Should I be worried?

Glad you were seen again and I hope you can avoid the surgery route. We take so much about our health for granted when all fingers and toes are working as they should. My DH did a really good job of looking after me - I think he was the one who needed the patience .

Thanks synonymous and Polly, Ann I think that's why doc is hoping to avoid surgery etc he said more likely to get better functionality without it. Sorry oh had a not so good outcome. No driving is going be a nuisance for me, as for my old boy....I'll be learning patience in parallel to his improving on the housekeeping front!! after 46 years it should be easy peasy

It's good that you've been seen. I hope it heals nicely for you.

Hope it heals well enough to avoid any reduction or further action grannyqueenie and that DH comes up trumps!

My H fell and broke 2 fingers,dislocating one, the little one, nearly 2years ago. He needed surgery on the dislocated one and a K wire inserted. He was several weeks incapacitated and could not drive. The finger now is useless, he has no feeling in it and it is permanently very very cold. Sorry to be a Jonah.

Had my appt about my broken finger today. So it's in another plaster slab thingy for another 4 weeks, in the hope of avoiding surgery and insertion of a wire. Who'd have thought one little joint could cause so much trouble! Methinks the old boy's hitherto dormant housekeeping skills are going to have plenty of opportunity to improve!!

When a friend broke a bone in the back of her hand the GP said it couldn't be plastered and told her to wear a boxing glove for six weeks. Her hand was curled over when she took it off and she required a lot of physiotherapy to get it straightened and mobile again.

Prompt, expert treatment is the only way.
Although they did keep DD waiting (in hospital) for a week when she was young, before they decided what to do with her broken ankle. It had to be pinned.

Jalima - that sounds so like what happened to me. They initially only diagnosed one of the fractures and when the plaster came off refused to believe that I was still in pain. When - by a tortuous route that I will not bore you with - they finally worked out that I had pulled the end off my heel bone they put me back in plaster for a further 8 weeks, which was totally the wrong thing to do and just served to set it all wrong.

By the time I saw a true foot specialist rather than a general orthopaedic bod it was too late. The only option now is to fuse all the bones in my foot together and the outcome would be uncertain and the recovery time long. So I have settled for the devil I know (but do not love).

Thanks luckygirl and jalima, I feel much better knowing there's good reason for going with my gut feeling and getting my appt brought forward. Sorry you've both got on going difficulties

Yes, my broken foot is still playing me up (and more so lately) 53 years later. Misdiagnosed, plastered, unplastered, re-diagnosed. In the meantime it had set itself awkwardly and that is how it has stayed.

Don't delay!!

Yes Luckygirl you are right. I'm sorry to hear you now have problems.

Feet and hands need specialist care - lots of little bones and complicated joints. My broken foot (3 years ago) was misdiagnosed and I now have a serious walking problem caused by the joints having been disrupted by the fractures and impinging one upon the other when I walk. Take it from me - delay is not the way to go! I innocently believed all I was told to start with - I am wiser now.

I would have thought you'd be at the # clinic the next day too so that you could be seen and have a proper plaster applied. However assuming the dr has seen your X-rays it must have been deemed ok for you to wait.
I hope all goes well!

Pollyparrot & a especially for you!

Alea
I did get seen straight away when .I went to my local A&E about my ankle - they referred me straight to the fracture clinic which was quiet at the time - must have been very fortunate!

I broke my humerous and it was clearly visible on the Xray - although I went to the fracture clinic I did not have any cast at all - just a sling which I could take off to bathe etc. But the injury meant I could not really move the arm so needed assistance showering etc. It healed perfectly - and I only went to the fracture clinic monthly for about three months.

Synonymous You posted "If it was thought more urgent you clearly would have been seen quicker"

There's nothing factual about that, I can tell you that from personal experience.

You're hilarious

Pollyparrot I was merely being factual.
Never did I, or would I, say that the NHS or anyone else always gets things right and anybody who actually knew me would be splitting their sides at the thought of my 'sitting back' never mind believing in doing that! So funny!

I agree Alea one now "pops in" for 6 hours +.

If you have a walk-in clinic / A&E near you, it might be worth popping in and asking for a check so that a more appropriate support can be given if needed

Oh imperfect27, how I laughed(hollowly) at your kindly intentioned suggestion. NHS 111 told me yesterday that DH had to have an urgent appointment within the next 2 hours when I rang mid morning yesterday. We waited 3 + hours in the (walk in) Urgent Care Centre (despite him being "red-flagged") at our local hospital, followed by another 1 1/2 hours in A&E and yet another 11/2 for the anti-b's for him to bring home as an alternative to being admitted and hooked up to IV antibiotics.

It's the "popping in" that got me

Well, after a polite but very insistent interchange with the appointments dept. this morning they rang back later offering me an appointment for this Monday. That's 10 days earlier than they had available when I spoke to them earlier today. So persistence paid off, thanks for your support gransnetters!

Goodo - sometimes we do need to jump up and down a bit (not with a broken ankle though . Take care and let us know how you get on. All agog now ...

Thanks folks, I'm glad I'm not just being over neurotic in being concerned. The reassuring aspect is that the minor injuries unit who thought I might need to be seen straight away did send over my xrays electronically to be looked at by the hand specialist. It was that doctor who to told them to do the back slab and they would call me for an appt. I was told I'd hear within a week but if not to ring. I rang a couple of days early to make sure they had my mobile number, that's when I was told no chance before 9th March. So now the week is up I'll be ringing again tomorrow......apart from anything else my physio daughter will be on my case if I don't!

I would not let this lie. Hand injuries can be very problematical because of all the delicate bones. If you want to achieve a good functional result you need to be seen by someone other than the on-call A&E doc - you need someone who is expert in hands.

I think they take the view now that you either heal yourself or die.