I am very happy to be able to write this post, as I had an operation on my left hand two weeks ago, and was therefore unable to.
I had had a Dupuytren Contracture in the palm of my hand for ten years. It would have eventually pulled my fingers in toward the palm, in a claw, making life even more difficult. I love writing my blog and sundry other communications, and it would have been very limiting for me, as I do not get out and about much. It was also becoming painful to use a fork, and it used to 'catch' on all sorts of things.
My surgeon told me to go to my GP to have the stitches removed, a week to ten days after surgery. I duly made an appointment for last Friday, thinking at the time it might be a bit previous. My doctor removed the half plaster splint and padded bandage. I was glad that was gone, as it was very hot and because I had not been able to wash the atiseptic off, very itchy. I have also had a layer of dead skin come off since. It turned out my hand was no where near healed enough to remove any stitches. My doctor advised me to come back on Tuesday, or at the latest, Wednesday, to have them removed. I went back Wednesday, and the stitches were embedde in my skin. I discovered this morning , when I removed the adhesive dressing, that my GP had missed one of the stitches. I rang the surgery early, and told the receptionist my dilemma, and she made a booking for me. I will go and have it removed this afternoon. It will, no doubt, hurt like the dickens! I told the doctor Wednesday, while he was removing them, "You realize that up until this moment, I have had no pain in my hand?" He just smiled. I have a large zig zag wound. Never seen that before.
