I get recurrent trigger finger in the ring fingers of both hands; clearly chainsaw-driven. Trigger finger is when your finger “snaps” when you bend it; it won’t bend smoothly because the tendon gets swollen just outside of the tendon sheath. Makes it hard to get the ibuprophen out of the bottle. For chainsaw carvers, the…
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An Artist Ponders an MRI
I’m now post-MRI, pre-followup visit with the orthopedic doctor. Of COURSE I studied the pictures (5 sheets of 20 pictures per knee). I am a sculptor; I can figure out the anatomy, basically. What I don’t know is what “normal” looks like. I suspect I would be able to see more meniscus in a younger…
Art & RMS Fever
Some years ago, I remember taking the week of the 4th as vacation time, planning to practice being a full-time artist over that week. I remember being very disappointed in my productivity and how little art I actually created that week. In time, I came to understand it was as much a matter of knowing…
Recovery from Bilateral Knee Arthroscopy
I mowed part of the yard yesterday, which doesn’t seem like much of a deal except: a) to people who are still shoveling snow, and b) to people who have followed the post-op disability story. I couldn’t do the whole thing; bonked after the front and high back but that’s a start. Will try again…
Incapacity
Incapacity Learning to love my crutches, cane, rehab equipment… Several years of general achiness grew increasingly irritating last spring, culminating in a visit to an othorpedic surgeon’s office. Surgery was the fix; life intervened and I could finally get it scheduled (and paid for) this year. Left knee now fixed; right knee scheduled this coming…
Stitches in Time
My to-do list hovers at +- 225 items, and that’s only because I moved a pile of ideas off into a “long range” list when I accepted that they simply weren’t going to happen in the next few months. Some items may age out, too, but most of the stuff on that list will get…
