thanks, tigger, so much.....how crazy it is, for today i also got my left wrist injected...i'm typing with one hand. soon to be better,,,,i want to tell you more, but it will be limited right now to wishing you and your family, and all our buds, a merry christmas, and the best ever new year.
TiggerBear wrote:A hearty congrats Kathy!
TiggerBear wrote:Injected? Hope it not serious, or that that's the cure.
Thank you. My best wishes for you and yours to likewise have a great holiday season!
Not sure yet. Went to a specialist yesterday, and he gave me a shot in my left wrist, near the tendon, around the base of my thumb. Not fun, at all, it hurt like hell...I think it was a horse needle he used!! And it must have been dull!! Ha! I can laugh, now that's it's over.
This tendon/arthritis problem was not improving, that's why I chose this route. It's been going on since summer. It's still in my right hand, but better..I can live with it....I wasn't going for a shot in both hands at once! He agreed, he wanted to see how this worked.....and if this doesn't work, he suggested surgery. NO! I deem it's going to work! I had a one in ten thousand chance of this shot backfiring - nicking the nerves or tendon, infection, reaction....I took it.... and surgery is not a sure thing, either, plus a long recovery period. I went through a month of physical therapy for both hands, and my therapist gave up last week....it was just making it worse. He suggested the steroid, and so did my physician.
I'm suppose to limit my thumb/hand activity for a few days, now, so I wrapped it up, tight, when I went to bed. I can type! I feel better this morning, although, I only got a few hours sleep. I think the lidocaine in the mixture wired me! Now I've got a ton of blood work to get done, from both of my doctors. That seems never ending, but at least they are checking everything that might be a secondary cause/problem, or a diagnosis for future preventative treatment. I already know the primary cause, lifting wrong...stupid me!
The rain has finally stopped, and the sun is coming out!...Yay!..now places to go, people to see...and things to get done. My daughter Julie's birthday is today...the big 40! She doesn't want to talk about it! But we are going to lunch, sushi, her favorite.... and I invited my daughters to go with me to a party tonight. It's my writers group. I'll probably be a walking zombie by then...we'll see....maybe a nap this after noon! 
Soon,
Kathy
These are the opening lines to my new epic poem, "The Leaf Catcher," that I just published here at Barnes and Noble:
A village like any other
From prehistoric times on lands frozen,
teaching how to keep warm and hunt for food,
to biblical shepherd lands of Goshen,
showing how a lost lamb should be rescued,
unto the present time and that to come,
wisdom of fathers to sons is imbued.
They give them words to live by, a dictum,
and train their bodies to be fast and strong,
ensuring from boy to man they become.
They instill in them what’s right from what’s wrong.
What could be a more valuable treasure
than to live life, healthy, happy and long?
And now sit back and read at your leisure
of a father who’ll take such a measure ….
The story is written in the terza rima style of Dante's Divine Comedy. If you appreciate epic poetry please give it a read and enjoy the many virtues a father will teach his son as he endures the tragic consequences of a insanely jeaulous lover.
