Monday I saw myself in hospital having surgery which involved right ulna shortening osteotomy and repair of tfc peripheral detachment.
I had 2.5mm of the ulna removed and the bone is now held together with a fragment locking plate and 2 mini-mitek anchors used to reattach the tfc.
I am now supporting a glamorous plaster cast past my elbow for the next 6-8 weeks and when that gets removed I'm sure I will also have a lovely scar along the ulna shaft and across the ulna head so the chances of me being an arm model are now out the window!!
At the moment I have been told that I am not allowed to load or impact for 12 weeks then after that I will need to follow a strengthening programme back to full activities this is under the advice of the NHS but I am confident with the help of my sports team I will be recover a lot quicker. I am use to injury recovery, I mean I have been through it numerous times before and on the plus side I have come back better and stronger every time so this will be no different this time round!!
The down side to this injury is the fact its my right arm and I am right handed with a plaster cast past my elbow so i am facing a lot of challenges on a day to day basis but I have a very good helper in Mia who has been doing everything for me and I love her to bits!! the only thing I won't let her do is my make up. I am not leaving my house looking like a clown so at the moment I am settling for less make up and a left handed job.....Thank God for false eyelashes!!
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