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The finger problem continues I have been told all be trained professionals

• 1 week in a splint
• 3 weeks in a splint
• 6 weeks in a splint

And if does not work as there is no guarentee then they don’t know what the next stage is, great.

Talking to a London Hand clinic the splint for 6-8 weeks was the advice, forgot to ask about what if it dont work, will go there if I need to.

On to the splint, as I mentioned neither of the ones I had so far were the best in my eyes. Managed to find one on tinternet that used thermoplastic but could not find then for sale, so off to e-bay I went:

Polymorph theromplastic, reuseable plastic £3 delivered for 100g bag, weird stuff.
Water in a cup in the microwave, 2 mins, drop some thermoplastic granuals in, wait for them to go clear , work like putty, wine bottle rolling pin roll flat, scissors cut to shape, mould, run it under cold water, Done:

becomes

not the pretiest thing but much better that its rivals, this stuff is great, now what else can I make ?

then I decided to turn it over easy hot water warm it up and mould:

and now I need to shut this puter and chat to this guy:

Headline acts – Crowded House & Peter Gabriel

Crowded House

Great stuff, all the original tracks were played with skys like thunder as it had been on and off all afternoon, and then it broke.  When I say rain I mean a huge bucket in the sky opened, 20 seconds from dry to soaked to the skin.   There was a mass scramble for umbrellas and waterproofs, the music stopped a few minutes after and we had to sit it out.  Suppose it must have lasted 10 minutes or so not really sure, but it stopped as fast as it started.  We then in the realisation that we were actually really wet and getting cold now, then I noticed :
 
No that is not a party trick thar finger really is bent at the end and no I could not straighten it !

Peter Gabriel

Great stuff, sounds exactly the same as he ever did, now bald and a lot older but just great.

Bus back to Lavender Hill and food at the Thai resuaurant next door to Lais place, and off to bed V happy.

Sunday 

Woke Sunday and first thing I thought of, finger, nope still bent 🙁 Once back in Cheltenham rang emergency doctor who said A&E mate.  Off down there, Sunday @ 7 ish is a good time to go there, straight through Doctor, X-ray, Doctor and diagnosis, Mallet finger, outcome:

Wear this for 6 weeks mate, if it comes off and the finger bends the clock starts again, don’t get it wet or dirty bye.  How impracticle is that, but suppose I will have to get used to it. 

1 day in and after splint came off once and the fact that I can move the finger in the splint off to my doctors I went  “cant help you” so hospital it was, next size down splint too small I will fit another type of splint:

Do these people have no idea ? 1 this only as strong as the bottom piece of tape and within 5 mins of being on the finger was already bent, 6 weeks like that would do nothing.

I am off to the Fracture clinic 27/06/2007 will see what they say, but I a lining myself up for 6 weeks of splint wearing.

So far rushmore were great but in a v dark tent so outside we went to forever like red on the main stage bit like muse but definately not shownmen had no idea on working the crowd !

Hotsingletrack.com 

Hot Singletrack is the site for a  group of friends based in the Cheltenham and Gloucester areas that get together on a Tuesday night to battle with mountain bikes 🙂  It all started in Oct 1998 and there is still one regular rider from that first ride !

The group has changed over time, one guy has gone off to Australia to work, others had children and some moved all over the country.  So if you fancy joining the ever evolving group of people mountain biking in this great part of the country,  just keep and eye on the posts on hotsingletrack.com to see where the next ride is, maybe post a comment and come along to play.

See ya

Tim