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[sovay]

Holy God, is it inconvenient typing with one hand in a brace. Somehow when the nurse practitioner said "splint," I envisioned something smaller. I've seen vambraces that were less hardcore. I do not know if I will get any movies written about today. My keyboard-intensive job is going to be fun. I think I'm going to see about lying down.

Comments

[cmcmck]

It's at times like this that you really come to understand how important thumbs are!

Hugs

[davidgillon]

It may actually be quicker to revert to two or four fingers, which is what this keyboard reduces me to.

Or you could download the 30 day trial version of Dragon Dictate, he says sneakily.

[shewhomust]

Did you get a diagnosis, at least? Is it, as you thought, as sprain?

Hope the splintage works, and recovery is rapid!

[sillylilly_bird]

Yeah, it can be tricky. With 5 hand/wrist surgeries in my past, I'm very familiar with it! Especially as 2 of the procedures required a thumb/spica splint post-operatively and I learned how to do everything without a thumb. On my dominant hand, naturally.

[dewline]

*winces in empathy*

[ada_hoffmann]

As inconvenient as it may be, I'm glad that you got the thumb looked at, and received some proper medical care! I wish you a speedy recovery.

[choco_frosh]

Ouch. Multiple levels of ouch. However:

I've seen vambraces that were less hardcore.

The librarian (I was printing a thing) asked me why I was losing it laughing.

[kate_nepveu]

oh no! I hope you are able to shed it quickly, as I was my neck brace. (Chad dislocated his thumb a few weeks before SteelyKid was born and got the full-out bandages-all-around (like so: http://scienceblogs.com/principles/wp-content/blogs.dir/467/files/2012/04/i-9b963589e35f1092c5df1237286a01a5-sm_cast1.jpg ), so, uh, it could be worse?)

[dhampyresa]

I've seen vambraces that were less hardcore.
I would love pictures!

Hope you get better soon.