CALLED MY DOCTOR ABOUT TAKING THE STITCHES OUT OF MY FACE AND THE RECEPTIONIST SAID THEY ONLY REMOVED STITCHES PUT IN BY THE DOTORS THERE. I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO ER TO GET THEM OUT---WHICH OF COURSE MEANT ANOTHER $100 CO-PAY. DOC VISITS ARE $35 CO-PAY, BUT ER IS $100.SO KNE I HAD TO GO TO ER.
WENT OVER TO THE ER THIS MORNING TO GET THE STITCHES OUT THEY WERE SUPER FINE AND HE HAD TO USE A DIFFERENT "BLADE" THAN USUAL TO TAKE THEM OUT. HE SAID I WILL HAVE A SCAR, BUT THE DOC DID SUCH A GREAT JOB OF CLOSING IT AS IT WAS A VERY "NASTY CUT." AND IF HE HAD NOT DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB AND USED SUCH FINE THREAD IT WOULD HAVE LEFT A MUCH WORSE SCAR
WELL HE WAS LOOKNG AT MY THMB--I HAD TAKEN TH LITTE METAL SPLINT OFF BECAUSE OF HAND SWELLING. HE ASKED IF THUMB HAD BEEN X-RAYED AND I SAID YES, BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS A SPRAIN, BUT IT HURT . HE WANTED TO DO TAKE MORE X-RAYS AND I SAID OKAY. MY THUMB WAS ALL BLACK AND SWOLEN.
UP I AUSTIN THEY TOOK ALL X-RAYS WITH MY HAND ON I'TS SIDE. HERE THEY TOOK ONLY ONE LIKE THAT, ONE WITH IT FLAT AND ONE LEANING UP AGAINST A PIECE OF V SHAPE FOAM. AND GUESS WHAT. MY THUMB HAD A FRACTURE AND A BONE CHIP IS RIGHT BY THE "WEBBING". HE THINKS THERE MAY BE LIGAMENT DAMAGED AS WELL. I NOW HAVE A DIFFERENT SPLINT ON--IS LIKE A HALF CAST AND GOES ALMOST TO MY ELBOW. IS HELD IN PLACE WITH N ACE. HE SET ME UP TO SEE AN ORTHOPEDIST ON FRIDAY. SAID OFTEN THIS KIND OF BREAK NEEDS TO BE "PINNED" AND LIGAMEN RFEPAIRED. I TAKE THE X-RAYS WITH ME TO THE BONE DOC ON FRIDAY MORNING. SO I MAY HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY ON MY HAND. WITH THIS CAST THING AND BANDAGE, MY THUMB IS BIGGER AROUND THAN MY RIGHT WRIST AND IS SURE IN THE WAY.
HE ALSO SUGGESTED I GO TO AN ETN ABOUT MY NOSE, BUT I CAN BREATH JUST FINE AND I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT. HE DID LOOK UP MY NOSE WITH THAT THING ANDSAID IT LOKED GOOD FOR NOW, BUT OF COURSE HE CAN'T SEE ALL THE WAY UP.
I HAVE DECIDED I MUST BE KIND OF TOUGH OLD BIRD TO HAVE THAT NASTY CUT ON MY NOSE AND DOWN MY CHEEK, A BROKEN NOSE, A BROKEN AND CHIPPED THUMB, A CHICKEN EGG ON THE BOTTOM OF MY ARM THAT IS NOW ALL BLACK AN BLUE, CUTS ON THE BACK OF MY HAND PLUS A BIG KNOT--AND I DID'T EVEN NEED PAIN PLLS. OH, BY THE WAY, I DON'T HAVE MUCH FEELING IN THE END OF MY NOSE AROND THE LEFT NOSTRIL AND HE SAID I LIKELY HAD NERVES CUT I HAVE PLENTY OF FEELING UP HIGH WHER THE BREAK IS, , JUST NOT DOWNM LOW.