Today I went to the hospital again. They have now taken off the stupid, cumbersome, heavy, clunky plaster one and replaced it with a 'tailor made' plastic one. I sat in the waiting room for about 4 hours before being finally sent down a rabbit warren of stairs, corridors and hallways to the special 'hand' physiotherapist area.

It was quite fascinating watching the woman make my cast. She started by drawing a template using my good hand on some paper towel. She then transferred that onto what looked like a thick sheet of plastic with tiny holes all over it. After cutting it to a rough size she put it in baine marie type of water bath thingo (yes that is the technical term). In there it softened and became quite sticky. She then moulded it to my arm and hand being careful to properly immobilise my thumb. After that she carefully folded back any possible rough edges, put on the Velcro to keep it in place and voila!

So the great news is its light, and I have been told to leave it on even in the shower (it can get wet). The best part of all is I can take it off if I get desperate. I was really worried about having a new clunky plaster one and my eczema flairing up underneath it making it unbearably itchy.

The down side is my hand is now in a more fixed position so I can't actually do quite as much with it. It's probably for the best anyway.

So 4 weeks and I see the hand dude again. Hopefully by then I will be all better!!