Punch injury

[naomi_jay]

So yeah, it turns out I broke my hand.

Well, to be technical about it, I fractured a metacarpal in my left hand about eight weeks ago. I knew I'd done something bad at the time because of the serious pain, but I'm used to experiencing serious pains in my hands now, and figured I'd probably hyperextended the tendon like I did with my thumb last year, and that if I ignored it, all would be well.

But it's eight weeks on, and the pain is exactly the same, so I went to the doctor, who exacerbated the pain with much prodding and tugging, and decided it was a fracture. He kept calling it a "punch injury" and remarking on how hard I must have hit the door frame to do such damage. I think maybe he thinks I'm a battered wife or in Fight Club? I did literally just bash the finger on a door frame though. I'm not in Fight Club. Or am I? 

Anyway, he prescribed me anti-inflammatories, because my doctor freaking loves giving me anti-inflammatories regardless of what my ailment is, and told me to go away and not do anything to make it worse. If it's still painful in six weeks, it'll be x-rays and whatnot. It would never have occurred to me I'd broken anything. My mum broke the same finger last year, and you can tell - her finger is still swollen and crooked. My finger just looks normal. And obviously, it's taken me two months to feel concerned enough to do anything about it, so I guess it can't be all that serious (except for the non-stop pain and aching, but I can live with that). Now I know it's broken, I am a bit worried that I might be slowing down the healing process by ... well, by going about my business, but I don't really see how I can stop going about my business.

Comments

[h-a-holmes.livejournal.com]

Punching Wild into a presentable state for publishing, huh? ^_^

Sorry, lol. Bad joke. :) Hope it heals up fast, Naomi xx

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Lol, yeah, that must be it! :) I knew that book would be the death of me.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

You are not your novel, Wild

Owies. :( Here's to hoping it gets better soon.

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

It's not quite bleeding on my keyboard, but I do suffer for my art.

[david-bridger.livejournal.com]

(((Hugs)))

You're taking a lot of hits lately. I hope your hand heals easily and that everything else heals very soon too.

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) In comparison to everything else that's going on, this seems pretty funny, to be honest.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

yeah, but you should see the other guy.

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the doctor thinks I must have had a proper punch-up. He laid a lot of emphasis on how common this injury was for people in fights.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I had a friend who walked around in a wrist cast for weeks after punching a plaster wall like that. I told him he can't afford to lose his temper anymore!

[mardelwanda.livejournal.com]

Okay, Ouch? I once jammed my finger on my then 16 year old son's leg (we were playing - it was dumb, but I used to wrestle around with my boys) and I'm pretty sure I broke it. It was my wedding ring finger, and come to think about it, I haven't been able to wear my ring on my wedding ring finger ever since. Boy has bones like Oak!

Maybe you could go to the two finger method of typing, some of my friends are pretty fast at that. Good luck, and hope it doesn't hurt for too much longer.

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Lol, scary how easy it is to break your body! To be honest though, apart from being achy and sore, the fracture isn't stopping me from doing anything, so I'm hopefully it'll fix itself without the need for x-rays and so forth.

[rowanda380.livejournal.com]

oh noes! sorry about the hand!

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

No worries! It means I have an excuse not to do much around the house, lol.

[hildebabble.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Feel better!

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Thanks ^_^