Shoes, Ships, and Sealing Wax

Let's just close the book on September

This was not my favorite month this year. It could have been worse, but still, I am ready for October.

It's actually hard to believe that my finger saga has only gone on for a month, because it feels like at least six. I started adding up the costs, but when I went over a grand I turned off the calculator...no need to wallow, and the bottom line is keeping my finger: priceless.

I did not realize for most of this time how freaking serious this injury was. I saw both the orthopedist and occupational therapist today, and they both stressed that I am a very lucky girl...they expected to admit me for surgery at least. The doctor praised me for being a very compliant patient, and I admit that made me feel oddly good, just like the kudos from the OT made me puff up with pride. Yay me, I excel at finger curls.

I'm not completely better...I have to do the finger curls every hour or two or my finger stiffens right back up, and I have to run it under warm water and fold it into a fist to get it working again. I'm missing about 10 degrees of bend on the top joint, and I'm fumbling with things...money, bottle caps, keys. And it hurts a bit, especially after the therapy. If I'm not back to normal in six weeks I can go for a cortisone shot.

But this afternoon they put my chart back in the fileroom at the doctor's office, and declared the case resolved. I'll try to do that too, and instead of bitching about my finger I'll go back to bitching about everything else in the world.

Posted by Nic at September 30, 2005 06:48 PM | TrackBack