Just wanted to say thanks to you guys for your well wishes regarding the recent injury to my hand, and to give you a bit of an update.
If you watched my recent video, the injury occurred as I was collecting water from the frozen lochan (although you don’t see the incident in the video). I had three bottles of water in one hand and an ice axe in the other. I needed to use my arm to help me get out from the lochen but because my left hand was full, I couldn’t use the palm of my hand to push myself up like you normally would so, stupidly decided to use the back of my hand instead. This over stretched the tendons/ligaments in my hand and wrist.
I managed the camp without too much pain but when I got home a couple of days later the pain just got worse and the back of my hand started to swell.
The injury has gradually gotten worse this week meaning I was at a point today where I hadn’t been sleeping much and could barely use my hand at all because of the pain.
I decided to pay a visit to A&E at the hospital and was seen by a doctor, then sent for an x-ray. The x-ray showed no broken bones, fortunately, and the diagnosis from the doctor was a grade 2 sprain.
He gave me a wrist support and said to take a combination of ibuprofen and paracetamol for the pain. He suggested it could take 6 weeks to heal so I’ve just got to deal with it.
So, something as innocuous as getting up off the ground has put me out of action for weeks. Just shows how easy these things can happen.
The Solo Summiteer
Just wanted to say thanks to you guys for your well wishes regarding the recent injury to my hand, and to give you a bit of an update.
If you watched my recent video, the injury occurred as I was collecting water from the frozen lochan (although you don’t see the incident in the video). I had three bottles of water in one hand and an ice axe in the other. I needed to use my arm to help me get out from the lochen but because my left hand was full, I couldn’t use the palm of my hand to push myself up like you normally would so, stupidly decided to use the back of my hand instead. This over stretched the tendons/ligaments in my hand and wrist.
I managed the camp without too much pain but when I got home a couple of days later the pain just got worse and the back of my hand started to swell.
The injury has gradually gotten worse this week meaning I was at a point today where I hadn’t been sleeping much and could barely use my hand at all because of the pain.
I decided to pay a visit to A&E at the hospital and was seen by a doctor, then sent for an x-ray. The x-ray showed no broken bones, fortunately, and the diagnosis from the doctor was a grade 2 sprain.
He gave me a wrist support and said to take a combination of ibuprofen and paracetamol for the pain. He suggested it could take 6 weeks to heal so I’ve just got to deal with it.
So, something as innocuous as getting up off the ground has put me out of action for weeks. Just shows how easy these things can happen.
Take care my friends 🙏🏻
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