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Broken in three places. X-Ray pics for YOU!

Yesterday morning, I ventured into work to meet with a manager and write up my report. By “write up” I mean just that. I had to write it out. Wow painful. I wonder what they would have done if I had lost an arm.

They sent me to a company approved doctor who very nicely x-rayed me and told me that “TTP of right 5th finger, decreased /rom, closed fracture of prix phakanx.” (Can anyone translate this?)

Here are the x-rays:

And some close ups:

You can click on any of the pictures to see them better.

She told me that it was broken in three places. At first, I only saw it in the first one, but Smartz pointed out that the fractures form a triangle in the second one.

The first close up shows a fracture along the entire width of the bone. The second shows two cracks forming a triangle.

The close ups are from the first and second x-rays.

I’ve been referred and transferred to a “hand surgeon.” Apparently, she thinks I may need surgery. Holy crap!

What’s odd though is that she’s sending me back to work. I’ll be on “light duty” (whatever that is).

According to the report given to my employer, I’m not allowed to lift more than five pounds with my right hand. Honestly, I can’t lift at all with my right hand. I’m still allowed to climb a ladder, though no more than once an hour (not sure how I’d accomplish this). I’m also allowed to grasp no more than once an hour. Thankfully, the doctor isn’t allowing me to crawl (this is the only thing in the report that I’m not allowed to do). Is this typical of company-approved doctors or am I being paranoid?

Oh and, I asked around, nobody at work checked on Scott. Nice.