medical advice

[texasreefer]

Does anybody know of a way to treat a dislocated collar bone other than keeping it strapped so it can't move? I broke my right arm severly last sunday and dislocated my left collarbone. Since I'm by myself most of the time I have to take care of everything myself and can't afford to just lie down and rest it. All I've been able to do so far is take some pain pills and learn to live w/ the pain. Is there any danger of injuring it more by not immobilizing it? I had to come out of the hospital and straight to work because of some deadlines and I'm having to use my lest arm for everything. I try and keep it as still as possible but I have to do a lot of work w/ my left arm and to make things worse I drive a standard shift truck to work. I can shift alright w/ my left hand but it puts a lot of strain on my collarbone reaching across to shift.