Am I insured with this?

[SNewham]

just wondered what you think...

Am I insured with a cast onmy arm? I broke it 5-6 weeks ago and I can't take this shit any longer. I need to drive my car.

I've had full use of the bloody thing for 3 weeks now but it's still been inside a cast. I'm driving tomorrow anyway but would be nice if I was insured to do so.

What ya think?

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[azzaweston]

no i dont think you will be insured.

[Barry123]

agreed. it 'impairs' your ability to drive i guess

[black_rat_uk]

defo impairs your ability. although i say that and i drove when my wrist was broken. which hand is it?? if its your left one i wouldn't chance it you could completely fuck up with the gears

[m20pub]

i no a guy that has only got 1 arm and he drives smileys/smiley3.gif

[Deanlppl]

saw a spinally injured patient ride a motorbike smileys/happy.gif

he is L1 which is lower back so no movement or control of legs, or sensation.

his motorbike was like a trailor, he wheeled himself in and rode off! first thing i ever seen like it.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41283000/jpg/_41283901_bike203.jpg

[S9_DAN]

no chance you will be insured, i would not bother driving if i was you, it is not worth it and if you get pulled they will know straight away that you shouldnt be driving!

[Danes_SaxoVTR]

I think you need to ring your insurance company!
My mate broke her wrist and they said she could still drive!
Best ringing up tho mate!

[Chris]

I broke my left wrist when I was 18... I called the insurance company and they didn't seem too bothered that I had my arm in plaster... and it was the gear changing arm too. Good job too as I had my arm in plaster for 6 months and then had a splint on it for a further 3 months smileys/smiley3.gif.... I would have gone mad if I could have driven for 9 months.

Chris smileys/happy.gif

[SNewham]

I didn't drive today but I'm going to phone the insurance cmpany tomorrow morning because I can't bare it any longer smileys/smiley19.gif

[barrett]

Let your insurance company know definately! If your not insured you
could face a hefty bill for lots of things! Repair of the road, barriers, the
damage to yourself, passenger, pedestrians suing you etc etc oh and
maybe the car you crash into and the people you injur wanting
compensation!

How bad was the fracture? What did you break? Scaphoid?

Mike

[mike_obuk]

if you have near enough full movement i would of thought it would be ok. prob worth ringing to check tho.

[SNewham]

Let your insurance company know definately! If your not insured you
could face a hefty bill for lots of things! Repair of the road, barriers, the
damage to yourself, passenger, pedestrians suing you etc etc oh and
maybe the car you crash into and the people you injur wanting
compensation!

How bad was the fracture? What did you break? Scaphoid?

Mike

I fractured my radius (bigger bone in my arm) on the last day of a snowboarding holiday,
in fact it was the last run and I said to myself that I would just go for it, I have nothing to lose. How wrong was I? lol

6 weeks later and I'm wishing I hadn't dne that smileys/smiley19.gif

[barrett]

Ah scaphoid fractures are the most common wrist fractures in people in
our age group, caused by falls etc.

The snowboarding bit being added puts my medical mind straight
to the radius. Was the fracture displaced? In other words did they have
to reposition it and put a cast on that applies pressure to make sure it
repairs itself straight?

Orthopeadics is the business! Thats what i want to be when it grow up!

Only another 4 years and i will be able to specialise in it!!! LMBO! © sax-p

[SNewham]

yeh the bone was sticking out the side of the arm. Wasn't a compound fracture but you could see the bulge where the bone was.

The funny thing was, I had no pain from it after I did it, whilst they were setting it and none since apart from when they changed the casts over.

[Chris]

Let your insurance company know How bad was the fracture? What did you break? Scaphoid?

Mike

That's the bone I broke...... fook knows why it took 9 months to heal.

Chris smileys/happy.gif

[barrett]

it can do in some people chris. Espescially if the cast comes off too early.
Some people are
different.

Also if treated incorrectly, it can lead to early arthiritis in that wrist.

[Chris]

Great.... I'll look forward to that then smileys/smiley5.gif

Chris smileys/happy.gif

[barrett]

Great.... I'll look forward to that then smileys/smiley5.gif

Chris smileys/happy.gif

Lol, it should not have any effect on you, as it happens within the 1st year
of the cast coming offsmileys/smiley2.gif

[Chris]

Oh right.... I did it 8 years ago.

Chris smileys/happy.gif