pink poodle
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That really sucks dude. Good luck with the ice. Hopefully you'll be able to grip things and shake with vigour again soon.
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Lazmo
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I was happy with three hours... I am a regular after all.
Bike's fine, just a few more scratches on the scratches.
The Reverend
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Mate, I was about to suggest the same thing. I did this about 2 yrs ago. I was convinced I'd broken it but it was a complete tear of the Ulnar Collateral Ligament with avulsion.
Made my thumb useless, which for a saxophonist and bass player was really not good news. Needed acute treatment so definitely get it seen to. Don't want to give you the fear but certainly don't wait about.
In the time between the injury and surgery I kept riding as apparently I couldn't make it any worse!
8 weeks in a thermoplastic splint post surgery plus 6-8 weeks of physiotherapy saw it right. It doesn't look the same but I can still play just as well. And there's no guard or protection you can get for it. It was about 6 months until I could ride again.
If it happens again you get progressively less real estate for the surgeon to work with.
Good luck!
pink poodle
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But you have a gift!
The Reverend
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Ok, I'm sure my surgeon had no idea what he was talking about..
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=skiiers+thumb&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-au&client=safari
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slowmick
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that's really shit Lazmo - it was only yesterday i was wondering how your new Tama and the reformed band were doing. Am really hoping that you haven't done any serious damage like those mentioned above.
Freediver
I can go full Karen
I stand corrected. There is one in the thumb as well.
Art Vanderlay
Hourly daily
Oh.....my sig is finally relevant?
The Reverend
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All good fella. I had to find out the hard and painful way where and what it is.
Try doing up shoe laces / zips / writing / typing / washing.... without your thumb.
Hoping the OP on this doesn't have to go through the same.
pink poodle
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Somehow I just spent 2 hours cooking food I didn't enjoy eating. So confused with life just now.
Lazmo
Old and hopeless
Rowdy and Dudes… thanks for the support… anyway, it looks like I dodged a bullet. On Saturday, my thumb was insanely swollen and sore, and I couldn’t do anything at all… so I RICE’d the crap out it, along with Fisiocrem and anti-inflammatories. By Sunday afternoon, after a two hour hilly Olinda walk, running the dogs, I noticed the swelling had gone down quite a lot and I’d got a much better range of painfree motion, compared to almost no movement on the Saturday. If it is a tear, it’s a minor one, as the pain has abated considerably, and even though it still hurts to do things, it is nothing like it was. It is weird how swollen it was, it was like a balloon, and I was expecting it to bruise to a nice shade of purple, but it has shrunk to look just like a normal thumb. Anyway, I’m not out of the woods yet, as it still hurts, but the prognosis is continually improving with time.
Lazmo
Old and hopeless
Thanks Mick, as above, I think it is going to be OK… fingers crossed. The Tama’s are ace. I re-cut the toms bearing edges and they sing with single ply heads now, sound great and the kit is completely gig ready. The guitar, bass, drums part of the band is sweet, but we are not going with our original singer (for various reasons) so we’ve got a few options, but our immediate vocal hopeful is a young 35 y/o who I did some other stuff with previously. I hope he works out as his other band has a loyal down town youngies following and that wouldn’t hurt. There's no rush, we're hoping to gig in late Spring, through Summer, if it happens at all.
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