Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
I broke the heads off of both radius bones on August 9. The right one still bothers me a little every day but the left one bothers me a lot. I can't put weight on the left hand without pain and I can't carry very much weight in my left hand without pain. In addition to not being able to bicycle without discomfort I'm thinking that I should avoid bar fights too. If I punched somebody with my left hand it would definitely hurt me more than him.
I appreciate your comments but I think that I'm just beginning to come to grips with the reality of my situation.
Holy cr@p, Batman! I broke the head off the right (non-dominant) radius almost 15 years ago and made a really good nonsurgical recovery with the help of a skilled board certified hand specialist who did an
almost perfect job on the closed reduction. (He missed the ulnar nerve diagnosis when I complained of pain at the ulnar side of the wrist.) However, the six-week recovery process was painful, particularly with nocturnal swelling inside the cast, and I was unable to use the hand at all during the first week. Breaking both radii at once would be absolute hell.
This is an all-too-common injury with a wide range of prognoses, and I think I am one of the luckier victims of it.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069