Humerus Fracture week 3 to 5

Week 3

As you can see the cast is huge and heavy !! I honestly think that the weight of the cast has caused more displacement of the bone. The registrar who saw me didn't seem to care less!! I was sent home once again in my big heavy cast. At this stage I should have really been in a humeral brace .....

Week 4

Very frustrating as the bones are looking like they aren't aligning at all.......I waited about an hour before I saw the registrar. She was a new registrar as the usual Dr who I normally see was out God knows where. She  rushed through everything and told me to go get a brace from the Orthotic Centre. At this point I was pretty confused. I rang up the clinic and took a taxi there. 

This is how the humeral brace looks like. It was really uncomfortable and painful when it was first fitted on. It took me about 4 days until I got used to it.

Week 5

 This is it !!!At this stage I am rather impatient with the rate of my healing. I was seriously considering a surgery. If I had had a surgery on the day of my injury I would be well a way with recovery right now. I probably could have moved my arm by now.

After 1.5 hours wait, I finally saw a doctor. This time it was the consultant himself. He took the brace off and moved my arm. According to him it was moving as a piece and so I don't have to worry. He assured me that the bones are healing. Although it did not hurt when he moved it, I'm a bit sceptical still. My next scheduled appointment was in another 4 weeks. Fingers cross