I fell down and injured my hand. I came here in December, and they put me in a cast for almost 3 months. The first cast was digging into my skin, but I couldn't get an appointment to have it removed or checked.
I then went to another hospital, where they removed it and told me to make an appointment here. It took another 2 months to get seen, and then they put me in another cast. It's been hell, and I couldn't get an appointment to have it removed. It kept digging into my skin, so I took it off myself because I couldn't get it off any other way.
About a month ago, they told me they couldn't perform surgery because I had a cut on my hand and there was a risk it could get infected. They also said the hole in my scaphoid bone (I have a cyst in the scaphoid bone) is getting worse. All I had was a little scratch on my hand, but they said they couldn't do the surgery because of it, so that's been another month of waiting.
Now I've been told I have to go on another 3-month waiting list. I've been waiting since December last year, and I've been in pain the whole time.
"Hand clinic waiting"
About: Sydney / Sydney Eye Hospital / 2 West & Hand Clinic Sydney / Sydney Eye Hospital 2 West & Hand Clinic Sydney 2000
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