Wednesday, May 25, 2011

7 weeks in a humerus fracture brace - Surgery time!

A couple of nights after the brace was put on and the nice night's sleep with Mr Surgeon Man's prescription for diazepam I was out of hospital, and the next 7 weeks basically followed a pretty structured pattern:
  1. Go see Little Miss Radiology or one of her associates on a Wednesday
  2. Go see Mr Surgeon Man at the fracture clinic to analyse Little Miss Radiology's pictures
  3. Renew my co-codamol and tramadol prescriptions
  4. Carry on my day and return the following Wednesday
However, by week 7, with no signs of unison were visible in the fracture area, I guess fixing a broken humerus is harder than originally anticipated... surgery is scheduled for June 6th (a full 9 and a half weeks after the initial break) to insert a titanium plate into my arm. The parts are ordered, I have some pre-surgery tests for infections, that sort of thing and sent on my way, to return first thing on the Monday morning to finally get this sorted!

Hurrah!

Post-script edit:
My broken humerus was sure causing some funky bruising in my lower arm during those 6 weeks:
Broken Humerus Bruises Your Wrist
Broken Humerus Bruising Forearm

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