take a quick look at it, she didn't like the look, so off to A&E at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy. After a very long 2 1/2 hours there, I was seen, still couldn't move my left leg or bend my knee, life it or well do anything with it really, so the nurse, who ironically has the same first name as my mum, strapped it up with tube-grip and gave me crutches, so that was that. The rest of the day went OK, although nearly falling with the crutches a couple of times didn't help much. And so my period of rest began, with a few bit and bobs in between.
Nothing much really happened in the rest of May, just resting my knee, and preparing for a Sponsored walk we (the HMSA Fife Group) are doing, and no I am not plugging it, on the 5th July, OK maybe I am, but we are doing it for HMSA and Bullying UK, two of the three charities close to the Group (Arthritis Care being the 3rd).
We are now in June as I write this part of the blog (the 6th to be precise), and it is only FOUR DAYS UNTIL ROCKNESS!!! (when you read this it will have been and gone for another year and I will have told you all about it), yes I am going to my first ever festival on Friday with my friend Lyndsay, we are both looking forward to it, it better be worth the £149 spent on my ticket (Lyndsay's was free hehe), I am sure to tell you all about it when I get home though, imagine going to a festival when you have arthritis and joint hypermobility, oh well. I have STILL to buy a sleeping bag and a mat though, I'm such a last minute person, just ask my mum :-/.
We are STILL in the process of raising the awareness of Joint Hypermobility and its wonderful connections to other conditions, please if you want to help contact me on PamieAFC1903@gmail.com.
Oh I have something to hastily add, if you have the time and cash please don't forget to sponsor me in the Women's 5K Challenge which is taking place in Hyde Park, London on Sunday 11 September, I am raising £300 for Arthritis Care and your donations will help to go a long way in Scotland.
Until my next blog....... adios
Pamela
Well, after my blog on the 8 May 2011 some STRANGE things have happened.
On the 12th May, myself and my fellow HMSA Fife Group colleague went to Aberdeen to check out the suites at Pittodrie Stadium for an Information Day we are planning to hold in aid of HMSA and Arthritis Care. Everything seems all systems go with it, just need to figure out how to pay for it (eek), but we have it in hand.
Then on Friday the 13th (of all days), my 'Joint Hypermobility' decided to attack and well, I collapsed in a heap falling down the last 4 of the stairs in our house (my bedroom is upstairs of all places), so any way, my old brother Michael came to my rescue (mum, sat in living room and my dad was on my brothers PC), and well he 'tried' to help but to be all honest I think he made it worse, he moved my left leg as I basically landed on it underneath me (which did hurt by the way), after his "helping" he took me into the living room and well at that point I could still walk on it, however, later on (maybe an hour) after the fall, I started to feel alot of pain in my knee, tried to move my leg but I couldn't, so I shouted on my mum (who has been trained as a nurse for 33 years) to come and take a quick look at it, she didn't like the look, so off to A&E at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy. After a very long 2 1/2 hours there, I was seen, still couldn't move my left leg or bend my knee, life it or well do anything with it really, so the nurse, who ironically has the same first name as my mum, strapped it up with tube-grip and gave me crutches, so that was that. The rest of the day went OK, although nearly falling with the crutches a couple of times didn't help much. And so my period of rest began, with a few bit and bobs in between.
Nothing much really happened in the rest of May, just resting my knee, and preparing for a Sponsored walk we (the HMSA Fife Group) are doing, and no I am not plugging it, on the 5th July, OK maybe I am, but we are doing it for HMSA and Bullying UK, two of the three charities close to the Group (Arthritis Care being the 3rd).
We are now in June as I write this part of the blog (the 6th to be precise), and it is only FOUR DAYS UNTIL ROCKNESS!!! (when you read this it will have been and gone for another year and I will have told you all about it), yes I am going to my first ever festival on Friday with my friend Lyndsay, we are both looking forward to it, it better be worth the £149 spent on my ticket (Lyndsay's was free hehe), I am sure to tell you all about it when I get home though, imagine going to a festival when you have arthritis and joint hypermobility, oh well. I have STILL to buy a sleeping bag and a mat though, I'm such a last minute person, just ask my mum :-/.
We are STILL in the process of raising the awareness of Joint Hypermobility and its wonderful connections to other conditions, please if you want to help contact me on PamieAFC1903@gmail.com.
Oh I have something to hastily add, if you have the time and cash please don't forget to sponsor me in the Women's 5K Challenge which is taking place in Hyde Park, London on Sunday 11 September, I am raising £300 for Arthritis Care and your donations will help to go a long way in Scotland.
Until my next blog....... adios
Pamela
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)