Friday, September 12, 2014

Injured



Long, hard week. Helps to be woken by a snuggly cat, and a soft paw to the face. She takes care of me.

I've injured my left radial collateral ligament, index finger. Busted a knuckle. The same one I cracked many years ago. Three weeks ago, but just identified as a persistent problem, not a temporary bruise. Bugger.


Added later,

"While it's true you're haunted by your past, it's truer that you've traveled spectacularly far away from it. You swam across a wide and wild sea and you made it all the way to the other side. That it feels different here on this shore than you thought it would does not negate the enormity of the distance you traversed and the strength it took you to do it."
- Cheryl Strayed

6 comments:

Relatively Retiring said...

Sorry to read this. Will it mean time away from work?

Zhoen said...

RR,

Oh, no, not at all. Just a bother when opening sterile supplies.

Fresca said...

Our poor hands, they have to do so much.
I'm sorry yours is hurt.

Zhoen said...

Fresca,
Not as bad as when my thumb hurt, though. Which still flares on occasion.

I do like showing off my big-medical-word spelling ability.

Phil Plasma said...

Yes, I have an equal amount of fun when having to spell and explain apheresis.

Is there any chance of it healing back to 'normal' operability?

Zhoen said...

Phil,
More or less, but it'll always tend to be susceptible. And the work is hard on fingers.