1 Month Post-Op

I went back to the Dr. today. They took more xrays and put on a new splint. He said everything looks great and that my wrist is healing nicely around the pins. I am now allowed to take the splint off up to 6 times/day to move my hand around some to prevent it from getting so stiff (but this involves undoing and redoing the ace wrap every time). It still hurts (I'm still taking 1 -4 aleve per day) and is still pretty swollen just above the site of the ligament repair, but he said this is normal and in comparison to other people, was not very swollen. He said he could give me some stronger pain meds, but I declined. He also asked me to describe the pain, and if it was the same or a different feeling as before the surgery. I told him it was different, that it just aches, and feels like I have a nail in my wrist. This seemed to be good news (that it didn't feel the same as before the surgery). Mainly it's just annoying and uncomfortable, but I've gotten much more used to it, and at times if I hold very still and think about something else I can't even tell that anything's wrong. All in all the 4 weeks have gone by more quickly than I thought they would. Half way there! I go back in 4 weeks, at which time they'll take out the pins.