So yesterday after the pins where removed, the kind team from the hand therapy team made me a new lightweight splint.  Quite an interesting process of template design (from tissue paper) before molding me my very own bit of heat maluable plastic.. (only available in blue).

The cool thing is I can take it off, which is great as that will let me showers without cling film.. the bad news is that I have to take it off to do exercises, that currently hurt rather a lot.. but rule 5 has to apply.. so I had better get on with them.