To ask for tips on keeping my arm cast nice and spanky?

[RickJames]

I've broken my hand and I have a cast thing in my whole hand and lower arm. It has a fabric stretchy bandage on it.

Obviously life can't stop just for this so can I please have your tips for not ending up with a disgusting, stinky bandage.

Left handed only activity/housework tips also welcome!

It's bound to happen I'm afraid unless you put some sort of plastic wrapping over it. I broke my wrist and I had a white cast on, which ended up disgusting and grey. When I got it off and x-ray'd again, I had to get another cast put on. I asked for a coloured one and got a purple cast that time. Still ended up a bit whiffy, but it didn't show up the dirt as much. I bet Amazon or Ebay sell all sorts of cast covers, worth a look.

Spanky??

There’s nothing you can do IME because it’s the inside that gets stinky, not the outside. Sorry OP!

spanky as in spanking new. HTH.

I always wanted one of those Xray cast covers, you can get a cover printed to show what you have done. I reckon the NHS could rake in a fortune if they offered that as a service in the fracture clinic.

www.supersleeves.co.uk/shop/

Pot of cheap emulsion from B&Q? You could give your cast a fresh coat every day.

Surely the whole point is graffiti all over it?!

I've used the Limbo protectors before but probably not ideal for doing fiddly stuff

www.amazon.co.uk/s?ref=nb_sb_ss_i_5_6&crid=2TATT812GNZ9R&sprefix=limbo+%2Caps%2C154&k=limbo+waterproof+protector&tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Thanks people who responded. I'm not trying to turn it into a fashion piece, just not have it get smelly smelling or smelly looking. I agree that the smell comes from within. I might get a tattoo sleeve for it just to distract. The Pot comes to my finger tips which is why it's so yucky. M

Yep, get yourself a Limbo.

Aldi does lovely hand gel that you can put on a cotton pad and rub just inside the cast (just be careful not to get the actual cast wet), which might help keep it less grotty.

When I broke my wrist, the second cast was a lightweight one. It was purple with sparkles on it. It really cheered me up when I looked at it. It did smell and so did my hand. I could not wash my hand, so I used wet wipes.

I was going to recommend limbo to, I'm a Community Nurse and we prescribe them for a lot of our patients in bandages.

Thanks for the link to the limbo - it made me giggle for some reason.

I like the anti-bac gel tip too.

Everything seems to take bloody ages one-handed grrrrr...