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Broken leg get well soon.
What to write.

A broken leg is miserable but it is also funny, and the person lying on the sofa knows it. A message that admits both lands better than one that ignores the obvious.

The messages are sorted by who is signing: a close friend, the group, a colleague, and a few short ones for when you just want to make them smile.

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Everyone's words in one card.

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A plaster. Get well soon. Hope the leg is behaving.

The story gets better every time you tell it. Get well soon.

From Ben

Get well soon. The pub chair is being kept warm on your behalf.

From Nadia

Get well soon. Your plant is fine. We checked twice.

From Joe

Pick a design

  • A bed. Get well soon. Stay in bed. That's an order.
  • Marker lettering with a highlighter stroke. Get well soon. Daytime telly is only good for three days.
  • Cutpaper getwell card. Get well soon.
  • Tea beside a bed. Get well soon.
  • A pot of soup. Get well soon. Soup's on its way.
  • A stitched patchwork cat. Get well soon.
  • Pop getwell card. Get well soon.
  • Marker lettering with a highlighter stroke. Get well soon. Do exactly what the doctor says. For once.
  • Two-colour printed lettering. Hope the hospital food isn't too bad. Get well soon.
  • Marker lettering. Get well soon. Rest. Rest. "Check your emails." is crossed out and "Rest." written above it.

The question

Each writer gets a question.

One at a time, about Sam. They answer in their own words, or write without one.

Who they are to you
  1. Something you are looking forward to doing with Sam again.
  2. A thing Sam did for you when you were the one who was poorly.
  3. What has not been the same without Sam around.
  4. Something about Sam that you have been thinking of.
  5. A small thing that would make Sam laugh.
  6. Something you can take off Sam's hands for a while.
  1. The moment you knew you had a proper friend in Sam.
  2. Something Sam did that only a friend would.
  3. A thing you still laugh about together.
  4. The time Sam turned up when it mattered.
  5. Something Sam knew about you before you said it.
  1. Something Sam did for the family that went unsaid.
  2. A habit of Sam's that you have caught yourself copying.
  3. A memory of Sam from when you were younger.
  4. Something Sam put up with from you.
  5. Something Sam taught you, mostly by example.
  1. A small thing Sam did that you noticed and never mentioned.
  2. The moment you knew.
  3. Something Sam did this year that made things easier for you.
  4. A thing about Sam you would not change.
  5. Something Sam carried that was yours to carry.
  1. The thing you go to Sam for.
  2. Something you picked up from working beside Sam.
  3. A bad day at work that Sam turned round.
  4. Something a new starter should be told about Sam.
  5. Something Sam did that made the job feel worth doing.

Or write without one.

Funny broken leg messages

Pick one, change a detail so it fits, and sign it.

From a close friend

  • Get well soon. You did this on a Wednesday, which is commitment.

  • I am bringing food and I will not ask how it happened again. Get well soon.

  • The story gets better every time you tell it. Get well soon.

  • You have two settings: fine and dramatic. This one is both. Get well soon.

  • Get well soon. I will visit Thursday and I am not signing the cast with something sensible.

From the group

  • Get well soon. We have already argued about the best way to carry you and we will sort it before you need us.

  • None of us are doctors but we all have opinions. We will keep them to ourselves. Get well soon.

  • The group chat voted. You are not allowed to do anything interesting until you are better.

  • Get well soon. The pub chair is being kept warm on your behalf.

  • We drew straws for who signs first. Get well soon from all of us.

From a colleague

  • Get well soon. Your plant is fine. We checked twice.

  • Nobody else argues with the printer like you do. We need you back. Get well soon.

  • Your absence has made the kitchen rota collapse entirely. Get well soon.

  • Get well soon. Working from home with a broken leg is practically a superpower, and we expect great things.

Short

  • Get well soon. Sofa, remote, snacks. In that order.

  • Broken leg, unbroken spirit. Get well soon.

  • Get well soon. Crutches suit you, apparently.

  • Rest up. We will still be here when the plaster comes off.

  • Get well soon. No stairs for a bit is not the worst outcome.

What not to write

Do not ask how it happened if they have already told the story. They are tired of it. If you were not there, let them bring it up.

Do not write anything about recovery time, physio, or when they will be back on their feet. They have a doctor for that.

Do not be funny about things they did not choose. The leg is fair game. Nothing else is.

Do not write get well soon to someone whose break is serious and surgical. Say you are thinking of them and leave the jokes for later.

One card from everyone

Friends, family, the whole group. One link, and it opens when they are stuck on the sofa.

  1. 01

    Start the card today.

    Pick the date it opens. Their first day home, or whenever the news went round.

  2. 02

    Send one link.

    Everyone writes their own message, from their phone or laptop. No chasing, no printing.

  3. 03

    They read it lying down.

    Every get well message signed with a name. Better than flowers and easier to carry.

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Questions

Is it okay to be funny in a broken leg get well card?

Yes, if that is how you talk to them. Keep the joke light and put something kind right after it.

What do you write in a get well card for a broken leg?

Acknowledge the bad luck, offer one practical thing, and wish them better. Specific is better than warm.

How many people should sign a get well card?

Everyone who would stop in the corridor to ask how they are. On tbf there is no card to pass round, so a wider group is easy.

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