08-24-2018, 07:31 AM
(08-24-2018, 07:08 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: sorry it took me so long to get back to the thread, i've actually been sleeping in a recliner most of the day.
good news
saw the ortho doc this morning, actually an elbow specialist, he looked at the xrays, said it was fractured but not shattered, therefor no surgery required and removed the cast, and sent me home in a sling, and called in a script for pain that shouldn't mess with the colitis (however i feel pretty groggy). im actually supposed to exercise the broken arm some using the good arm to lift it up and down, but no pushing or lifting with the bad arm. i have motorcycle trip coming up oct 8 (fall mens trip..back to west virginia lol) and he said if i was in a cast for 6 weeks id never be able to straighten the arm for the trip. go back in 2 weeks for a progress check and re-xray.
Cracked my elbow while I was living in Costa Rica nearly 30 years ago. They put it in a cast for 6 weeks. PT never could get the arm straight--lost about 20-25% movement--and one doc here in the U.S. said 6 weeks was too long, should have been 2-3 at most; another said it should never have been a cast at all, just in a sling that one could take off to extend the arm periodically. If it were me, I'd ask if the cast is necessary.