Scaphoid Tubercle Fracture after 8 months

Hi,

Last jJanuary (8 months ago), I took a good fall while skateboarding. 

I had a concussion and don't remember the fall so I went to the ER (yes, I was wearing a good helmet). After they looked at my CT scan and said I could go home, I told them my wrist was hurting quite a bit. It wasn't bruised or swollen so they told me it was probably a sprain and I didn't need to worry about it.

I put it in a wrist guard and 5 days later it kept getting worse so I went to urgent care where they did an x-ray and told me it as just a sprain and "maybe a bruised bone", I asked for a splint that I wore for a couple weeks.

The pain remained so I finally got an appointment with an orthopedic doctor in April (we'll call him Dr Z). He did an x-ray and told me that I broke my scaphoid tubercle. It turns out the fracture was also visible on the x-ray I got at urgent care, they just missed it because it was fairly small.

He said it had started to heal so I didn't need to worry about it, it should heal on its own. In July, I definitely had less pain but still had some so he ordered an MRI and told me there was still a fracture but that it was healing.

Last week, I saw an orthopedic doctor for a knee injury and I asked her opinion about my wrist. She said I should definitely get it checked out again by Dr Z who has been taking care of it because the fact that I still have pain is definitely not a good sign.

I contacted Dr Y who told me that I didn't need to worry about it, that the fracture is probably just really slow at healing. The only reason I should come see him is if it got worse.

I rarely get pain when it's at rest: the only things that really hurt are putting weight on the site of the fracture or flexing my wrist (especially if my fingers are extended for some reason).

Should I keep waiting? I try to be careful aout not doing anything that hurts my wrist too much but I am a really active person and sometimes feel a bit limited in what I can do.

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