Yeah I know it sounds like it will take for ever when they first go through it all with you, it'll pass quicker than you think though. Don't expect them to say 'you can drive now' at any point. Basically the consultant won't take responsibility for that. After 12 weeks or so they will start saying it's up to your insurer rather than just saying no, that's usually the best they will give you. Essentially once there is no splint on, and you won't rupture the surgery if you grasp the wheel in an emergency stop, you are good to go but you do need to check with your insurance. They will never cover you with a splint or plaster on. I didn't want to mention how long it takes, tendons take forever as they have no blood supply. And as they have told you nerves die back a bit and then grow in very slowly. Everyone has different results from nerve repairs, they don't really know what you will and won't get back. The way I looked at it with mine was that as long as I could feel it well enough to react to pain or heat then I wasn't going to end up cutting it off again by accident or getting badly burned or anything. That was all I was worried about really, it all still has reflexes.
Physio exercise isn't too bad at the mo but will get harder, first wound dressing though I nearly fainted as the dry blood had stuck the bandages to the stitching, so pulling them off was pulling my internal stitches about.
Yup I had a few really painful bits like that, I remember the exact same thing with the blood dried everywhere. There was a tiny wound on the back of my wrist that wasn't part of the injury, they must have snagged it on the operating table or something. Well it wasn't stitched or glued or even bandaged inside the initial cast so it just bled into it overnight. That was proper stuck to the plaster, and then to everything up until the 6 week splint got changed which was when I found the wound and cleaned it up. It hurt a lot. I also remember where they had used the nail as an achor to stitch the end of my finger together the stitches were through the nail. When they pulled the knots through the nail it felt like someone was pulling my liver out the front of my body or something. And then the nail came off anyway later and the nail bed was all messed up. So I had to go back to have that resculpted at plastics, etc etc. All in all when I had to do it all for a second time, and I knew what it all was going to feel like before I even started, I used to get the sweats and shakes just waiting to go into physio sometimes.
Glad it sounds like you are in the right hands, they will look after you. Just don't think about it too much, and at least if you have exams coming up you can do lots of revision now. Revision and excercises, you'll be fine. It'll never be perfect, but you'll cope with however it heals and it will be different than whatever you are imagining.
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