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Stupid Cast
I've had a cast on my wrist for almost three weeks, and I'm thinking about cutting it off. It's really soft, so it doesn't help that much, and basically just gets in the way. Would take it off really be very bad for it? I only fractured it, and they expect me to wear it for six weeks. I'm ready to go back to football and not have to worry about the stupid thing. Is three weeks long enough for a fractured wrist to heal enough?
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no. If your doctor percribes all 6 weeks, then you have to go for all 6 weeks. You are not a doctor, therefore you have no educated opinion on the matter.
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No!! Keep it on until they say or it might heal funky and be weird for the rest of you're life or something!! Just put up with the next three weeks and then everything will be normal again.
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If your doctor, a trained medical professional, indicated that it would take 6 weeks to heal, then no, three weeks is not long enough. Leave it on or you'll do some permanent damage. If it breaks all the way through, you'll be out twice as long, plus in all likelihood, it will probably require surgery.
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no im sorry its dangerous if you take it off because you could break it easily again and like sk8trash said it could grow all deformed. And if you broke it again youd again have to wear a cast for even more then six weeks so your better safe then sorry:-) But maybe you could go to the doctor and ask them if you can take it off earlier and they can check if your arm has already healed yet.
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What ever you do, DO NOT CUT IT OFF!!!! trust me, you don't want to do that. If you do cut it off, your bone might heal all funny so your arm will be like dis-formed. Don't do it!! It makes your bone grow in the wrong spot.. We know casts are annoying, but they are for the healing of your wrist...
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