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I met with a surgeon today and I have to go under the knife. Luckily it is for a very easy surgery, carpal tunnel! I have it in both hands but my right one is particularly bad, so we're doing that first (he was rather horrified at how bad it was: "We'll do the left one sooner, because we don't want to let it get THAT bad!").
So basically, two surgeries in my future, my right hand ASAP, and my left hand after my right is recovered. I'm waiting to hear from his scheduler, but he and I discussed Columbus Day weekend which should give me plenty of time to recover without having to take too many days off.
He said recovery shouldn't be too bad. I will have to learn to do some things with my left hand ("start practicing now") and I will only be to type with 1 finger for a week or two, and I can't lift anything heavy ("like a gallon of milk") for a month.
But as long as my hands stop going numb and tingling and painful all the time, it will be worth it.
I have been trying to convince my family members they should get me an iPad to help me through my difficult recovery period, but they've been skeptical. I guess this whole "you'll only need about three days" isn't going to help me seal the deal, alas!
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When I left the hospital and went to the parking lot, I discovered a big pickup truck had parked next to me in the "compact cars only" spaces. And he had parked so close to me (over the line! >:o) that I could barely open my door and I had to wiggle in. While doing said wiggling, I of course slipped, and I was holding my keys, and I scratched his passenger door.
I did not key his truck on purpose, although I took a vindictive pleasure in having done it. You park like a jackass, you take the risk of dings and scratches on your car, I figure. My only regret was that the scratch wasn't bigger. If I had done it on purpose, I would have scratched out "FUCK YOU" in letters six inches high.
I just killed a spider crawling on my desk at work, and I realized I felt worse about that than I did keying some jackass's truck.
Does that make me a sociopath? Y/N/MFY? If you feel the need, elaborate on my sociopathy in comments. :D
So basically, two surgeries in my future, my right hand ASAP, and my left hand after my right is recovered. I'm waiting to hear from his scheduler, but he and I discussed Columbus Day weekend which should give me plenty of time to recover without having to take too many days off.
He said recovery shouldn't be too bad. I will have to learn to do some things with my left hand ("start practicing now") and I will only be to type with 1 finger for a week or two, and I can't lift anything heavy ("like a gallon of milk") for a month.
But as long as my hands stop going numb and tingling and painful all the time, it will be worth it.
I have been trying to convince my family members they should get me an iPad to help me through my difficult recovery period, but they've been skeptical. I guess this whole "you'll only need about three days" isn't going to help me seal the deal, alas!
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When I left the hospital and went to the parking lot, I discovered a big pickup truck had parked next to me in the "compact cars only" spaces. And he had parked so close to me (over the line! >:o) that I could barely open my door and I had to wiggle in. While doing said wiggling, I of course slipped, and I was holding my keys, and I scratched his passenger door.
I did not key his truck on purpose, although I took a vindictive pleasure in having done it. You park like a jackass, you take the risk of dings and scratches on your car, I figure. My only regret was that the scratch wasn't bigger. If I had done it on purpose, I would have scratched out "FUCK YOU" in letters six inches high.
I just killed a spider crawling on my desk at work, and I realized I felt worse about that than I did keying some jackass's truck.
Does that make me a sociopath? Y/N/MFY? If you feel the need, elaborate on my sociopathy in comments. :D
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Good luck with the surgery, and tell us about it with your one typing finger!
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Um, I mean, you'll be fine. FINE.