Post surgery update

I saw my surgeon on Friday at an office closer to home than my first visit. This was convenient due to proximity but he was running way behind schedule and I didn’t get called in until at least half an hour past my appointment time. So more waiting than I’d have liked although the Scientist drove me there and was good company for the duration.

The weird thing was when I got called back I was taken to a room and left there, in the style of doctors I would see back in the US before I left. That doesn’t happen here at all. In hindsight I wonder if this was done to speed up the process of getting through patients as it was the receptionist/secretary who put me there.

Anyway, I didn’t have to wait all that long once I was back there. The doctor came in and took me to a different room to remove the stitches. First he had to cut off the bandage and some cotton that was all that covered my wounds. I was surprised to find no dressing there. Then my stitches were taken out, which didn’t take long but was uncomfortable for short bits of time. He put some tape over the wound and said I could wash normally. But lifting is a no-no for the next several weeks. Again he didn’t rush me out at all and I was pretty happy with the visit. I have to go back in a month to follow up.

So I’ve had my hand moving more freely now and it felt like it was much more vulnerable at first. Now it’s seeming pretty normal aside from the fact I can’t do much with it. Tonight I accidentally tried to use my hand to cut a muffin in half and that was kind of painful but more interesting was the feeling in my arm afterwards. It was kind of a ghostly feeling of something going up my arm and it didn’t feel quite right even though it wasn’t painful at that point. I think with the bandage I was less likely to do things spontaneously with my hand but now it feels more free and I don’t even thing.

My palm looks rather bruised for what can be seen of it right now. When the bandage was removed the area where my stitched are looked purple so I guess that was some sort of antiseptic or something. There’s still a bit of tape left on the wound so I can’t see it much aside from a bit of a dark patch under it. I think it might come off when I have my shower tomorrow but I might keep it covered after since it will look rather icky, which might be stressful for Lego Lover who is quite sensitive to that sort of visual.

In all events, it seems to be healing fine at the moment.