Last year when it was cast day it gave me a world of pain!! So I saved a few doses of morphine specifically for these couple of days, as I know I’m going to need it. Thankfully once you have a hard cast the icing pads work a lot better than the bandage, so Ice will be my best friend as well. Saw this which made me laugh it’s so like this Tiktok cast video

Goodbye mister big bandage. I won’t miss your heaviness, and bulk!!

Night of hell, so barely any sleep at all, and seeing red traffic doesn’t bode well. Let’s hope it all goes smoothly.

Managed a fairly stress free drive as we set off early, to give us some grace period. Thank goodness we did as traffic did eat into that time.

A few colours and lots of swelling under there, it obviously had bled a fair bit, but was all dried up and healing well. Two long stitches needing snipping to skin level and hopefully time will dissolve the rest. Now for the cast I’ve gone for a tealy green which is usually for a soft cast so they did a white hard cast underneath, and topped it with this soft cast colour. I love it. Good job I do, as it’s on for 6 weeks now. Ms Smith did check the wound and how I was feeling, which I didn’t expect to see her today. So I asked about my elbow, which she checked for me. Confirmed soft tissue damage and to use ice and elevation.

Now to get used to this as it’s more restrictive, but lighter to wear. Home to have meds and rest up. Slept in the afternoon, I was wiped out.