DanMerk

Stitches, staples out = time to heal.

DanMerk — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:31:42 +0000

Today I had the stitches out and that was not so bad. They completely blindsided me on the staples part. They said it was supposed to be a piece of cake, but they completely lied. It was really painful but thank goodness it was not that long. My recovery will be my first normal shower on Sunday which I think I am going to have a little shower party in the morning commemorating my new clean right arm. Then followed by a bunch of stress ball activities, wrist exercises and probably leveling up to 60 in Azeroth. Heh.

Sorry for the pics, this is for me basically to remember this stuff. So don’t go clicking these if you are squeemish.

Addendum: It could be worse.

DanMerk — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:39:58 +0000

I should have thought about what I wrote yesterday about recovering. I guess I could be terminally ill or have had my hand removed. I am very thankful that I am recovering well. This morning I was a bit icky and of course did not sleep well. I checked out my wound. Here is what I saw.

I want to be normal again.

DanMerk — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:50:15 +0000

Well the surgery went well. I am obviously typing and uploading a few pics using my left hand. What takes me about 30 seconds is not taking me an afternoon.

My doctor said that I must have had serious capal tunnel since I am not in any real pain other than some discomfort. Shown below is my elbow. There are about 25 staples in my arm. My hand is completely cut open with a 4″ gash and stitched up. Crazy. Next Thursday I get my staples and stitches out. Whoot. I guess I have to go back to work on Monday. Sigh. Recovery for such a valuable tool gets ignored. I refuse to take any pain meds. I am a hero.