Nine weeks ago I had my middle finger right hand crushed and it was confirmed by X-ray that I had a fracture Quote 'of the dorsal aspect of the base of distal phalanx' end quote. I saw my Orthopaedic specialist who got me to have the finger splinted and I was handed over to a hand therapist for on going treatment. 2 weeks ago I saw my Ortho specialist who said I could remove the splint and only use it at night. My hand therapist said not to remove during the day unless doing nothing with the hand. Ok so differing opinions there!! I notice that the finger is still very swollen at the joint and tending to still bend.
The original assessment by my GP was a classic Mallet crush injury-fair enough that made sense!
So still being badly swollen and damn painful I saw my GP who was somewhat taken back, sent me for a follow up X-ray and there is absolutely no change after nine bloody weeks. WTF!!!
So now it is back to the Ortho again who I cant see for another week. I think I will chop the damn thing off it is useless at present and the splint is now back on full time and performing its useless duties...
