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Post by minimatt on Feb 7, 2023 5:13:02 GMT
Surgery tomorrow, tendon had indeed snapped and has retracted back to my wrist. So going to be in plaster for a week, and then a custom splint. Turns out losing the ability to bend your thumb for a few weeks causes your knuckle to seize up, coupled with the issue of the non-functioning thumb itself means I'm going to have physio for months. Fuck me, I'm never washing a wine glass again. ouch, fuck me that sounds grim. going to start swigging from the bottle in order to avoid a similar fate. safety first |
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Post by Dougs on Feb 7, 2023 6:48:18 GMT
Yikes, good luck. My brother (chef) did similar with a knife. Despite surgery and physio, his little finger is now permanently crooked with limited movement.
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Post by mikeck on Feb 7, 2023 8:13:10 GMT
Thanks Dougs, there is a chance I won't get full movement back, and the numbness is likely to stay due to nerve damage, hopefully it'll go back to normal position though.
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Post by dogbot on Feb 7, 2023 8:35:27 GMT
Blimey fella. All the best, hope it goes well and you have a positive outcome. 🤞🏻
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Post by Ulythium on Feb 7, 2023 9:09:27 GMT
Fingers crossed for you, Mike. Keep us posted.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Feb 7, 2023 11:22:20 GMT
Fingers crossed for you, Mike. Too soon |
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Post by deekyfun on Feb 7, 2023 11:23:33 GMT
Hope it and the recovery goes well!
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Post by askew on Feb 7, 2023 12:07:37 GMT
Fingers crossed for you, Mike. Too soon Thumbs up from me |
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Post by mikeck on Feb 7, 2023 12:20:36 GMT
Thanks all!
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Post by Dougs on Feb 8, 2023 9:38:21 GMT
How did it go?
I am being a brave little soldier. I have put my back out somehow, spasming on both sides in the middle. Got some heavy duty antiinflammatories last week and it eased off over the weekend. But is back now. Sigh.
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Post by mikeck on Feb 8, 2023 19:14:03 GMT
Thanks for asking Dougs. Third best option in the end, to much scar tissue to reattach the tendon so they've embedded a silicon rod into my thumb to my wrist and then in three months they need to take a tendon from my forearm and run it through the rod they've put in.
Am in a cast until the weekend, then they'll look at the wounds and create me a custom splint until the next surgery. Loads of physio, the surgery only accounts for 20% of getting function back, the second surgery will allow me to bend my thumb again, but the physio is to ensure I get as much mobility back as possible.
6-9 months in total, what a process.
The hospital staff have been amazing throughout, so very thankful for that.
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Post by Vortex on Feb 8, 2023 19:47:04 GMT
Oof. Hope all goes to plan with the next few steps. Mikeck
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Post by askew on Feb 8, 2023 19:59:00 GMT
Crikey.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 8, 2023 20:00:57 GMT
Eeek, that sounds horrendous! Good luck with the recovery...they are right though, all in the physio!
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Post by minimatt on Feb 8, 2023 22:11:25 GMT
gosh that sounds an ordeal. definitely worthy of a brave little soldier badge
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Post by mikeck on Feb 9, 2023 12:08:05 GMT
At least I've got one game on the PS5 I can play one-handed; Disco Elysium
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Post by mikeck on May 10, 2023 17:54:42 GMT
Second surgery completed today. The tunnel that my body created around the silicon rod in my thumb worked, so they've threaded an unused tendon in my forearm through the tunnel and attached and all being well I'll have movement again (after months of physio).
They also cut away loads of internal scar tissue so the pain is much worse than last time (my arm was completely numb for 36 hours previously, this time I can move everything bar my thumb immediately, so the pain is real).
Friday they're going to redress, sort a splint and start my physio (not looking forward to that part at all) so thank fuck they've given me codeine this time.
Weeks of no driving, football, boarding, swimming or gaming (recommendations of one handed PS5 games welcome again) incoming. Got a big book pile to work through which is good.
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Post by Dougs on May 10, 2023 18:06:22 GMT
Fingers crossed! Ahem. Do the exercises though!
I am being a brave little soldier. We've all got some.weird bug that has led to D&V for the youngest, gripey stomach for my wife and a temperature, nausea and blown up stomach for me. Hoping it eases soon. And the boy doesn't catch it before Friday (got my mum's funeral).
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Post by mikeck on May 10, 2023 18:38:50 GMT
Sorry to hear that Dougs ... Never nice when it goes through the entire family?
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Post by Dougs on May 10, 2023 19:24:15 GMT
It's weird though, it's not noro. Daughter threw up Monday morning and then this morning. Not continuous or anything. Not vomiting from me, just a big ball.of gas. Definitely a digestive issue though so have decided to just not eat for a while, see if that helps.
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Post by Danno on May 10, 2023 21:05:47 GMT
My best to you both. Dougs feels like a really long time for the funeral? Just curious. Eat fibre so you start farting proper. |
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Post by Dougs on May 10, 2023 21:15:49 GMT
Yeah, we could have had it last week but a) would have run into bank holiday ferry nonsense as a Friday was preferable for my sister (where the cost goes up significantly) and more importantly, this Friday will be 12 years to the day of my dad's funeral. We liked the symmetry and symbolism of that.
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Post by mikeck on May 10, 2023 22:23:43 GMT
Shit Dougs, I'm so sorry I didn't see your comment about the funeral, made my previous response to you seen so flippant.
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Post by Dougs on May 11, 2023 5:18:03 GMT
Don't be daft, all good mate.
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Post by LegendaryApe on May 29, 2023 10:56:37 GMT
I currently have the flu and a chest infection.
Fun times
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Post by Blue_Mike on May 29, 2023 18:53:51 GMT
Infected toenail. Drained it of yellow pus, washed it out with TCP, now in some pain.
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Post by LegendaryApe on Oct 10, 2023 15:39:07 GMT
My boy brought home a bug from creche yesterday. Up all night vomiting, then once we got up my wife displaying symptoms. It lasted all day yesterday with her, and now today I have it.
High temperature, nausea, headache, exhaustion. I have vomited thankfully, but it's truly kicking my arse. I get migraines also and never want to sleep, but today went up to bed twice.
My little lad who brought it home still has a high temperature, so didn't go to creche today. I have a feeling I'll still be suffering tomorrow.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 10, 2023 16:09:01 GMT
Quite selfish of your son really. Wouldn't have killed him to stay at creche for a couple of days. And after everything you've done for him
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Post by LegendaryApe on Oct 10, 2023 16:21:59 GMT
Precisely! I had something typed out about him being here when I'm sick and monopolising the tv, but decided against it.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 10, 2023 21:00:16 GMT
Ah man, kids are a nightmare for that. Hope it eases soon. Worst thing is when it whips round the whole family slowly enough that one parent can function and do parenting but also means it just goes on forever.
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