A quick note about casts and itching
When I originally suffered ATR I did the same as anybody else and Googled the s**t out of it in an effort to understand what had happened and any future implications.
Whilst on my Google mission I also looked into life with a cast and any tips and tricks which turned up the usual info but also one unusual one….. how to stop itching whilst in cast.
A lady on mumsnet swore that high strength omega 3 tablets had stopped her from having any issues with itching during her time in a cast as result of a broken leg. She even said that her surgeon was now recommending the tablets to all his patients.
Whilst understandably dubious of her claims (which I haven’t found backed up anywhere else) I went ahead and ordered a couple of pots of the tablets along with a Limbo cast protector for showering and a little half slipper type thing to keep my naked toes warm.
I’ve now been taking the omega 3 tablets daily for the last 4 weeks and have had no problems with itching. On one occasion the front of my shin was itchy but that’s it. Once in 4 weeks. And that’s even with a healing surgical wound and the shaved area around it!
Can’t say it’s going to work for everyone but it has definitely worked for me and the OP on mumsnet. Hopefully this will help someone else.
I’m laughing as I remember my “Cast o phobia”…I would have panic attacks in my cast because I couldn’t take it off. I would have to reach down and touch my toes for the anxiety to go away. I used meditation to “alleviate” any itching. OMega 3, interesting!
I kept on the omega 3 for the whole 7 weeks if being in a cast and apart from the one itching incident previously mentioned there were no other occasions of itchiness. Not once during my time in a cast did I have to resort to poking anything into my cast.