My physical therapist is disappointed in me. She doesn’t blame me, but she wishes the swelling in my thumb were responding more rapidly to my four-times-daily freeze-the-living daylights-out-of-it treatment, plus the silly exercises. I don’t blame her; I’m disappointed too, especially if she’s disappointed.
My balky thumb, and the $%^$# splint that so effectively immoblizes it, have been factors in my relative quiet on the blogging front. Those, and the pile of papers that take much longer to mark when your thumb is immobilized (whatever happened to oral exams?). For now, I’m still wincing in pain when I do dishes (note to Jonathon: Dishmatique can be hell on a thumb suffering from the dynamic duo of arthritis and tendinitis), and that’s after two weeks of immobility and ice.
There’s another reason I haven’t been blogging, but I’ll get to that in a separate post.
Posted by AKMA at May 20, 2004 11:58 AM | TrackBackI've been sympathetically following the continuing problems you're having with your balky thumb. I would have thought you'd have been granted a dispensation from washing dishes until your physical therapist has given you a clean bill of health. I guess things are done differently in Illinois.
To relieve the pressure on your thumb, have you thought of taping the Dishmatique handle to your third and fourth fingers (and perhaps to the back of your hand as well)? And perhaps discussing with your physical therapist whether washing dishes (in iced water) could be integrated into your "silly" exercise routine?
Posted by: Jonathon Delacour at May 20, 2004 05:19 PMI must speak up to defend the honor of my beloved, whohas been pampering me in every way she could think of. I have been washing the dishes out of a sheer pig-headed determination — but even Si could no longer bear to hear me gasp when I put stress on my thumb, so he finished up yesterday’s dishes, and did all the dishes himself tonight.
The return of the Studly Sudsy Son!
Posted by: AKMA at May 20, 2004 10:37 PMI find it conspicuous and disturbing that after so many blogging conferences and events, on everything from business to education, there has yet to be an offical Weblog Washup. Surely we can pull something together for WW05, in a reasonably-priced hotel with the necessary number of sinks?
Posted by: steve at May 22, 2004 02:01 PM