Need a moan - am on crutches and wedding in 3 weeks

Oh no, that's terrible! I hope it just needs a bit of rest, and you'll be ok. Fingers crossed for you Batsgirl, I hope you feel better. Do you have x rays due or anything?

Oh no! I'm really sorry.

Don't worry though, everything can be worked around. Yes, some things might not go exactly as planned but I promise you will still have a fantastic wedding.

What is our dress like? do you have a picture?

Oh no, poor you! I'll keep everything crossed that it's not too badly damaged and that you'll be back to full fitness for the wedding. Just follow every single piece of advise that the Dr's give you and hopefully you will walk down the aisle. Bless you, there's not anything to say to make it better for you. Take Care!

Had X-rays last night so at least nothing is broken. Leg and knee are blue and shiny today so hopefully when that wears off it will be more movable. What's worrying me is that when I googled it (I know I shouldn't have) it mentioned operations...venue have agreed to change the room so I get a bigger aisle and hotels have us on the ground floor now (I had to do something proactive this morning so sorted all that). Bridesmaid (in between laughter) has said she will decorate the crutches!

Ive just been so looking forward to wandering round York and showing friends places we love but as I said to 'I'm indoors, this wedding IS NOT getting cancelled!

Oh gosh what a horrible thing to have happened so close to your wedding. Try not to worry so much about your hen do, at the end of the day there's no reason why it couldn't even be postponed until after the wedding if you're really bothered about not being able to enjoy it to the full. The main thing is that you're well for the wedding - that's the important bit!! Sending good vibes your way ?

Make sure that they give you anti inflammatories, and if it's still bad near the wedding, ask if they can give you an injection into the knee to reduce swelling and cut down on the pain. Don't worry too much about an operation, there's only a few things it could be that would need an operation.

I've had knee problems for years, make sure you're icing it too!

Good luck

Oh batsgirl - so sorry to hear this!

If it helps at all when my parents got married my dad was rushed to hospital the day before the wedding with appendicitis... He got out the morning of the wedding after having an op to remove appendix and was waiting for my mum at the end of the aisle.... in suit jacket, shirt and pyjama bottoms as could not wear the suit trousers from the stitches

My mum and dad both say that it made the 'in sickess and in health' vows all the more poignant and the whole place was in tears as it really was heartwarming.

they've been married 25 years this year and this story still moves me - You're crutches might just make the day more memorable than you can imagine

rest up and get well soon xxxxx

My kneecaps are slightly misaligned, something that I made worse with years of running before one day I could suddenly hardly walk and my dodgy knees were diagnosed. They really hurt and stiffen up every single time it's cold or damp, which at the minute is almost every day! Pure cod liver oil helps me more than any of the drugs or anti-inflammatories that I've been prescribed over the years. I take the capsules every day, and can really feel it if I miss a couple of days. Seven Seas do the best ones - they're extra high strength. Don't be put off by how big they are, they really help me and might help your knee to ease up a bit and start working as its supposed to.

Everything crossed for a fast recovery!

I'm so sorry to hear what's happened - but it is good news to hear that there is nothing broken. Hopefully it is just a strain and a bit of bruising that will heal in the next couple of weeks.

Big hug x x x x x

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Oh no! I twisted my knee whilst skiing a few years ago and I ruptured my cruciate ligament, I'm assuming that is one of the possibilities you have googled. Yes it something which needed surgery but not immediately. If that is what you've done it's perfectly possible that you could be walking without crutches within 3 weeks, and if you need surgery it would be done well after the wedding. Just make sure you follow all of the instructions about icing, keeping your leg elevated etc and take the anti-inflammatories they prescribe. My sister did a similar thing but she hadn't ruptured anything, her knee was the size of a football but within a couple of weeks she could walk on it fine. So you could have done something like her, in which case there's nothing to worry about. It probably won't be perfect in time for the wedding but I think you've got a pretty good chance that you should be able to at least walk down the aisle without crutches. And your physio may want you to do walking exercise to buld up the muscles anyway so your plans for walking after the wedding aren't necessarily ruined you may just need to be more careful about where you walk, i.e make sure it's on reasonably level ground.

I know it's difficult not to but there's no point in worrying about what it could be. Just try to concentrate on doing everything they tell you to until the doctor can tell you what the problem actually is.

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you that it's nothing serious.

Thanks everyone.

Good to hear about thosee of you who have had something similar and timeframes etc one thing, the hospital never said a thing about icing or elevating but what I've read suggests this, do you think I should do this now! Only instructions I had were to keep on the splint. I have been holding an ice pack to the kneecap where it's exposed through the splint (but thats only a tiny part) and I think I will leave it on a folded towel later. Also, I started with the cod liver oil, it's good or lifting the mood too so can't hurt - might make me more positive about the wedding!

I've been joking to him that he's getting the sckness part first :-) On the upside, it's really given mr bats a chance to show me how amazing he is nd how he's looking after me.

That's so nice to hear he is looking after you well.

I will keep my fingers crossed for you that all the swelling goes down in time!

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Hey, thanks for asking. Will still be on them on the day but we're going to decorate them. I'm also getting ultrasound for the pain and exercises are working - much more stable on them now too!

Parents are up to 'help' for a few days too now, so far they have forgotten to pick me up from a meeting because they were too busy drinking wine, gone out and left my house unloacked and nearly wrecked my cake by upending it. Did I say help?

You can buy funky crutches

I had bright pink ones

Oh dear...

I feel like we have had one 'disaster' after another but nothing compared to this.

Have you decided on your crutch decor now?