Hand progress

[lillian13]

My lovely friend G took me to get all the packing removed today. I was/am handling things better, even though it took me almost 10 minutes to put on my $&^ bra. I even scooped out the cat box!

When they took the bandages off, I was a little shocked. I was expecting a teeny scar, and instead I have this great big incision--I swear it's 2 inches long--surrounded by very dark bruises. It was a little off-putting, to say the least. I am down to the World's Biggest Band-Aid and a full wrist/arm brace, to keep my wrist from flexing. The brace is plastic. Even with the "socks" they gave me, I sweat like crazy in this thing. The weather being hotter than normal here for, say, August, isn't helping either. I go back in two weeks to get stitches taken out. I can start slooowly flexing the wrist next week.

No working out this week, but I can do lower-body next week. I should probably pick up some terry wristbands to block sweat from running down my arm.

Good news about the glass blowing class! The instructor says we'll be watching demos and getting instruction for the first few weeks, so I should be healed up enough when we get to the actual glass-blowing. Yay! 

Ripley the cat has been very nice to me--sleeping next to me on the couch, etc. It's so hot she doesn't even ask to go outside. Bleah.

Comments

[chickwriter.livejournal.com]

Uhm, OW!

The glass blowing class sounds nifty. Glad you'll be able to do it. :)