Hand surgery.

[no-worries88]

Good noon PH.
Bit of background on the situation, 4 weeks ago i found out my sister's bf had been knocking her about,obviously not being happy i gave him a few 'gentle' taps,one such 'tap' was a bit exciteable and resulted in me breaking my 3rd,4th and 5th metacarpal,i had a cast on which was moulded (hand squoze whilst it set,excrutiating!) been back today,and they say the breaks have gone worse,shoddy workmanship imho but hey-hum.
So,i have to go back on Monday for an operation to have it sorted,does anyone know what this will involve?or what theyre actually doing to it,as i didn't really understand the posh words they were throwing at me....
Thanks people of PH-land.

[sherman]

It sounds like they are going to knock you out, re break the bones, re a line them properly maybe with a few pins and a bit of scaffolding and put you back in plaster for another 6 weeks.

[no-worries88]

sherman said:

It sounds like they are going to knock you out, re break the bones, re a line them properly maybe with a few pins and a bit of scaffolding and put you back in plaster for another 6 weeks.

The operation i can deal with,its just that damned cast! Throught the summer aswell!
Thanks for your reply.

[mybrainhurts]

When you wake up, make sure they've not nicked your todger for a transplant...

[no-worries88]

mybrainhurts said:

When you wake up, make sure they've not nicked your todger for a transplant...

I shall upload a pic just for you. Just to prove its still there ofcourse.

[mybrainhurts]

No, don't worry, just tell us...

[no-worries88]

Haha will do,sooner they sort it out (my hand) the better,crippling me not being able to work,can't bring myself to watch daytime telly though.

[mybrainhurts]

In the good old days of PH, you'd have been accused of wking too furiously...

But things are more genteel these days...

[no-worries88]

mybrainhurts said:

In the good old days of PH, you'd have been accused of wking too furiously...

But things are more genteel these days...

I was actually prepared for it.

[mybrainhurts]

Oh, all right...

...wker

[DavesFlaps]

A similar thing happened to me after I once declined a chap's offer to relieve me of my wallet.
They put something called k-wires into my hand, with the ends sticking out a few centimetres.
Having them taken out smarted a bit.

[no-worries88]

DavesFlaps said:

A similar thing happened to me after I once declined a chap's offer to relieve me of my wallet.
They put something called k-wires into my hand, with the ends sticking out a few centimetres.
Having them taken out smarted a bit.

What,they just leave bits of scaffolding hanging out?

[sherman]

Well yeah theres more room on the outside of the hand than the inside.

[Dr John]

Rather like this



More here:
http://www.handtoelbow.com/belski-wiring/

[ShadownINja]

no-worries88 said:

i gave him a few 'gentle' taps,one such 'tap' was a bit exciteable and resulted in me breaking my 3rd,4th and 5th metacarpal

There's a reason why the Great Master himself said, "and if you've got a set of keys, make them count".