I went to the doctor today to get the stitches in my thumb removed. It was not a difficult procedure, just odd. Shortly after the surgery Dr. Z said to come back in "about two weeks" for the stitches to come out. Two weeks from the surgery was Thanksgiving. His next available appointment was today. That's not the odd part.
Over the weekend I noticed the stitches were starting to be covered up by skin and they were itching kind of a lot. I don't know if you can see in this picture:
Dr. Z is a mellow, relaxed kind of doctor - I like that about him - but he was a little concerned about the amount of time that had passed because the stitches could get embedded in the skin and need to be cut out. As it was, he had to snip some of the dry, old, dead skin around the stitches to grasp them and clip the threads. I think my thumb looks much better even so:
I'm hoping this is the end of the thumb drama.
This is me stretching my thumb muscles.
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When I had 3rd degree burns engulfing my Rt thumb/back-of-hand,
I stretched & screamed during the long healing process so I could avoid even longer physical therapy sessions afterward. It worked.
That looks like good stitchery you got there. Good luck healing in the final stretch (no pun intended) :]
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