more hand stuff
Oct. 5th, 2006 08:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sereneSaw the hand specialist last night. Very nice man, cut me a break on his
fee.
There are apparently two thumb nerves to be concerned
about: the one that runs down the inside of the thumb, and the one on the
outside side. The inside one, which is the one that is really involved in
doing the pinching motions that opposable thumbs are so good for, appears
to be intact. The other one is damaged, but he's not sure if it's going
to require surgery, or if it will calm down as the swelling goes down in
my hand.
He'll see me in a week, take the stitches out, and assess where we are.
If I have to have surgery, it will wipe us out financially for a long
time, so I'm hoping that's not necessary.
Meanwhile, he said go ahead and get it wet, take the bandages off, and
don't baby it -- I'm to try to use it as much as possible. I'm typing with
two hands right now, but it's causing me a fair bit of pain, so I'll go
buy some tylenol on my break, and I'll give my hand frequent rest breaks.
It really looks monster-movie-ish. :-) If anyone wants to see, I can take
a picture when I get home.
fee.
There are apparently two thumb nerves to be concerned
about: the one that runs down the inside of the thumb, and the one on the
outside side. The inside one, which is the one that is really involved in
doing the pinching motions that opposable thumbs are so good for, appears
to be intact. The other one is damaged, but he's not sure if it's going
to require surgery, or if it will calm down as the swelling goes down in
my hand.
He'll see me in a week, take the stitches out, and assess where we are.
If I have to have surgery, it will wipe us out financially for a long
time, so I'm hoping that's not necessary.
Meanwhile, he said go ahead and get it wet, take the bandages off, and
don't baby it -- I'm to try to use it as much as possible. I'm typing with
two hands right now, but it's causing me a fair bit of pain, so I'll go
buy some tylenol on my break, and I'll give my hand frequent rest breaks.
It really looks monster-movie-ish. :-) If anyone wants to see, I can take
a picture when I get home.
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Date: 2006-10-05 05:27 pm (UTC)Serenejournal's guy was wearing a bow tie too. I couldn't see details from the waiting area (and I wasn't all that worried about the doctor's tie) but I think it was yellow and it had some sort of pattern on it.
Hand doctor school tie? Gang colors? Drug company swag? Cloning?