Sounds about the same as what my doctor said. Go back to work and use your head
And yes, that was my major fear was bending it and having to start over again on the six weeks
Be smart about it, and careful, and you will be fine
They classified me with a 1 percent disability once everything was said and done. I did lose some mobility in the thumb. But it hasn't slowed me down any. You learn to compensate for the difference in movement pretty quickly. The main issue I had right afterwards was some major cramping in it when doing fine detail work that required both hands. Like splicing or working with small wires. Cramping did go away after about 5 years or so
I had the accident around 10 years ago.
I can't straighten it completely, like I could before. But I didnt expect to get full complete movement back in it either. I was happy that i didnt lose it
I had some other damage as well to the thumb with it getting it caught in a safety hook on a lift chain.
I was out on a jobsite picking up a piece of equipment that weighed around 12,000 lbs. Only thing big enough out there to pick it up was a big bucket loader. Operator moved the bucket in over the piece of equipment. I wrapped the chain around the bucket, through the lifting bale on the equipment. Was just hooking the hook back onto the chain, when the bucket suddenly lurched upwards. Tightening the chain and catching my thumb into the hook. Thankfully the bucket stopped once the chain was tight, but the operator didn't realize he bumped the control. He had a phone call and dropped his phone when he went to answer it
I had to ping my cell phone off the window of the loader to get the operators attention to lower the bucket
Doc figured if he had stayed on the controls another half a second, I would have been an amputee instead of just mangled tissue, and nasty slice and the torn tendon.
The chain damaged most of the nerves in my thumb. And after 10 years, I still have very little feeling in it.
