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wondering if anyone can help.
I broke my scaphoid (bone at base of wrist/hand) on the last day of May.
It was diagnosed and xrayed immediatley, my cast was uncomfy and I was in pain all through the summer. I had it re cast a number of times, 4 casts in total May- September. I was advised that this type of injury sometimes just knits back together and my own googling suggests that 8-12 weeks in a cast is normal management. I went for an MRI mid August and was told that the healing/knitting was poor but was not put on the list for an op to fix it until late September but taken out of cast and put in a splint. At the consulation in September I was advised that the healing was so poor I would likely need a bone graft not just a pin.

It's now December, I still don't have a date for surgery. I am seeing the surgeon tomorrow and angling for the op as soon as poss as from what I can work out I'll be another 8 weeks or so in plaster and really want to be cast/splint free and have a working hand by the time I go on holiday in April.

I think I have an argument that I really should have been referred for surgery a whole lot earlier so they must proceed with the op asap.

I need to drive for my job, it's my dominant hand and I want it sorted and fixed asap.

Has anyone done anything similar? If so how quickly were you referred for surgery and how long post op til you could drive?

I am seeing the surgeon tomorrow and really want to get this sorted. All/any advice welcome.

Thank you.