[speekinout]

Fractures... No matter the bone, do not warrant a Cast in my opinion, and stitches are only appropriate when Duct Tape cant handle the job... :-)

I think I came to that conclusion after I broke an elbow at age 6. I had a heavy plaster cast for that. I was in serious pain for weeks. Then the doctor discovered that my pain was because the cast was cutting a serious groove in my arm.

Many doctors treat fractures with "soft casts" these days. Not much different from duct tape.
BTW, I do get stitches if the cut is someplace where I don't want a scar. Head and face have had stitches - knees and arms have scars. :-)

[MJY1288]

I just removed 18 stitches in my arm that I had to get because I cut my forearm quite badly that included an Artery, The Doc in the "Walk in Clinic" sewed the artery back together and stitched me up within an hour... He is a Bethesda Naval Hospital Doctor who moonlights at the Walk In Emergency Clinics :-)