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On Wednesday, I finally got my cast removed since surgery to repair a broken bone in my wrist on July 25th. Found myself with a few extra minutes at lunch today, so I tossed the splint aside, dusted off my helmet, made sure the wife wasn't coming home for lunch, started the bike, and went for a short ride up to the gas station. After two months of sitting without really doing anything to get the bike ready to sit, it cranked right up and ran well. I only rode for about 15 minutes and my hand's a little sore, but it was great to be riding again. Gotta increase my range of motion so I can really twist the throttle again. Ride safe, Will 
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Will, Good to hear you're back out there on two wheels again, but forgive me for askin'...how did you break the wrist in the first place? Hope it wasn't the dreaded "shiny-side down/rubber-side up" on your bike, dude. Cheers, Dwight (psst...is that the wife pullin' into the driveway???  ....just play it cool)  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Tell her it is good rehab. She'll believe you.....NOT! Ride safe.
BobW
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Good going pard, but don't hurt that wing by pushing to hard.
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Dwight, Not motorcycle-related. I broke it in a snow skiing fall back in February, and waited too long to get it checked out. Ended up getting a bone graft, a screw, and two months in a cast. PT starts next week (unless you count my "session" today at lunch). Will
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Will, I have a screw in my left wrist after breaking the scaphoid bone (which is a difficult bone to heal) a few years back. Make sure you do the PT and regain full motion (in other words - keep at it). I didn't and I have approx. 90-95% range of motion (which is ok but it could have been 100%). Thankfully, it doesn't affect my "clutchwork".
Bedouin.
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Bedouin,
Scaphoid fracture here also. 90-95% mobility sounds pretty good right now. How long did recovery take? MD said if I had come in earlier, they could have screwed the bone back together. But, I waited too long so they took a piece of my forearm bone with a blood supply and grafted it to the scaphoid. Anything I should expect over the next few weeks/months?
Thanks,
Will
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Scaphoid fracture here also.
Aaaagh! I was hoping you wouldn't say that one ... the most difficult bone to heal.
It could take you up to six months to get the motion up to an acceptable level.
A trick I would suggest is that, after the first few weeks of PT, go back to your surgeon and see how he/she handles your hand. If he/she is pretty tough with it (bending it and treating it as if there was nothing wrong), then this would determine how strong the PT people can be with your actual routine.
I say this because the PT people can be a bit too careful, thus slowing your progress (as was in my case - nearly 10 months - until I went to another and my progress was very rapid).
What to expect?
Well, during the recovery period, expect your injured hand to become a prime target for knocks, bumps etc. which will make you extremly protective of it.
Once you regain full motion, your first ride will be very painful when accelerating (it was clutch for me) because you will actually be placing a "rotation" load on it as opposed to a vertical load (picking heavy things up - which will have been absolutely no problem).
Following that and if your screw is permanent (as is mine), you'll find your hand turns red/blue and swells a little (not much) every now and again (mine still does occasionally and it has been 4 years).
My advice ... go the extra mile with PT in order to get 100% motion back.
For the most part, you'll forget you ever had a problem and only feel it sometimes when humidity levels are very high (as is with most broken bones).
Sorry for the long post but just wanted to give you a realistic picture of what to expect.
Feel free to PM me if you need to ask me anything and good luck for a speedy recovery.
Bedouin.
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Once you regain full motion, your first ride will be very painful when accelerating (it was clutch for me) because you will actually be placing a "rotation" load on it as opposed to a vertical load (picking heavy things up - which will have been absolutely no problem).
It might help to use one of those paddle type "cruise controls" for a bit. It could reduce the rotary loading and the price on some of those is low enough to be well worth trying.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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