Hmm, after all the great feedback and working very hard (and succeeding!) for last three weeks to get my sad brain to shut up and my body to get into the pool, I fell and broke my hand. :shakeshead:
So now my question is, has anyone ever swum in a waterproof cast (doctor said it was a possibility once I'm a little bit healed)? I've asked a few people and have been advised against it, in that they say these casts begin to reek quite quickly (I'm assuming that at least for a few weeks I won't be able to take it on/off).
Perhaps this will be my opportunity to cross-train extensively.... Take up ballet again.... Shoot! is all I can say. Four to eight weeks of cast-ville.
Advice re waterproof casts? (I did search here but nothing popped up.)
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OK. I had one. If I were any respectable dog, I would have chewed it off over the weekend and left it on the living room floor. Caused me much claustrophobia. Itched. Was very tight. I was sure my arm was disinitegrating inside it.
So, after one week, I asked the doctor to take it off. He was mean about this, saying he'd have to put a regular cast on, but I reminded him that I was the one who had wasted my money and I couldn't cope with it.
So he put me in a removable splint and told me not to use my hand.
Hmmmm. Went to pool today, removed splint, kicked for a while, got bored, thought, I'll just try a little freestyle with both arms, pulled very very gingerly, no problem. So I'm being a bad dog by swimming very gently, which I think actually will facilitate the healing (I really want to do a meet in December!). I will not post here if I should be so stupid as to screw it up and start over again at beginning of healing process. I am using pain as my guide. But the waterproof cast, bad idea for me. Too tight, plastic against my skin made me feel itchy and claustrophobic. I KNOW if I were a dog I would have chewed it off. As it is, I showed great maturity, I think, in waiting a week for my appointment.
OK. I had one. If I were any respectable dog, I would have chewed it off over the weekend and left it on the living room floor. Caused me much claustrophobia. Itched. Was very tight. I was sure my arm was disinitegrating inside it.
So, after one week, I asked the doctor to take it off. He was mean about this, saying he'd have to put a regular cast on, but I reminded him that I was the one who had wasted my money and I couldn't cope with it.
So he put me in a removable splint and told me not to use my hand.
Hmmmm. Went to pool today, removed splint, kicked for a while, got bored, thought, I'll just try a little freestyle with both arms, pulled very very gingerly, no problem. So I'm being a bad dog by swimming very gently, which I think actually will facilitate the healing (I really want to do a meet in December!). I will not post here if I should be so stupid as to screw it up and start over again at beginning of healing process. I am using pain as my guide. But the waterproof cast, bad idea for me. Too tight, plastic against my skin made me feel itchy and claustrophobic. I KNOW if I were a dog I would have chewed it off. As it is, I showed great maturity, I think, in waiting a week for my appointment.
