Injury advice when in Andorra! Oops...

Yes it looks like HSBC covers me for 21 days of skiing in a 12 month period.

Sweet- just rang the bank and they are fine to cover me with £50 excess. The doctor isn't here till tomorrow afternoon though unfortunately :(

My husband did this in Megeve, March last year. Got a support from chemist, went to dinner that night and saw the doctor next morning. It had really ballooned up by morning and doc took xray and examined and said that it looked like ACL but would need MRI scan when we went home(luckily was last day of holiday), as too swollen to tell. Had blood thinning injections for flight and pills to get swelling down. Cost was couple of hundred claimed back on insurance. NHS can be a wait for MRI as well.
Flew with easyjet, when checking in, say you want front seat to keep leg out, but do not say you are immobile as they can't put slow moving passengers at front in case of blocking the way in emergencys. They were really good.
My hubby's ligament was completely severed, so had op last year.
This was his own choice, if you build up the muscle well it will support the knee and op is not essential, however if you have a lifestyle that is not couch potato and want to be active it should really be done, as it will be weak.

Hubby has just come in, he says it must be ice, not heat, do nothing until seeing a doctor and keep it elevated. If you have got away with a tear,it means there is a good chance of healing, any movement could increase chance of complete severing, (hubby carried on skiing after he did it!).

Glad to hear you're covered.

If you do need surgery and it's possible to have it done in Andorra, it might be best to have the op there where they're used to carrying it out.

I have 2 friends who had the same injury in separate accidents (not on the same holiday or country). One of them was operated on, under insurance, in Switzerland, immediately. She recovered quickly and was back to normal soon.

The other one had immediate treatment in France but came back to the UK and waited more than six months for the NHS to treat her. This was some time ago, before the cuts to the NHS really started biting. She couldn't drive during that time and had minimal physio on the NHS - she hasn't ski-ed since (but I think that was more through fear than need).

If you have private medical cover in the UK though, then you'd be able to get quicker treatment here though.

Thanks for the advice, it's good to hear from people who have experienced this. I managed to get some ice from the hotel staff and have been keeping it elevated.

The swelling really isn't that bad, just the pain down the right side of the left knee that is bad when moving.

I have friends instructing out there for the season. They have just arrived and are golfing on the pistes at the moment.

Where were you ski-ing? I'm sure they'd be interested in swapping the golf clubs for skis.

first aid rest Ice compression either knee brace or conforming bandage and elevation ideally above heart. Best place to be sitting in a bar with your leg resting on a stool.rubbish way to finish your hol but plenty more holidays and you only have one body :thumbup: . See doc as soon as you can

We skied at Arcalis- the only resort which had any runs open. Even then it was only two reds, two blues.

As I write this my leg is up on a bar stool! I think "above heart" is practically impossible when not lying down!?