Fractured Finger
Oct. 4th, 2004 02:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fluffymarkMy finger is fractured.
Was brave and decided to venture to Whipps Cross Hospital. Spent a horrible morning at A&E, which is truly dire. An hours queue just for the reception desk. And then another long wait for the assessment, another wait for the X-ray, more waiting to get the X-ray prints back, and another wait to finally see a nurse. And they told me it’s fractured, and put a double-finger bandage over it, and I have to go back to the fracture clinic on Wednesday afternoon. Am feeling very low and drained and upset.
Was brave and decided to venture to Whipps Cross Hospital. Spent a horrible morning at A&E, which is truly dire. An hours queue just for the reception desk. And then another long wait for the assessment, another wait for the X-ray, more waiting to get the X-ray prints back, and another wait to finally see a nurse. And they told me it’s fractured, and put a double-finger bandage over it, and I have to go back to the fracture clinic on Wednesday afternoon. Am feeling very low and drained and upset.
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Date: 2004-10-04 06:44 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-10-04 06:48 am (UTC)Do you still want to go to the Oakdale, or should we reschedule? Bat & I may still go, but it would be far sparklier with you there too. Can we sign your pot? ;-)
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Date: 2004-10-04 08:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-05 02:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-04 07:03 am (UTC)*cuddles you*
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Date: 2004-10-04 07:07 am (UTC)I went to see the nuclear bomb at the weekend, after the review you wrote of it sometime back. The exhibition didn't have as much stuff in it as some places (such as the "secret" nuclear bunker in Essex), but I still found it interesting.
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Date: 2004-10-04 08:46 am (UTC)Fingers do heal up pretty quick though; you should regain the use of it in about 3-4 weeks' time. Do be sure to exercise it and don't be afraid to move it once swelling and bruising goes down. Ibuprofen will help with the inflammation, and paracetamol is a good pain reliever; it's perfectly safe to take the two together.
The worst thing I find about broken fingers is the annoyance value - typing is harder, as is writing if it's happened to a finger on the right hand, and it makes using a phone a bit of a pain.
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Date: 2004-10-04 08:50 am (UTC)Poor you - you were very brave. I hope it gets better soon - as
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Date: 2004-10-04 09:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-04 09:57 am (UTC)*hugs*
Hope it gets better soon.
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Date: 2004-10-04 12:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-04 12:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-04 12:49 pm (UTC)E.
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Date: 2004-10-04 12:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-04 01:58 pm (UTC)*cuddles you and holds your hand very gently*
Poor darling.. I'm sending you tons of love :}
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Date: 2004-10-04 02:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-04 03:11 pm (UTC)I once fractured two of my fingers good new is that it won't be long before all the pain is over and they do heal up pretty quickly ..
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Date: 2004-10-04 04:13 pm (UTC)Come to sleazy bars instead, that is perfectly safe...
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Date: 2004-10-04 07:26 pm (UTC)Careful hugs
Hope they get better soon.
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Date: 2004-10-05 06:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-06 01:32 pm (UTC)Gina