woohoo again!

my one week check-up. supposed to have cast another week. the dr looked like a outdoors type - 50s, lean, short hair, slight tan - so I started telling how much of a pita the cast is when training (stat. bike + weights 1 hr a day), and all that sweat prob isn't doing it any good, and isn't it kind of crumbling up, and would there be any chance of taking it off early and putting something more flexible on, plus seriously big puppy-dog eyes...

and hey presto he asked the grumpy cast techy to make me a glassfiber cast cut open that i can take on and off at will could have HUGGED him.

but jeez - after 6 days in a cast my arm looked like a big yellow squash and i had mybe 45 deg range of movement some is prob. residual swelling inside the joint, rest is shortened tendons i guess. gentle stretching many times a day now.

just posting this in case someone else gets the same thing sometime, figured it might be handy to know. still no pain for which i am massively grateful.

oh, and was at a big 60th birthday party for mil last night, and had gallant gentlemen in their 60s practically tripping over themselves to help me do stuff wonderful, very chivalrous. gotta enjoy the perks!