Broke my foot and I’m struggling

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I broke my foot a couple of weeks ago and I am finding it so hard and depressing.

I’m usually a very active person: running, dancing, cycling, walking and now I can’t do any of that. DH is being amazing with doing all the school runs and extra housework but he works full time and I feel like I’m slowly watching the house descend into chaos and I can’t do anything about it.

I’ve not been signed off work but I am working from home and I hate it. I’m very extroverted and being on my own all day is making me really tearful.

But then my day off rolls around and I don’t know what to do with myself. I know I need to find something which brings me joy but the only thing I want to do is go for a run. I can’t even bring myself to listen to music because all my favourite music reminds me of running and dancing and just makes me feel sad.

I know it’s not helpful but I keep replaying the accident over and over in my head and just wishing I could reverse time.

Sorry for the rant, my friends and family are all getting a bit sick of me moaning though! I don’t know what I need. Maybe a reality check or a head wobble? Or practical advice on how to get through this. I’m so down.

So the latest: just had my fracture clinic appointment postponed AGAIN because they haven’t received the MRI report. Meanwhile I am in limbo, waiting to be put on the waiting list for surgery, unable to do my job properly (there’s only so much I can really do from home), unable to do school runs and barely leaving the house.

At what point do I escalate this and/or make a complaint? Or even try and go private (we can’t afford it but my mum has offered to loan us the money)?

Go private op.

i broke my ankle many years ago in an accident with other injuries.

six months in I went private and they spotted a major complication and serious issues.

If I go private will they want to do an MRI scan themselves or will they be able to get the results from the one I had on the NHS?

It’s usually the same guy that you would see n the nhs.

they’ve always been able to login and see the nhs results with me.