This evening after we arrived home, having stopped off on the way for a fortifying coffee, I finally removed the bandage from my injured hand.

It’s not a pretty sight, what with a row of scabs along the metacarpophalangeal joints and the skin wrinkled from spending so long under adhesive tape, but the wounds are dry and look as though they are healing nicely.

I will still have to be careful to avoid knocks and scrapes but removal of the bandage will make it easier to use my hands.

There is still some swelling above my right eye and mauve patches under my eyes but Rome wasn’t built in a day. Time is all it takes.