Hand update
Good word on the hand from the micro-surgery hand specialist
"Gee we really got those bone shards back into place pretty good. Angle seems to be in pretty good alighnment"
my favorite.
"Well humpty Dumpty isn't quite back together again, but it's pretty close."
and
"Don't move your finger! You've got 2 1.2mm screws and one section with 0.8mm wire holding that bone together. It won't take much to rip the out."
In the end I'm looking at 6 months for full healing, and maybe I can start to do stuff with it after 3 months. Until then I'm going to Physical Therapy, which consists of them reshaping my splint ever few days and causing me pain. In another week they get to start manipulating the joint, and maybe I can start doing that after another month or so. Yes I really did screw up the bone-joint juncture that much.
How am I going to do the painting thing? Still not sure. I've started by re-organizing my office to make it more conducive to progress. But in that effort it looks even worse right now. By this weekend I should have some new shelves up to free up more work bench space. Then I can start to look at it again. I have the use of thumb, index and middle finger still, so I should be able to still work some painting.
"Gee we really got those bone shards back into place pretty good. Angle seems to be in pretty good alighnment"
my favorite.
"Well humpty Dumpty isn't quite back together again, but it's pretty close."
and
"Don't move your finger! You've got 2 1.2mm screws and one section with 0.8mm wire holding that bone together. It won't take much to rip the out."
In the end I'm looking at 6 months for full healing, and maybe I can start to do stuff with it after 3 months. Until then I'm going to Physical Therapy, which consists of them reshaping my splint ever few days and causing me pain. In another week they get to start manipulating the joint, and maybe I can start doing that after another month or so. Yes I really did screw up the bone-joint juncture that much.
How am I going to do the painting thing? Still not sure. I've started by re-organizing my office to make it more conducive to progress. But in that effort it looks even worse right now. By this weekend I should have some new shelves up to free up more work bench space. Then I can start to look at it again. I have the use of thumb, index and middle finger still, so I should be able to still work some painting.
posted by Stahler77 at
2:24 PM
4 Comments:
I hesitate to ask, but how did you manage to perform this wonderful feat of digit(al) abuse?
By
Aaron, at 6:20 PM, July 31, 2006
Hand in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hit the edge of an airport chair on the first day of a week long buisness trip.
By
Stahler77, at 10:11 AM, August 01, 2006
Well ain't that about a bitch?
By
Aaron, at 1:09 PM, August 01, 2006
Every bit of one!
However just last night I managed to get my office cleaned up, and I'm looking forward to cracking a bottle of paint open tonight.
By
Stahler77, at 1:54 PM, August 01, 2006
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