Did the doctors mess up my arm recovery?

I recently fractured my radius bone after I tripped while running. The doctors said it was a clean break and so they set me up in a splint. However, this morning, I awoke to find my entire arm removed from the splint and that I had pulled my arm out completely sometime during the night (the bandage was left untouched). Now, in my apparent sleeping genius, while the splint was off, I kept my arm elevated on a pillow exactly the same way I was doing when the splint was still on. I noticed, though, that my radius bone is not completely aligned and that there is a bump where the fracture occurred.As this is my first fracture, I am not sure, but it seems likely that my bone was either not set properly when my arm was splinted or had become misaligned again during the recovery process because the splint had too much give due to the elastic nature of the ace bandage. Is this bump normal and am I just being paranoid or should this raise an alarm for me? My friends told me that it would have been better if I had been given a full cast. Thank you for your help.

Call GP.

Call your doctor.

It's not clear to me that the splint was a mistake per se. Lots of people use them quite successfully, and casts are a pain.

call your doctor

call your lawyer

CLEARLY the doctors fucked up.

Originally Posted by Fuuma

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call your lawyer

+1.

sue the ******. Obviously a quack that did not produce "standard of care"

Lots of good stuff/clothes on deep discount now, so the money should be very useful.

no swearing in thread titles. You've been warned.

Call Obama.

Its Bush's fault.

Regards.

Originally Posted by nahneun

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I recently fractured my radius bone after I tripped while running. The doctors said it was a clean break and so they set me up in a splint. However, this morning, I awoke to find my entire arm removed from the splint and that I had pulled my arm out completely sometime during the night (the bandage was left untouched). Now, in my apparent sleeping genius, while the splint was off, I kept my arm elevated on a pillow exactly the same way I was doing when the splint was still on. I noticed, though, that my radius bone is not completely aligned and that there is a bump where the fracture occurred.As this is my first fracture, I am not sure, but it seems likely that my bone was either not set properly when my arm was splinted or had become misaligned again during the recovery process because the splint had too much give due to the elastic nature of the ace bandage. Is this bump normal and am I just being paranoid or should this raise an alarm for me? My friends told me that it would have been better if I had been given a full cast. Thank you for your help.

Why do you hate America?

Originally Posted by m@T

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no swearing in thread titles. You've been warned.

sorry, i woke up due the to excruciating pain in my arm and was quite cranky

Originally Posted by edmorel

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Why do you hate America?

i'm sorry, i don't see the correlation.

Originally Posted by nahneun

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i'm sorry, i don't see the correlation.

doctor did nothing wrong+you sue+malpractice is high+doc services costly+health care system in US in shambles+small businesses crippled by health costs+employees get laid off+recession+socialism+US over as we know it.


All because you couldn't keep the phucking splint on your arm.

Originally Posted by Fuuma

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call your lawyer
+1, lawsuit baby!