I broke my left arm in 7 spots once. My hand was completely at a 90 degree angle. Gross. I had a cast on it for 6 months and when I took it off everything was completely deteriated (sp).
I also broke my metacarpal and about had to have surgery but it wasnt too bad of a break. I had a cast on that for 2 months but when they took that off my thumb was serperated from my other fingers pretty bad. You can still see how my thumb is farther away than the rest. This happened 4 yrs ago.
Man hope it heals fast and good.