The accident (3)

The doctor originally told me that it would take six weeks for my hand to heal completely. Right now it's been five and a half weeks since the crash, and while there's been a lot of improvement, it's clear that it won't be back to full normal function for a while yet. The splint I've had to wear is now optional as long as I'm careful, so that's something. And there have been no more of those post-concussion headaches so far.

The above X-ray was taken about a week ago, and shows the last metacarpal bone's fracture (now partly healed) and misalignment at the bottom (permanent, but not damaging to functionality, which is why we decided against surgery to fix it). The inset at the lower right is the same area of an undamaged hand, for compari-son. I can't see the fracture in the index finger at all, but even the doctor missed it originally, so it must be hard to spot.

I can type, even for long periods sometimes, but at other times it rapidly becomes painful. And I do have a full-time job that needs doing. So blog posts will continue to be somewhat intermittent.

At least I am getting ongoing treatment. I can't even imagine how people without insurance cope with something like this.