Oh, that's one ticked off radial nerve!

Today I got my cast off!  In a perfect world that would be a great thing, but in reality, the 10 days in a surgical splint and/or cast has just given my hand and wrist enough of a rest that the reality of the situation is so evident - - it's dead.  The radial nerve is ticked off and any hope I had of seeing progress has quickly disappeared.  My fingers are beginning to get stiff and are curling down and my wrist is not showing any sign of life.  The numbness on the top of my hand and thumb is still present, too.  It's going "to take a long time" but no one is saying just how long.

The cast came off, the stitches came out, and the steri strips will
now do their job in helping the incision heal.