Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?
Eight days ago, I dislocated my thumb. I drove to hospital (there being an ambulance strike there wasn't much option anyway), had it put back and strapped to my index finger with Elastoplast. A couple of days later, the local orthopaedic department called me to make an appointment, which was today. The swelling has gone down, it has been feeling better and I was hoping to be given the all clear and sent on my way ...
... but the doctor wants to put my wrist in a plaster cast while they book in an ultrasound (which could be weeks off). He doesn't have any evidence that anything's wrong, but there's a chance of tendons being trapped, apparently. I think it's massive overkill, particularly as it's 8 days after the event, so I sort of refused. Not happy.
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