Flying with broken wrist

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Also posting in 'Travel - short haul'.

In a nutshell, broke wrist 2 weeks ago. Flying to France on thursday. Got full cast put on today and stupidly didn't think to mention flight until at hosp today. have now looked at ryanair (i know, i know!) website and they want doctor's 'fit to fly' note (simple enough) and a split cast if plastered within 48 hours of flight. Well, it's about 46.5 hours and i think it would be better to split it, even with all the faff involved.

What i want to know is, how do they split the cast? do the cut the existing cast or completely replace this one with an incomplete one? Then presumably that stays for the duration of the holiday, and i get a full cast put on again when i get home.

Has anyone else been there? I searched for relevant threads and they all seemed to be quite old.

Cheers me dears!

'Split cast if plastered with 48 hours of flight' - Your fracture is 2 weeks old so all the swelling will have reduced massively. I strongly suspect they mean new casts for new fractures that are at risk of swelling up - hence the need for a split cast.

I would be very surprised if there is any need to get your cast split for this

Disclaimer - not done orthopaedics for a while

Agree above. Should really say "within 48 hours of fracture".

Although if you get any pressure-mediated swelling in a full cast on a plane, you're going to be in a world of pain.

Play safe, call plaster room at hospital tomorrow, throw yourself on their mercy and ask if you can come in and for them to split it. Is 5 minute job.

Put it like this, I wouldn't get on a plane with a full cast on.

they need a split cast because everyone swells up slightly during a flight and if your fractured arm swells within the cast it can cause circulatory problems that could cause the plane to have to land at a different airport and if you dont adhere to the airline policies,unforunately you will be liable for charges. sorry

I'd be tempted to ring the number you were (hopefully) given and ask them to split it too...much safer.

thanks everyone (apols for no caps - can't be arsed to shift when typing with one hand!).

update: rang ryanair this morning (shock - got straight through!!), they said need to split it and need fit to fly note. then rang plaster room and they need to check it's ok with doc, but can split it this avo. plaster woman also said it might not be a bad idea anyway, as it will be hot in france!

so annoyed with myself for not thinking about this before now!

thanks again everyone x