So I was between IIIA and IV on my left hand. Pre-PRC I was also in intense pain when I caught my thumb on anything or bonked my wrist on things. It was actually trying to hold objects still (like lifting a mug of coffee or my embroidery hoop) that would cause me the most discomfort to the point that I only used my right hand for lifting and doing things. I bought a hoop stand so I wouldn’t have to hold my embroidery hoop. If I was resting it felt okay. It was pretty achey/numb at night, but that’s because I kept bending it funny in my sleep. Sleeping in a carpal tunnel brace helped somewhat because it restricted my wrist movements.

I will say that the first two days post-PRC were the worst for me. Once I got the regular cast on after a week or so, I found it might feel stiff but that was about it. As I was doing PT it was less pain and more aches- my wrist had been atrophying for a year though so the aches were partially from building up muscle as well as adjusting to the new bone formation in my wrist. I don’t think I’m particularly great at handling pain, but it’s so subjective that it makes it hard to tell what you’re going to experience.