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Arm update from the fracture clinic
Feb. 24th, 2009 04:48 pmAfter spending a couple of hours waiting in various places (including getting X-rayed again at one point), I had a brief but reassuring consultation with a doctor who assured me that everything was healing up well, and the problems I was experiencing in my thumb were almost certainly a bruised rather than significantly damaged nerve. Yes, this will still take a while to heal, but it's pretty much what they expect. I then got my cast re=done again, and now have a straighter, more comfortable one made of resin; this did involve the Australian medic in the plaster room looking at my original X-ray and exclaiming: 'crikey, how did you do that?'.
From now on, I'm meant to try to use my left hand more - although obviously not for lifting anything heavy and driving is right out - and only wear the sling when I'm out and about. I am getting more mobility in my fingers and even a little back in my thumb, although it's currently limited to being able to touch my index and middle fingers (just). Lego Batman on the PS2 will have to wait a bit, although I'm regarding it as potentially great exercise when I finally am able to do it (like I need an excuse).
The problem will be persuading myself not to go straight back to work as soon as I get any energy, as I'm tending to overestimate how much I have at the moment. I cycled the dishwasher and was about to attempt some laundry when my energy ran out in a big way this afternoon and I fell asleep for a couple of hours.
Next fracture clinic appointment is in three weeks. It would usually have been two, but assuming that I'm feeling at all up to it, I'll be in Harrogate in a couple of weeks for the Lib Dem Spring Conference. Even if all I do is sit around in Harrogate, it'll be a good break, and I've still got one good voting arm, after all.
Edit: Oh yes, I've succumbed to Twitter, which looks as though it has that most precious of attributes in an Internet service: it does 'One Thing Very Well'. I'm also going to enjoy the discipline of writing updates in 140 characters or less.
From now on, I'm meant to try to use my left hand more - although obviously not for lifting anything heavy and driving is right out - and only wear the sling when I'm out and about. I am getting more mobility in my fingers and even a little back in my thumb, although it's currently limited to being able to touch my index and middle fingers (just). Lego Batman on the PS2 will have to wait a bit, although I'm regarding it as potentially great exercise when I finally am able to do it (like I need an excuse).
The problem will be persuading myself not to go straight back to work as soon as I get any energy, as I'm tending to overestimate how much I have at the moment. I cycled the dishwasher and was about to attempt some laundry when my energy ran out in a big way this afternoon and I fell asleep for a couple of hours.
Next fracture clinic appointment is in three weeks. It would usually have been two, but assuming that I'm feeling at all up to it, I'll be in Harrogate in a couple of weeks for the Lib Dem Spring Conference. Even if all I do is sit around in Harrogate, it'll be a good break, and I've still got one good voting arm, after all.
Edit: Oh yes, I've succumbed to Twitter, which looks as though it has that most precious of attributes in an Internet service: it does 'One Thing Very Well'. I'm also going to enjoy the discipline of writing updates in 140 characters or less.
