The Pin

So we had a review with the orthopaedic consultant yesterday. In terms of the fix he's happy that its settling down well enough. There is some regrowth of bone that seems to be putting pressure on part of the radial nerve which is what essentially controls all of the movement of the wrist and fingers so it's a bit of a struggle to do anything dexterous right now. I managed to take a pic from his screen of the pin which as you see runs top to bottom of the humerus, while the fracture is still there.

Because the cancer is at the centre of the bone we have to let the chemo work to hopefully reduce the size of the lesion which will lessen, we hope, the pressure on the nerve. At that time, and if the chemo does it's job then we are hoping to see some increased use of the hand again. That of course will be a good indication that the chemo is at least stopping the cancer from increasing, but that's very much a "time will tell" thing.

The pin, as you see goes whole length so it certainly has stabilised the arm, and the next time we see him the consultant has said bring a pen drive and he will download the whole set of x rays from start to finish which I can then put here.

For now though :