So... I've fractured my finger.

Firstly, I would like to apologise for my atrocious my nail varnish, however, due to the splint or 'finger blanket' as I call it, surrounding it, I am unable to paint my nail properly. 

I had neglected my injury for about a month and realised that it was still swollen and out of place so I went back to the doctor who advised me to get an X-ray. 

When they had taken an X-ray of my right ring finger, they concluded that there was in fact a small fracture at the bottom of my distal phalanx. 

Today, I went back to the hospital for a second time, so the doctor could evaluate my injury and advise me on what to do next. He informed me that my ligament had been twisted, which fractured the side of the bone.

I had forgotten to take a picture of the X-ray of my finger, so I found this image of a distal phalanx fracture and edited it to appear like mine. My fracture is a bit further down that the one shown here, but I just wanted to show you what my fracture looks like.
I'm really glad that it isn't serious, but the splint I have to wear makes it much more difficult to complete every day activities, such as putting my make up on, fastening my coat and even cleaning my teeth!
I have to go back to hospital in the next two weeks for a check up and then hopefully I will be able to take the splintoff. Next time, I will definitely go to the doctor sooner, lesson learnt!