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Jane Brown2022All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without explicit written permission
I went to the fracture clinic today. A 'plasterer' trimmed my plaster and rebound it, having been instructed not to take it off. I had an xray. The doctor said my bone had shifted, the new plaster needed to be taken off, the bone manipulated back into place and then my arm replastered. another plasterer took the plaster off, manipulated the bone and replastered ...with a purple fibreglass plaster(okay there isn't such a thing as fibreglass plaster - nevertheless it is on my arm!) then another xray - by this time the staff were very friendly as I kept reappearing. Then back to see the doctor who said that the manipulation wasn't as good as the original one because the bones were already healing, but he was satisfied having got me to move my arm and fingers every whichway. Alternatively, i can have an operation and a plate inserted , but there were downsides which he listed ...infection etc. stopping short of lack of funding for the nhs. Needless to say I have opted to continue with my fibreglass plaster.
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Jane Brown2022All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without explicit written permission
I went to the fracture clinic today. A 'plasterer' trimmed my plaster and rebound it, having been instructed not to take it off. I had an xray. The doctor said my bone had shifted, the new plaster needed to be taken off, the bone manipulated back into place and then my arm replastered. another plasterer took the plaster off, manipulated the bone and replastered ...with a purple fibreglass plaster(okay there isn't such a thing as fibreglass plaster - nevertheless it is on my arm!) then another xray - by this time the staff were very friendly as I kept reappearing. Then back to see the doctor who said that the manipulation wasn't as good as the original one because the bones were already healing, but he was satisfied having got me to move my arm and fingers every whichway. Alternatively, i can have an operation and a plate inserted , but there were downsides which he listed ...infection etc. stopping short of lack of funding for the nhs. Needless to say I have opted to continue with my fibreglass plaster.